fonttools 4.60.2__cp311-cp311-win32.whl

fontTools/varLib/instancer/__init__.py

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+"""Partially instantiate a variable font.
+
+The module exports an `instantiateVariableFont` function and CLI that allow to
+create full instances (i.e. static fonts) from variable fonts, as well as "partial"
+variable fonts that only contain a subset of the original variation space.
+
+For example, if you wish to pin the width axis to a given location while also
+restricting the weight axis to 400..700 range, you can do:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    $ fonttools varLib.instancer ./NotoSans-VF.ttf wdth=85 wght=400:700
+
+See `fonttools varLib.instancer --help` for more info on the CLI options.
+
+The module's entry point is the `instantiateVariableFont` function, which takes
+a TTFont object and a dict specifying either axis coodinates or (min, max) ranges,
+and returns a new TTFont representing either a partial VF, or full instance if all
+the VF axes were given an explicit coordinate.
+
+E.g. here's how to pin the wght axis at a given location in a wght+wdth variable
+font, keeping only the deltas associated with the wdth axis:
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>>
+    >> from fontTools import ttLib
+    >> from fontTools.varLib import instancer
+    >> varfont = ttLib.TTFont("path/to/MyVariableFont.ttf")
+    >> [a.axisTag for a in varfont["fvar"].axes]  # the varfont's current axes
+    ['wght', 'wdth']
+    >> partial = instancer.instantiateVariableFont(varfont, {"wght": 300})
+    >> [a.axisTag for a in partial["fvar"].axes]  # axes left after pinning 'wght'
+    ['wdth']
+
+If the input location specifies all the axes, the resulting instance is no longer
+'variable' (same as using fontools varLib.mutator):
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>>
+    >> instance = instancer.instantiateVariableFont(
+    ...     varfont, {"wght": 700, "wdth": 67.5}
+    ... )
+    >> "fvar" not in instance
+    True
+
+If one just want to drop an axis at the default location, without knowing in
+advance what the default value for that axis is, one can pass a `None` value:
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>>
+    >> instance = instancer.instantiateVariableFont(varfont, {"wght": None})
+    >> len(varfont["fvar"].axes)
+    1
+
+From the console script, this is equivalent to passing `wght=drop` as input.
+
+This module is similar to fontTools.varLib.mutator, which it's intended to supersede.
+Note that, unlike varLib.mutator, when an axis is not mentioned in the input
+location, by default the varLib.instancer will keep the axis and the corresponding
+deltas, whereas mutator implicitly drops the axis at its default coordinate.
+To obtain the same behavior as mutator, pass the `static=True` parameter or
+the `--static` CLI option.
+
+The module supports all the following "levels" of instancing, which can of
+course be combined:
+
+L1
+    dropping one or more axes while leaving the default tables unmodified;
+    .. code-block:: pycon
+
+        >>>
+        >> font = instancer.instantiateVariableFont(varfont, {"wght": None})
+
+L2
+    dropping one or more axes while pinning them at non-default locations;
+    .. code-block:: pycon
+
+        >>>
+        >> font = instancer.instantiateVariableFont(varfont, {"wght": 700})
+
+L3
+    restricting the range of variation of one or more axes, by setting either
+    a new minimum or maximum, potentially -- though not necessarily -- dropping
+    entire regions of variations that fall completely outside this new range.
+    .. code-block:: pycon
+
+        >>>
+        >> font = instancer.instantiateVariableFont(varfont, {"wght": (100, 300)})
+
+L4
+    moving the default location of an axis, by specifying (min,defalt,max) values:
+    .. code-block:: pycon
+
+        >>>
+        >> font = instancer.instantiateVariableFont(varfont, {"wght": (100, 300, 700)})
+
+Both TrueType-flavored (glyf+gvar) variable and CFF2 variable fonts are supported.
