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<H1 ALIGN=Center>
The Multiple Master Menu
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The MM Menu provides a few commands for manipulating
<A HREF="multiplemaster.html#MM">Multiple Master or Apple distortable
fonts</A>. If the current font is a MM itself font the menu also includes
a list of all font instances that make up this one. This menu is available
in the <A HREF="mmmenu.html#fontview">font view</A> and the
<A HREF="mmmenu.html#outline-char">outline glyph view</A>.
<H3>
The menu as it appears in the <A NAME="fontview">font view</A>
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<A HREF="mmmenu.html#Create">Create MM</A>...
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<A HREF="mmmenu.html#Valid">MM Valid</A>
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<A HREF="#NewFont">Blend to New Font</A>...
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<A HREF="mmmenu.html#DefWeights">MM Change Default Weights</A>...
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<sub font names>
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<DT>
<A NAME="Create">Create MM</A>
<DD>
Brings up the <A HREF="multiplemaster.html">multiple master dialog</A> and
allows you to create your own multiple master font from scratch.
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<A NAME="Valid">MM Valid</A>
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Checks that the current multiple master font can be saved. So each master
design must match in:
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Contours
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There must be the same number of contours and
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each contour must have the same number of points and
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each spline on the contour must be the same type (ie it can't correspond
to a straight line in one font and a curve in another)
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References
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There must be the same number of references and
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Each corresponding reference must refer to the same encoding
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Hints
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Same number of hints
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HintMasks (Counter masks are not supported here)
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HintMasks at corresponding points must specify a corresponding set of hints
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Kerning
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If a glyph kerns with another glyph in one font, then a corresponding kerning
pair must exist in all designs
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<DT>
<A NAME="Info">MM Info</A>
<DD>
Brings up the <A HREF="multiplemaster.html">multiple master dialog</A> and
allows you to modify the current multiple master font.
<DT>
<A NAME="NewFont">Blend to New Font</A>...
<DD>
Allows you to create a blended version of the current multiple master font
set as a stand alone font.
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<A NAME="DefWeights">MM Change Default Weights</A>
<DD>
Allows you to change the default weights assigned to each master design used
in blending the default instance of the font
<HR>
<DT>
<sub font name>
<DD>
Clicking on a different sub font name in the menu will cause that sub-font
to be displayed instead of the current one. The subfonts are the master designs
and the default blended font.
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The menu as it appears in the <A NAME="outline-char">outline glyph </A>view
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<A HREF="mmmenu.html#Reblend">MM Reblend </A>
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MM <A NAME="Reblend">Reblend</A>
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Reblends the default version of the current glyph
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<A NAME="View">View</A>
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A submenu which allows you to choose which of the designs of this glyph you
want displayed in the background of the view
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<sub font name>
<DD>
Clicking on a different sub font name in the menu will cause the glyph from
that sub-font to be displayed instead of the current one. The subfonts are
the master designs and the default blended font.
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