2 Document XML structure
2.1 Overview
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<designspace format="5.1">
<axes>
<!-- define axes here -->
<axis... />
<mappings>
<!-- define axis mappings here -->
<!-- New in version 5.1 -->
<mapping... />
</mappings>
</axes>
<labels>
<!-- define STAT format 4 labels here -->
<!-- New in version 5.0 -->
<label... />
</labels>
<sources>
<!-- define masters here -->
<source... />
</sources>
<variable-fonts>
<!-- define variable fonts here -->
<!-- New in version 5.0 -->
<variable-font... />
</variable-fonts>
<instances>
<!-- define instances here -->
<instance... />
</instances>
<rules>
<!-- define rules here -->
<rule... />
</rules>
<lib>
<dict>
<!-- store custom data here -->
</dict>
</lib>
</designspace>
2.2 <axes>
element
The <axes>
element contains one or more <axis>
elements.
Attributes
elidedfallbackname
: optional, string. STAT Style Attributes Header fieldelidedFallbackNameID
. See: OTSpec STAT Style Attributes HeaderAdded in version 5.0.
2.2.1 <axis>
element
Define a single axis
Child element of
axes
The axis can be either continuous (as in version 4.0) or discrete (new in version 5.0). Discrete axes have a list of values instead of a range minimum and maximum.
Attributes
name
: required, string. Name of the axis that is used in the location elements.tag
: required, string, 4 letters. Some axis tags are registered in the OpenType Specification.default
: required, number. The default value for this axis, in user space coordinates.hidden
: optional, 0 or 1. Records whether this axis needs to be hidden in interfaces.
- For a continuous axis:
minimum
: required, number. The minimum value for this axis, in user space coordinates.maximum
: required, number. The maximum value for this axis, in user space coordinates.
- For a discrete axis:
values
: required, space-separated numbers. The exhaustive list of possible values along this axis.
Added in version 5.0.
Example
<axis name="weight" tag="wght" minimum="1" maximum="1000" default="400">
<!--
Discrete axes provide a list of discrete values.
No interpolation is allowed between these.
-->
<axis name="Italic" tag="ital" default="0" values="0 1">
2.2.1.1 <labelname>
element (axis)
Defines a human readable name for UI use.
Optional for non-registered axis names.
Can be localised with
xml:lang
Child element of
<axis>
or<label>
Attributes
xml:lang
: required, string. XML language definition
Value
The natural language name of this axis or STAT label.
Example
<labelname xml:lang="fa-IR">قطر</labelname>
<labelname xml:lang="en">Wéíght</labelname>
2.2.1.2 <map>
element
Defines a single node in a series of input value (user space coordinate) to output value (designspace coordinate) pairs.
Together these values transform the designspace.
Child of
<axis>
element.
Example
<map input="1.0" output="10.0" />
<map input="400.0" output="66.0" />
<map input="1000.0" output="990.0" />
2.2.1.3 <labels>
element (axis)
The <labels>
element contains one or more <label>
elements, and can
indicate this axis’ STAT ordering.
Added in version 5.0.
Attributes
ordering
: optional, int, default: natural position of this axis in the list of axes. STAT table fieldaxisOrdering
for this axis.
2.2.1.3.1 <label>
element (axis)
Define STAT format 1, 2, 3 labels for the locations on this axis.
The axis can have several child
<label>
elements, one for each STAT entry.This
<label>
element can have several<labelname>
child elements, to provide translations of itsname
attribute.
Added in version 5.0.
Attributes
name
: required, string. the name of this labelelidable
: optional, boolean, default: false. STAT flagELIDABLE_AXIS_VALUE_NAME
.oldersibling
: optional, boolean, default: false. STAT flagOLDER_SIBLING_FONT_ATTRIBUTE
.See: OTSpec STAT Flags
Depending on the intended target STAT format, use a combination of the following field, all in user coordinates. Check the following table for the format correspondences.
uservalue
: (required) STAT fieldvalue
(format 1, 3) ornominalValue
(format 2).userminimum
: STAT fieldrangeMinValue
(format 2).usermaximum
: STAT fieldrangeMaxValue
(format 2).linkeduservalue
: STAT fieldlinkedValue
(format 3).
STAT Format |
uservalue |
userminimum |
usermaximum |
linkeduservalue |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
2 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
3 |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
Example
<label userminimum="200" uservalue="200" usermaximum="250" name="Extra Light">
<labelname xml:lang="de">Extraleicht</labelname>
<labelname xml:lang="fr">Extra léger</labelname>
</label>
<label userminimum="350" uservalue="400" usermaximum="450" name="Regular" elidable="true" />
2.2.1.3.1.1 <labelname>
element (axis STAT label)
User-facing translations of this STAT label. Keyed by xml:lang
code.