+"""
+
+from fontTools.misc.fixedTools import (
+    floatToFixedToFloat,
+    strToFixedToFloat,
+    otRound,
+)
+from fontTools.varLib.models import normalizeValue, piecewiseLinearMap
+from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont, newTable
+from fontTools.ttLib.tables.TupleVariation import TupleVariation
+from fontTools.ttLib.tables import _g_l_y_f
+from fontTools import varLib
+
+# we import the `subset` module because we use the `prune_lookups` method on the GSUB
+# table class, and that method is only defined dynamically upon importing `subset`
+from fontTools import subset  # noqa: F401
+from fontTools.cffLib import privateDictOperators2
+from fontTools.cffLib.specializer import (
+    programToCommands,
+    commandsToProgram,
+    specializeCommands,
+    generalizeCommands,
+)
+from fontTools.cffLib.CFF2ToCFF import convertCFF2ToCFF
+from fontTools.varLib import builder
+from fontTools.varLib.mvar import MVAR_ENTRIES
+from fontTools.varLib.merger import MutatorMerger
+from fontTools.varLib.instancer import names
+from .featureVars import instantiateFeatureVariations
+from fontTools.misc.cliTools import makeOutputFileName
+from fontTools.varLib.instancer import solver
+from fontTools.ttLib.tables.otTables import VarComponentFlags
+import collections
+import dataclasses
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from copy import deepcopy
+from enum import IntEnum
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import io
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+import warnings
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger("fontTools.varLib.instancer")
+
+
+def AxisRange(minimum, maximum):
+    warnings.warn(
+        "AxisRange is deprecated; use AxisTriple instead",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )
+    return AxisTriple(minimum, None, maximum)
+
+
+def NormalizedAxisRange(minimum, maximum):
+    warnings.warn(
+        "NormalizedAxisRange is deprecated; use AxisTriple instead",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )
+    return NormalizedAxisTriple(minimum, None, maximum)
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, order=True, repr=False)
+class AxisTriple(Sequence):
+    """A triple of (min, default, max) axis values.
+
+    Any of the values can be None, in which case the limitRangeAndPopulateDefaults()
+    method can be used to fill in the missing values based on the fvar axis values.
+    """
+
+    minimum: Optional[float]
+    default: Optional[float]
+    maximum: Optional[float]
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.default is None and self.minimum == self.maximum:
+            object.__setattr__(self, "default", self.minimum)
+        if (
+            (
+                self.minimum is not None
+                and self.default is not None
+                and self.minimum > self.default
+            )
+            or (
+                self.default is not None
+                and self.maximum is not None
+                and self.default > self.maximum
+            )
+            or (
+                self.minimum is not None
+                and self.maximum is not None
+                and self.minimum > self.maximum
+            )
+        ):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{type(self).__name__} minimum ({self.minimum}), default ({self.default}), maximum ({self.maximum}) must be in sorted order"
+            )
+
+    def __getitem__(self, i):
+        fields = dataclasses.fields(self)
+        return getattr(self, fields[i].name)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(dataclasses.fields(self))
+
+    def _replace(self, **kwargs):
+        return dataclasses.replace(self, **kwargs)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return (
+            f"({', '.join(format(v, 'g') if v is not None else 'None' for v in self)})"
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def expand(
+        cls,
+        v: Union[
+            "AxisTriple",
+            float,  # pin axis at single value, same as min==default==max
+            Tuple[float, float],  # (min, max), restrict axis and keep default
+            Tuple[float, float, float],  # (min, default, max)
+        ],
+    ) -> "AxisTriple":
+        """Convert a single value or a tuple into an AxisTriple.
+
+        If the input is a single value, it is interpreted as a pin at that value.
+        If the input is a tuple, it is interpreted as (min, max) or (min, default, max).
+        """
+        if isinstance(v, cls):
+            return v
+        if isinstance(v, (int, float)):
+            return cls(v, v, v)
+        try:
+            n = len(v)
+        except TypeError as e:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"expected float, 2- or 3-tuple of floats; got {type(v)}: {v!r}"
+            ) from e
+        default = None
+        if n == 2:
+            minimum, maximum = v
+        elif n >= 3:
+            return cls(*v)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"expected sequence of 2 or 3; got {n}: {v!r}")
+        return cls(minimum, default, maximum)
+
+    def limitRangeAndPopulateDefaults(self, fvarTriple) -> "AxisTriple":
+        """Return a new AxisTriple with the default value filled in.
