# A Master for two locations **URL:** \ **Category:** Glyphs\ **Created:** [October 31, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461 "2025-10-31T15:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/aminabedi68/32/20105_2.png) [@aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/aminabedi68)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/1 "2025-10-31T15:08:51Z")
Hi I have a typeface with three axes and eight masters, but two of the masters are duplicates. I’d like to hide them from the GUI so I don’t have to edit them twice. (as the optical size decreases, the contrast axis gets narrow until the four masters converge into two) ![rect30](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/c/cc6830d40bcd7cf0ad4e16a85e220ab257b8f55f.png) can i do that in Glyphs app? ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/2 "2025-10-31T15:35:55Z")
We are working on a solution for this. ---
**Author:** ![aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/aminabedi68/32/20105_2.png) [@aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/aminabedi68)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/3 "2025-10-31T18:29:14Z")
thanks. ---
**Author:** ![federicoparra](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/federicoparra/32/21500_2.png) [@federicoparra](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/federicoparra)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/4 "2026-08-31T09:23:46Z")
Is this already possible? ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/5 "2026-08-31T10:18:28Z")
It is. Use a “Duplicate Master” parameter in the font settings. ---
**Author:** ![SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/scarewe/32/18952_2.png) [@SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/SCarewe)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/6 "2026-08-31T12:11:12Z")
Wow, very cool! ---
**Author:** ![moo](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@moo](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/moo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/7 "2026-10-04T09:55:02Z")
It doesn’t seem to work for me. The coordinates I enter should be the new coordinates for the “new” master, right? ![Bildschirmfoto 2026-10-04 um 11.52.13](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/b/6beed4d7b01c59d8fd11af187e8f58db8e30e856.png) ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/8 "2026-10-13T14:05:39Z")
Yes. Could you send me a file for testing? ---
**Author:** ![jkutilek](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/jkutilek/32/29173_2.png) [@jkutilek](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/jkutilek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/9 "2026-10-13T16:13:25Z")
Couldn’t this be modelled with an avar2 table instead of duplicating masters? ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/10 "2026-10-13T16:32:13Z")
There are reasons for both. ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/11 "2026-10-13T20:13:24Z")
thanks for the file. it is fine, but the preview in Glyphs is not respecting the duplicated master. The final variable font is fine. ---
**Author:** ![moo](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@moo](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/moo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/12 "2026-10-14T06:45:40Z")
Is there a way, that static fonts also get exported correctly? ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/a-master-for-two-locations/35461/13 "2026-10-14T09:17:22Z")
the preview and the static export are the same code path. I fixed it. ![Screenshot 2026-10-14 at 11.17.04](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/4/24c0262187597607992a892695f78210030abbbc.png)