Added in version 5.0.
Same attribute and value as the axis’ <labelname> element.
2.2.2 Example of all axis elements together
<axes elidedfallbackname="Regular">
<axis default="1" maximum="1000" minimum="0" name="weight" tag="wght">
<labelname xml:lang="fa-IR">قطر</labelname>
<labelname xml:lang="en">Wéíght</labelname>
<labels>
<label userminimum="200" uservalue="200" usermaximum="250" name="Extra Light">
<labelname xml:lang="de">Extraleicht</labelname>
<labelname xml:lang="fr">Extra léger</labelname>
</label>
<label userminimum="350" uservalue="400" usermaximum="450" name="Regular" elidable="true" />
</labels>
</axis>
<axis default="100" maximum="200" minimum="50" name="width" tag="wdth">
<map input="50.0" output="10.0" />
<map input="100.0" output="66.0" />
<map input="200.0" output="990.0" />
</axis>
</axes>
2.2.3 <mappings>
element
Define an axis mappings group.
Child element of
axes
Attributes
description
: optional, string. the description of this mappings group
Added in version 5.2.
2.2.3.1 <mapping>
element
Defines an axis mapping.
Child element of
<mappings>
Attributes
description
: optional, string. the description of this mapping
Added in version 5.2.
2.2.3.1.1 <input>
element
Defines the input location of an axis mapping.
Child element of
<mapping>
Contains one or more
<dimension>
elements with designspace locations.
Added in version 5.1.
2.2.3.1.2 <output>
element
Defines the output location of an axis mapping.
Child element of
<mapping>
Contains one or more
<dimension>
elements with designspace locations.
Added in version 5.1.
2.2.4 Example of all mappings elements together
<mappings>
<mapping>
<input>
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="900"/>
<dimension name="width" xvalue="150"/>
</input>
<output>
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="870"/>
</output>
</mapping>
</mappings>
2.3 <labels>
element (top-level)
The <labels>
element contains one or more <label>
elements.
Added in version 5.0.
2.3.1 <label>
element (top-level)
Define STAT format 4 labels for a free-standing location.
The designspace can have several top-level
<label>
elements, one for each STAT format 4 entry.This
<label>
element must have a child<location>
element that represents the location to which the label applies.This
<label>
element may have several child<labelname>
elements to provide translations of itsname
attribute.
See: OTSpec STAT Axis value table, format 4
Added in version 5.0.
Attributes
name
: required, string. the name of this labelelidable
: optional, boolean, default: false. STAT flagELIDABLE_AXIS_VALUE_NAME
.oldersibling
: optional, boolean, default: false. STAT flagOLDER_SIBLING_FONT_ATTRIBUTE
.See: OTSpec STAT Flags
2.3.1.1 <location>
element (top-level STAT label)
Defines a coordinate in either user or design space.
Encodes a dictionary of
{ axisname: axisvalue }
.Also used in
<source>
,<instance>
and<glyph>
elements.This
<location>
element must have one or more child<dimension>
elements.
2.3.1.1.1 <dimension>
element
Child element of
<location>
,input
, oroutput
elements
Attributes
name
: required, string. Name of the axis.
Depending on whether you’re representing a location in user or design coordinates, provide one of the attributes below.
For user-space coordinates:
uservalue
: required, number. The value on this axis in user coordinates.Added in version 5.0.
For design-space coordinates:
xvalue
: required, number. The value on this axis in design coordinates.yvalue
: optional, number. Separate value for anisotropic interpolations.
Example
<location>
<dimension name="Width" uservalue="125" />
<dimension name="Weight" xvalue="10" yvalue="20.5" />
</location>
2.3.1.2 <labelname>
element (top-level STAT label)
User-facing translations of this STAT label. Keyed by xml:lang
code.
Added in version 5.0.
Same attribute and value as the axis’ <labelname> element.
2.4 <rules>
element
The <rules>
element contains one or more <rule>
elements.
The rules are evaluated in this order.
Rules describe designspace areas in which one glyph should be replaced by another.
A rule has a name and a number of conditionsets. The rule also contains a list of
glyphname pairs: the glyphs that need to be substituted. For a rule to be triggered
only one of the conditionsets needs to be true, OR
. Within a conditionset
all conditions need to be true, AND
.