+
+        Set default to fvar axis default if the latter is within the min/max range,
+        otherwise set default to the min or max value, whichever is closer to the
+        fvar axis default.
+        If the default value is already set, return self.
+        """
+        minimum = self.minimum
+        if minimum is None:
+            minimum = fvarTriple[0]
+        default = self.default
+        if default is None:
+            default = fvarTriple[1]
+        maximum = self.maximum
+        if maximum is None:
+            maximum = fvarTriple[2]
+
+        minimum = max(minimum, fvarTriple[0])
+        maximum = max(maximum, fvarTriple[0])
+        minimum = min(minimum, fvarTriple[2])
+        maximum = min(maximum, fvarTriple[2])
+        default = max(minimum, min(maximum, default))
+
+        return AxisTriple(minimum, default, maximum)
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, order=True, repr=False)
+class NormalizedAxisTriple(AxisTriple):
+    """A triple of (min, default, max) normalized axis values."""
+
+    minimum: float
+    default: float
+    maximum: float
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.default is None:
+            object.__setattr__(self, "default", max(self.minimum, min(self.maximum, 0)))
+        if not (-1.0 <= self.minimum <= self.default <= self.maximum <= 1.0):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Normalized axis values not in -1..+1 range; got "
+                f"minimum={self.minimum:g}, default={self.default:g}, maximum={self.maximum:g})"
+            )
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, order=True, repr=False)
+class NormalizedAxisTripleAndDistances(AxisTriple):
+    """A triple of (min, default, max) normalized axis values,
+    with distances between min and default, and default and max,
+    in the *pre-normalized* space."""
+
+    minimum: float
+    default: float
+    maximum: float
+    distanceNegative: Optional[float] = 1
+    distancePositive: Optional[float] = 1
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.default is None:
+            object.__setattr__(self, "default", max(self.minimum, min(self.maximum, 0)))
+        if not (-1.0 <= self.minimum <= self.default <= self.maximum <= 1.0):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Normalized axis values not in -1..+1 range; got "
+                f"minimum={self.minimum:g}, default={self.default:g}, maximum={self.maximum:g})"
+            )
+
+    def reverse_negate(self):
+        v = self
+        return self.__class__(-v[2], -v[1], -v[0], v[4], v[3])
+
+    def renormalizeValue(self, v, extrapolate=True):
+        """Renormalizes a normalized value v to the range of this axis,
+        considering the pre-normalized distances as well as the new
+        axis limits."""
+
+        lower, default, upper, distanceNegative, distancePositive = self
+        assert lower <= default <= upper
+
+        if not extrapolate:
+            v = max(lower, min(upper, v))
+
+        if v == default:
+            return 0
+
+        if default < 0:
+            return -self.reverse_negate().renormalizeValue(-v, extrapolate=extrapolate)
+
+        # default >= 0 and v != default
+
+        if v > default:
+            return (v - default) / (upper - default)
+
+        # v < default
+
+        if lower >= 0:
+            return (v - default) / (default - lower)
+
+        # lower < 0 and v < default
+
+        totalDistance = distanceNegative * -lower + distancePositive * default
+
+        if v >= 0:
+            vDistance = (default - v) * distancePositive
+        else:
+            vDistance = -v * distanceNegative + distancePositive * default
+
+        return -vDistance / totalDistance
+
+
+class _BaseAxisLimits(Mapping[str, AxisTriple]):
+    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> AxisTriple:
+        return self._data[key]
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterable[str]:
+        return iter(self._data)
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._data)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"{type(self).__name__}({self._data!r})"
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return str(self._data)
+
+    def defaultLocation(self) -> Dict[str, float]:
+        """Return a dict of default axis values."""
+        return {k: v.default for k, v in self.items()}
+
+    def pinnedLocation(self) -> Dict[str, float]:
+        """Return a location dict with only the pinned axes."""
