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## java.awt.font
Interface MultipleMaster

public interface MultipleMaster

The `MultipleMaster` interface represents Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. A particular `Font` object can implement this interface.

Method Summary
`Font` | `deriveMMFont(float[] axes)` Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design axis values contained in the specified array.
`Font` | `deriveMMFont(float[] glyphWidths, float avgStemWidth, float typicalCapHeight, float typicalXHeight, float italicAngle)` Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on detailed metric information.
`float[]` | `getDesignAxisDefaults()` Returns an array of default design values for each axis.
`String[]` | `getDesignAxisNames()` Returns the name for each design axis.
`float[]` | `getDesignAxisRanges()` Returns an array of design limits interleaved in the form [from->to] for each axis.
`int` | `getNumDesignAxes()` Returns the number of multiple master design controls.

Method Detail

### getNumDesignAxes

    public int getNumDesignAxes()

  Returns the number of multiple master design controls. Design axes include things like width, weight and optical scaling.

  Returns:
    the number of multiple master design controls

### getDesignAxisRanges

    public float[] getDesignAxisRanges()

  Returns an array of design limits interleaved in the form [from->to] for each axis. For example, design limits for weight could be from 0.1 to 1.0. The values are returned in the same order returned by `getDesignAxisNames`.

  Returns:
    an array of design limits for each axis.

### getDesignAxisDefaults

    public float[] getDesignAxisDefaults()

  Returns an array of default design values for each axis. For example, the default value for weight could be 1.6. The values are returned in the same order returned by `getDesignAxisNames`.

  Returns:
    an array of default design values for each axis.

### getDesignAxisNames

    public String[] getDesignAxisNames()

  Returns the name for each design axis. This also determines the order in which the values for each axis are returned.

  Returns:
    an array containing the names of each design axis.

### deriveMMFont

    public Font deriveMMFont(float[] axes)

  Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design axis values contained in the specified array. The size of the array must correspond to the value returned from `getNumDesignAxes` and the values of the array elements must fall within limits specified by `getDesignAxesLimits`. In case of an error, `null` is returned.

  Parameters:
    `axes` - an array containing axis values
  Returns:
    a `Font` object that is an instance of `MultipleMaster` and is based on the design axis values provided by `axes`.

### deriveMMFont

    public Font deriveMMFont(float[] glyphWidths,
                             float avgStemWidth,
                             float typicalCapHeight,
                             float typicalXHeight,
                             float italicAngle)

  Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on detailed metric information. In case of an error, `null` is returned.

  Parameters:
    `glyphWidths` - an array of floats representing the desired width of each glyph in font space
    `avgStemWidth` - the average stem width for the overall font in font space
    `typicalCapHeight` - the height of a typical upper case char
    `typicalXHeight` - the height of a typical lower case char
    `italicAngle` - the angle at which the italics lean, in degrees counterclockwise from vertical
  Returns:
    a `Font` object that is an instance of `MultipleMaster` and is based on the specified metric information.

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