Layers and Masters?圖層和母版
https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab/7/manual/Layers-and-Masters/

Layers?圖層

In FontLab, all drawings,metrics, kerning are stored per layer. This is different from how layers workedin FontLab Studio 5. All the sections in this manual refer to “Glyphs”?—?butthat should be understood to mean “Glyph Layers”.

在 FontLab 中，所有的繪圖、度量和字距調(diào)整都存儲(chǔ)在每個(gè)圖層中。這與 FontLab Studio 5中的圖層工作方式不同。本手冊(cè)的所有章節(jié)都提到了“字形”ーー但應(yīng)該理解為“字形圖層”。

Againunlike FontLab Studio 5, you can create as many layers as you wish. You canname layers and change their properties, as well as change their order in theglyph layout.

同樣與 FontLab Studio 5 不同，你可以創(chuàng)建任意多的圖層。您可以命名圖層和更改它們的屬性，以及更改它們?cè)谧中尾季种械捻樞颉?/p>

Differentglyphs may have different numbers of layers. When you create a new glyph, onlythe outline layer for the style name is created for that glyph. So for example,if the style name for the font is Bold Italic, that is also the name given tothe layer. The style name layer is the main layer where you draw your glyphs.You can add more layers to one glyph, to several selected glyphs or to allglyphs in your font.

不同的字形可以有不同的圖層數(shù)。當(dāng)你創(chuàng)建一個(gè)新字形時(shí)，該字形中只包含一個(gè)輪廓圖層，即標(biāo)有字體樣式名稱的圖層。例如，如果字體的樣式名稱是“粗斜體”，則圖層的名稱也是“粗斜體”。樣式名稱圖層是繪制字形的主要圖層。您可以向一個(gè)字形、選定的多個(gè)字形或字體中的所有字形添加更多圖層。

You canalso add a singleGlobal Mask, or individualMask layersto each of your main layers,if you wish. Mask layers (including the Global Mask) have theservice?layerattribute, and therefore are not rendered in theFont Windowor thePreview panel. They also do not participate inthe interpolation process and are not exported in the final font formats.

您還可以添加一個(gè)單一的全局蒙版，或獨(dú)立的蒙版層到您的每一個(gè)主要圖層，如果你愿意。蒙版層(包括全局蒙版)具有服務(wù)圖層屬性，因此不會(huì)在字體窗口或預(yù)覽面板中呈現(xiàn)。它們也不參與插值過程，并且不包含在最終導(dǎo)出的字體格式中。

Note thatglyphs on different layers could have different metrics and be kerned withother glyphs differently. You can think about layers as separate font faces,each having its own width or weight or other attributes.

注意，不同圖層上的字形可能有不同的度量，并且與其他字形的字距也不同。你可以將圖層看作獨(dú)立的一個(gè)字體，每個(gè)字體都有自己的寬度、重量或其他屬性。

To learnabout how to use layers, seeWorking with Layers. TheLayers and Masters panelis used to managethem in a font.

要了解如何使用圖層，請(qǐng)參閱使用圖層。在圖層和母版面板中可以管理相應(yīng)的內(nèi)容。

Masters?母版

AMasteris alayer that may be exported, and is intended to take part inVariationsinterpolation if there aremultiple Masters. TheLayers and Masters panelandVariations panelare used to manage themin a font. (To learn about how to use layers, seeWorking with Layers.)

母版是一個(gè)可以導(dǎo)出，并打算用于可變字體插值的圖層，如果你有多個(gè)母版?！皥D層和母版”面板和“變體Variations”面板是用來管理它們相應(yīng)內(nèi)容的地方。(要了解如何使用圖層，請(qǐng)參閱使用圖層。)

A master that is not at either end of an axis is referred to as an?intermediate master. Forexample, a variable font with a weight axis might have an extra-light master, abold master, and a black master. The bold master, not being at either extreme,is an intermediate master.

不在軸兩端的母版稱為中間母版。例如，帶有重量軸的可變字體可能有一個(gè)Extra Light（超細(xì)）的母版、一個(gè)Bold（粗體）母版和一個(gè)Ultra Black（超黑）母版。粗體母版不在兩端，它是一個(gè)中間母版。

A Master layer is not required to be present in every glyph in the font. A Master that is present in all glyphs is called a?Font Master, while one that is present in one or few, but not all glyphs is called a?Glyph Master. A master that is not presentin a given glyph does not affect the interpolation of that glyph. For example,a font with a weight axis might have an Extra Light master for all glyphs, anUltra Black master for all glyphs, and a Bold master for just some glyphs.

母版圖層不需要出現(xiàn)在字體的每個(gè)字形中。出現(xiàn)在所有字形中的母版稱為字體母版，而出現(xiàn)在一個(gè)或幾個(gè)字形中的母版稱為字形母版。母版沒有出現(xiàn)在某個(gè)字形中并不影響該字形的插值。例如，一個(gè)帶有重量軸的字體可能對(duì)所有字形有一個(gè) Extra Light 母版，對(duì)所有字形有一個(gè) Ultra Black 母版，對(duì)某些字形有一個(gè) Bold 母版。