User Guide

FontLab 4
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Removing an Axis
At some point you may want to remove one of the design axes of a Multiple
Master font. When you remove an axis the number of masters will be
decreased by half. You can lose half of the information also, so be careful
with this operation. The remaining masters will be blended according to
their position on the removed axis (which you can specify).
To remove an axis select the Tools > Multiple Master > Remove Axis
command. A dialog box appears:
Select the axis you want to remove in the axis list at the top of the dialog
and use the scroller to set the “blending coordinate” that will be used to
blend the remaining masters.
You can use the Generate Instance feature (described on the page 623) if
you want to convert the MM font to single-master font. Sometimes it is
easier to use than the Remove Axis feature.