Multiple master fonts (or MM fonts) are an extension to Adobe Systems' Type 1 PostScript fonts, now mostly superseded by the advent of OpenType. Multiple master fonts contain two or more "masters" — that is, original font styles — and enable a user to interpolate between these masters along a continuous range of "axes." With proper application support, these axes can be adjusted on demand. From one MM font, it is conceivable to create a wide gamut of typeface styles of different widths, weights and proportions, without losing the integrity or readability of the character glyphs.
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