Attributes
processing
: flag, optional. Valid values are [first
,last
]. This flag indicates whether the substitution rules should be applied before or after other glyph substitution features.If no
processing
attribute is given, interpret asfirst
, and put the substitution rule in thervrn
feature.If
processing
islast
, put it inrclt
.The default is
first
. For new projects, you probably wantlast
. See the following issues for more information: fontTools#1371 fontTools#2050If you want to use a different feature(s) altogether, e.g.
calt
, use the lib keycom.github.fonttools.varLib.featureVarsFeatureTag
.<lib> <dict> <key>com.github.fonttools.varLib.featureVarsFeatureTag</key> <string>calt</string> </dict> </lib>
This can also take a comma-separated list of feature tags, e.g.
salt,ss01
, if you wish the same rules to be applied with several features.
2.4.1 <rule>
element
Defines a named rule.
Each
<rule>
element contains one or more<conditionset>
elements.Only one
<conditionset>
needs to be true to trigger the rule (logical OR). An empty condition set is considered to be true, as in, the rule will be always-on.All conditions in a
<conditionset>
must be true to make the<conditionset>
true. (logical AND)For backwards compatibility a
<rule>
can contain<condition>
elements outside of a conditionset. These are then understood to be part of a single, implied,<conditionset>
. Note: these conditions should be written wrapped in a conditionset.A rule element needs to contain one or more
<sub>
elements in order to be compiled to a variable font.Rules without sub elements should be ignored when compiling a font.
For authoring tools it might be necessary to save designspace files without
<sub>
elements just because the work is incomplete.
Attributes
name
: optional, string. A unique name that can be used to identify this rule if it needs to be referenced elsewhere. The name is not important for compiling variable fonts.
2.4.1.1 <conditionset>
element
Child element of
<rule>
Contains zero or more
<condition>
elements.
2.4.1.1.1 <condition>
element
Child element of
<conditionset>
Between the
minimum
andmaximum
this condition isTrue
.minimum
andmaximum
are in designspace coordinates.If
minimum
is not available, assume it isaxis.minimum
, mapped to designspace coordinates.If
maximum
is not available, assume it isaxis.maximum
, mapped to designspace coordinates.The condition must contain at least a minimum or maximum or both.
Attributes
name
: string, required. Must match one of the definedaxis
name attributes.minimum
: number, required*. The low value, in design coordinates.maximum
: number, required*. The high value, in design coordinates.
2.4.1.2 <sub>
element
Child element of
<rule>
.Defines which glyph to replace when the rule evaluates to True.
The
<sub>
element contains a pair of glyphnames. Thename
attribute is the glyph that should be visible when the rule evaluates to False. Thewith
attribute is the glyph that should be visible when the rule evaluates to True.
Attributes
name
: string, required. The name of the glyph this rule looks for.with
: string, required. The name of the glyph it is replaced with.
Example
Example with an implied <conditionset>
. Here the conditions are not
contained in a conditionset.
<rules processing="last">
<rule name="named.rule.1">
<condition minimum="250" maximum="750" name="weight" />
<condition minimum="50" maximum="100" name="width" />
<sub name="dollar" with="dollar.alt"/>
</rule>
</rules>
Example with <conditionsets>
. All conditions in a conditionset must be true.
<rules>
<rule name="named.rule.2">
<conditionset>
<condition minimum="250" maximum="750" name="weight" />
<condition minimum="50" maximum="100" name="width" />
</conditionset>
<conditionset>
<condition... />
<condition... />
</conditionset>
<sub name="dollar" with="dollar.alt"/>
</rule>
</rules>
2.5 <sources>
element
The <sources>
element contains one or more <source>
elements.
2.5.1 <source>
element
Defines a single font or layer that contributes to the designspace.
Child element of
<sources>
Location in designspace coordinates.
Attributes
familyname
: optional, string. The family name of the source font. While this could be extracted from the font data itself, it can be more efficient to add it here.stylename
: optional, string. The style name of the source font.name
: optional, string. A unique name that can be used to identify this font if it needs to be referenced elsewhere.filename
: required, string. A path to the source file, relative to the root path of this document. The path can be at the same level as the document or lower.layer
: optional, string. The name of the layer in the source file. If no layer attribute is given assume the foreground layer should be used.
2.5.1.1 <familyname>
element: localised names for sources
Localised family names for sources can be included with this <familyname>
element with an xml:lang
attribute:
XML language definition
Added in version 5.0.
