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The mechanism of Multiple Master fonts is that the two masters at the extremes of the
design axis have a fixed design, but you can create any variation between these
masters. Typically, Multiple Master fonts have two design axes, which require four
masters. These masters can be considered the cornerstones of the matrix.
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Weight
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Width
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A. Master
B. Font property
C. Design axis
D. User-defined variant “in-between”
To create the in-between variants, you require Adobe Type Manager.
OpenType fonts
OpenType is a new font file format which has been jointly developed by Adobe Systems
Inc. and Microsoft Corporation. It is an extension of the TrueType format: OpenType fonts
can contain TrueType but also Adobe Type 1 font data. This means that you can have an
OpenType font based on:
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An Adobe Type 1 font. The file name of such a font has the suffix .otf.
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A TrueType font. This font still has the .ttf file name suffix.
You can recognize an OpenType font by the following icons:
OpenType font in Microsoft Windows
OpenType font in the Mac OS