Example
<familyname xml:lang="fr">Montserrat</familyname>
<familyname xml:lang="ja">モンセラート</familyname>
2.5.1.2 <location>
element (source)
Defines the coordinates of this source in the design space.
2.5.1.2.1 <dimension>
element (source)
2.5.1.3 <lib>
element (source)
Example:
<lib copy="1" />
Child element of
<source>
Defines if the instances can inherit the data in the lib of this source.
MutatorMath only.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
Note
Don’t confuse with other <lib>
elements which allow storing
arbitrary data. Sources don’t have such a <lib>
because usually the
backing UFO file has one itself.
2.5.1.4 <info>
element
Example:
<info copy="1" />
Child element of
<source>
Defines if the instances can inherit the non-interpolating font info from this source.
MutatorMath only.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
2.5.1.5 <features>
element
Example:
<features copy="1" />
Defines if the instances can inherit opentype feature text from this source.
Child element of
<source>
MutatorMath only.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
2.5.1.6 <glyph>
element (source)
Example:
<glyph mute="1" name="A"/>
In a
<source>
element this states if a glyph is to be excluded from the calculation.MutatorMath only.
Attributes
mute
: optional attribute, number 1 or 0. Indicate if this glyph should be ignored as a master.
Note
Do not confuse with the <glyph>
element in instances, which achieves
something different.
2.5.1.7 <kerning>
element (source)
Example:
<kerning mute="1" />
Can appear in
<source>
as well as in<instance>
elements.MutatorMath only.
Attributes
mute
: required attribute, number 1 or 0. Indicate if the kerning data from this source is to be excluded from the calculation.If the kerning element is not present, assume
mute=0
, yes, include the kerning of this source in the calculation.
Example
<source familyname="MasterFamilyName" filename="masters/masterTest1.ufo" name="master.ufo1" stylename="MasterStyleNameOne">
<location>
<dimension name="width" xvalue="0.000000" />
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="0.000000" />
</location>
<glyph mute="1" name="A" />
<glyph mute="1" name="Z" />
</source>
2.6 <variable-fonts>
element
The <variable-fonts>
element contains one or more <variable-font>
elements.
Added in version 5.0.
2.6.1 <variable-font>
element
Child of
<variable-fonts>
Describe a variable font that can be built from an interpolating subset of the design space.
The document may have zero to many variable fonts.
If no variable fonts are defined, and all the axes are continuous, then we assume, as in version 4 of the format, that the whole document describes one variable font covering the whole space.
Each variable font covers a subset of the whole designspace, defined using
<axis-subset>
elements.Each variable font can have custom associated data using a
<lib>
element.
Added in version 5.0.
Attributes
name
: string, required. Each variable font has a name, that can be used by build tools to refer to the font that gets built from this element.filename
: string, optional. This filename will be used by tools to decide where to store the built font on the disk. If not given, a filename can be computed from thename
. The filename may include an extension (e.g. .ttf) and the build tools can replace that extension with another (e.g. .otf or .woff2) as needed.
Example
<variable-font name="MyFontVF_Italic">
<axis-subsets>
<axis-subset name="Weight"/>
<axis-subset name="Italic" uservalue="1"/>
</axis-subsets>
</variable-font>
2.6.1.1 <axis-subsets>
element
Child of
<variable-font>
Defines the portion of the design space that this variable font covers.
Each axis that you want to include in the VF needs to be mentioned here.
Not mentioning an axis is equivalent to slicing the space at the default value of that axis.
Added in version 5.0.
2.6.1.1.1 <axis-subset>
element
Child of
<axis-subsets>
Defines the subset of one axis, by
name=""
, that the variable font covers.If this axis is continuous, the VF can either cover:
the whole axis
<axis-subset name="Weight"/>
a sub-range of the full axis
<axis-subset name="Weight" userminimum="400" usermaximum="500" userdefault="400"/>
a specific value along that axis; then the axis is not functional in the VF but the design space is sliced at the given location. Note: While valid to have a specific value that doesn’t have a matching
<source>
at that value, currently there isn’t an implentation that supports this. See this fontmake issue.<!-- Make a bold VF --> <axis-subset name="Weight" uservalue="700"/>
If this axis is discrete, then only the third option above is possible: give one value along the axis.
<!-- Make an italic VF --> <axis-subset name="Italic" uservalue="1"/>
Added in version 5.0.
Attributes
name
: required, string. Name of the axis to subset.
When defining a range:
userminimum
: optional, number. Lower end of the range, in user coordinates. If not mentioned, assume the axis’s minimum.usermaximum
: optional, number. Upper end of the range, in user coordinates. If not mentioned, assume the axis’s maximum.userdefault
: optional, number. New default value of subset axis, in user coordinates. If not mentioned, assume the axis’s default. If the axis’s default falls outside of the subset range, then the new default will be the extremum that is closest to the full axis’s default.
When defining a single value:
uservalue
: required, number. Single value, in user coordinates, at which to snapshot the design space while building this VF.
2.6.1.2 <lib>
element (variable font)
Arbitrary data about this variable font.
Added in version 5.0.
See also
Here is an example of using the public.fontInfo
lib key to gain more granular
control over the font info of a variable font, in this case setting some names to
reflect the fact that this is a Narrow variable font subset from the larger designspace.
This lib key allows font info in variable fonts to be more specific than the font
info of the sources.
Example
<variable-font name="MyFontNarrVF">
<axis-subsets>
<axis-subset name="Weight"/>
<axis-subset name="Width" uservalue="75"/>
</axis-subsets>
<lib>
<dict>
<key>public.fontInfo</key>
<dict>
<key>familyName</key>
<string>My Font Narrow VF</string>
<key>styleName</key>
<string>Regular</string>
<key>postscriptFontName</key>
<string>MyFontNarrVF-Regular</string>
<key>trademark</key>
<string>My Font Narrow VF is a registered trademark...</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</lib>
</variable-font>
2.6.1.3 Instances included in the variable font

Illustration of instances included in a variable font.
2.7 <instances>
element
The <instances>
element contains one or more <instance>
elements.
2.7.1 <instance>
element
Defines a single font that can be calculated with the designspace.
Child element of
<instances>
For use in varLib the instance element really only needs the names and the location. The
<glyphs>
element is not required.MutatorMath uses the
<glyphs>
element to describe how certain glyphs need different masters, mainly to describe the effects of conditional rules in Superpolator.Location in designspace coordinates.
Attributes
familyname
: required, string. The family name of the instance font. Corresponds withfont.info.familyName
stylename
: required, string. The style name of the instance font. Corresponds withfont.info.styleName
name
: required, string. A unique name that can be used to identify this font if it needs to be referenced elsewhere.filename
: string. Required for MutatorMath. A path to the instance file, relative to the root path of this document. The path can be at the same level as the document or lower.postscriptfontname
: string. Optional for MutatorMath. Corresponds withfont.info.postscriptFontName
stylemapfamilyname
: string. Optional for MutatorMath. Corresponds withstyleMapFamilyName
stylemapstylename
: string. Optional for MutatorMath. Corresponds withstyleMapStyleName
location
: string. Optional. Describes the location of this instance, taking it from the root level<labels>
(STAT format 4) element with the same name as the string.Added in version 5.0.
2.7.1.1 <location>
element (instance)
Defines the coordinates of this instance in the design space.
2.7.1.1.1 <dimension>
element (instance)
2.7.1.2 <lib>
element (instance)
Arbitrary data about this instance.
See also
2.7.1.3 <stylename>
, <familyname>
, <stylemapstylename>
, <stylemapfamilyname>
elements: localised names for instances
Localised names for instances can be included with these simple elements
with an xml:lang
attribute:
XML language definition
<stylename>
<familyname>
<stylemapstylename>
<stylemapfamilyname>
Example
<stylename xml:lang="fr">Demigras</stylename>
<stylename xml:lang="ja">半ば</stylename>
<familyname xml:lang="fr">Montserrat</familyname>
<familyname xml:lang="ja">モンセラート</familyname>
<stylemapstylename xml:lang="de">Standard</stylemapstylename>
<stylemapfamilyname xml:lang="de">Montserrat Halbfett</stylemapfamilyname>
<stylemapfamilyname xml:lang="ja">モンセラート SemiBold</stylemapfamilyname>
2.7.1.4 Example for varLib
<instance familyname="InstanceFamilyName" filename="instances/instanceTest2.ufo" name="instance.ufo2" postscriptfontname="InstancePostscriptName" stylemapfamilyname="InstanceStyleMapFamilyName" stylemapstylename="InstanceStyleMapStyleName" stylename="InstanceStyleName">
<location>
<dimension name="width" xvalue="400" yvalue="300" />
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="66" />
</location>
<lib>
<dict>
<key>com.coolDesignspaceApp.specimenText</key>
<string>Hamburgerwhatever</string>
</dict>
</lib>
</instance>
Here is an example using STAT format 4 labels to define the location of the instance directly.
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<designspace format="5.0">
<!-- ... -->
<labels>
<!-- define STAT format 4 labels here -->
<!-- New in version 5.0 -->
<label name="Extra Light">
<location>
<dimension name="weight" uservalue="123" />
</location>
</label>
</labels>
<!-- ... -->
<instances>
<instance filename="instances/labelled.ufo" location="Extra Light" />
</instances>
</designspace>
Here is an example of using the public.fontInfo
lib key to gain more granular
control over the font info of the instances.
openTypeNameWWSFamilyName
and openTypeNameWWSSubfamilyName
are not able to
be set by attributes on the <instance>
element. The openTypeOS2WeightClass
key is superseding the value that would have been set by the weight
axis value.
The trademark
key is superseding the value that would have been set by UFO source
at the origin. If the designer wishes to set name records for other encodings,
platforms or laguages, they should do so using the openTypeNameRecords
key, like
they would in a UFO source.
See UFO3 fontinfo.plist specification.
<instance familyname="My Font" stylename="Text Light" filename="instances/MyFont-TextLight.ufo" postscriptfontname="MyFont-TextLight" stylemapfamilyname="My Font Text Light" stylemapstylename="regular">
<location>
<dimension name="optical" xvalue="6"/>
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="325"/>
</location>
<lib>
<dict>
<key>public.fontInfo</key>
<dict>
<key>openTypeNameWWSFamilyName</key>
<string>My Font Text</string>
<key>openTypeNameWWSSubfamilyName</key>
<string>Light</string>
<key>openTypeOS2WeightClass</key>
<integer>300</integer>
<key>trademark</key>
<string>My Font Text Light is a registered trademark...</string>
<key>openTypeNameRecords</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>encodingID</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>languageID</key>
<integer>1031</integer>
<key>nameID</key>
<integer>7</integer>
<key>platformID</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>string</key>
<string>Meine Schrift Text Leicht ist eine registrierte Marke...</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</lib>
</instance>
2.7.1.5 <glyphs>
element (instance)
Container for
<glyph>
elements.Optional
MutatorMath only.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
2.7.1.5.1 <glyph>
element (instance)
Child element of
<glyphs>
May contain a
<location>
element.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
Attributes
name
: string. The name of the glyph.unicode
: string. Unicode values for this glyph, in hexadecimal. Multiple values should be separated with a space.mute
: optional attribute, number 1 or 0. Indicate if this glyph should be supressed in the output.
2.7.1.5.1.1 <note>
element
String. The value corresponds to glyph.note in UFO.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
2.7.1.5.1.2 <masters>
element
Container for
<master>
elementsThese
<master>
elements define an alternative set of glyph masters for this glyph.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
2.7.1.5.1.2.1 <master>
element
Defines a single alternative master for this glyph.
Deprecated since version 5.0.
Attributes
glyphname
: the name of the alternate master glyph.source
: the identifier name of the source this master glyph needs to be loaded from
2.7.1.5.2 Example for MutatorMath
<instance familyname="InstanceFamilyName" filename="instances/instanceTest2.ufo" name="instance.ufo2" postscriptfontname="InstancePostscriptName" stylemapfamilyname="InstanceStyleMapFamilyName" stylemapstylename="InstanceStyleMapStyleName" stylename="InstanceStyleName">
<location>
<dimension name="width" xvalue="400" yvalue="300" />
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="66" />
</location>
<glyphs>
<glyph name="arrow2" />
<glyph name="arrow" unicode="0x4d2 0x4d3">
<location>
<dimension name="width" xvalue="100" />
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="120" />
</location>
<note>A note about this glyph</note>
<masters>
<master glyphname="BB" source="master.ufo1">
<location>
<dimension name="width" xvalue="20" />
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="20" />
</location>
</master>
</masters>
</glyph>
</glyphs>
<kerning />
<info />
<lib>
<dict>
<key>com.coolDesignspaceApp.specimenText</key>
<string>Hamburgerwhatever</string>
</dict>
</lib>
</instance>
2.8 <lib>
element (top-level)
The <lib>
element contains arbitrary data.
Child element of
<designspace>
,<variable-font>
and<instance>
If present, content must be an XML Property List (plist). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_list>__
Contains arbitrary data about the whole document or about a specific variable font or instance.
Items in the dict need to use reverse domain name notation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_domain_name_notation>__
Example:
<lib>
<dict>
<key>com.company.fontEditor.myString</key>
<string>The contents use the PLIST format.</string>
</dict>
</lib>