+        return {k: v.default for k, v in self.items() if v.minimum == v.maximum}
+
+
+class AxisLimits(_BaseAxisLimits):
+    """Maps axis tags (str) to AxisTriple values."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._data = data = {}
+        for k, v in dict(*args, **kwargs).items():
+            if v is None:
+                # will be filled in by limitAxesAndPopulateDefaults
+                data[k] = v
+            else:
+                try:
+                    triple = AxisTriple.expand(v)
+                except ValueError as e:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Invalid axis limits for {k!r}: {v!r}") from e
+                data[k] = triple
+
+    def limitAxesAndPopulateDefaults(self, varfont) -> "AxisLimits":
+        """Return a new AxisLimits with defaults filled in from fvar table.
+
+        If all axis limits already have defaults, return self.
+        """
+        fvar = varfont["fvar"]
+        fvarTriples = {
+            a.axisTag: (a.minValue, a.defaultValue, a.maxValue) for a in fvar.axes
+        }
+        newLimits = {}
+        for axisTag, triple in self.items():
+            fvarTriple = fvarTriples[axisTag]
+            default = fvarTriple[1]
+            if triple is None:
+                newLimits[axisTag] = AxisTriple(default, default, default)
+            else:
+                newLimits[axisTag] = triple.limitRangeAndPopulateDefaults(fvarTriple)
+        return type(self)(newLimits)
+
+    def normalize(self, varfont, usingAvar=True) -> "NormalizedAxisLimits":
+        """Return a new NormalizedAxisLimits with normalized -1..0..+1 values.
+
+        If usingAvar is True, the avar table is used to warp the default normalization.
+        """
+        fvar = varfont["fvar"]
+        badLimits = set(self.keys()).difference(a.axisTag for a in fvar.axes)
+        if badLimits:
+            raise ValueError("Cannot limit: {} not present in fvar".format(badLimits))
+
+        axes = {
+            a.axisTag: (a.minValue, a.defaultValue, a.maxValue)
+            for a in fvar.axes
+            if a.axisTag in self
+        }
+
+        avarSegments = {}
+        if usingAvar and "avar" in varfont:
+            avar = varfont["avar"]
+            avarSegments = avar.segments
+
+            if getattr(avar, "majorVersion", 1) >= 2 and avar.table.VarStore:
+                pinnedAxes = set(self.pinnedLocation())
+                if not pinnedAxes.issuperset(avarSegments):
+                    raise NotImplementedError(
+                        "Partial-instancing avar2 table is not supported"
+                    )
+
+                # TODO: Merge this with the main codepath.
+
+                # Full instancing of avar2 font. Use avar table to normalize location and return.
+                location = self.pinnedLocation()
+                location = {
+                    tag: normalize(value, axes[tag], avarSegments.get(tag, None))
+                    for tag, value in location.items()
+                }
+                return NormalizedAxisLimits(
+                    **avar.renormalizeLocation(location, varfont, dropZeroes=False)
+                )
+
+        normalizedLimits = {}
+
+        for axis_tag, triple in axes.items():
+            distanceNegative = triple[1] - triple[0]
+            distancePositive = triple[2] - triple[1]
+
+            if self[axis_tag] is None:
+                normalizedLimits[axis_tag] = NormalizedAxisTripleAndDistances(
+                    0, 0, 0, distanceNegative, distancePositive
+                )
+                continue
+
+            minV, defaultV, maxV = self[axis_tag]
+
+            if defaultV is None:
+                defaultV = triple[1]
+
+            avarMapping = avarSegments.get(axis_tag, None)
+            normalizedLimits[axis_tag] = NormalizedAxisTripleAndDistances(
+                *(normalize(v, triple, avarMapping) for v in (minV, defaultV, maxV)),
+                distanceNegative,
+                distancePositive,
+            )
+
+        return NormalizedAxisLimits(normalizedLimits)
+
+
+class NormalizedAxisLimits(_BaseAxisLimits):
+    """Maps axis tags (str) to NormalizedAxisTriple values."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._data = data = {}
+        for k, v in dict(*args, **kwargs).items():
+            try:
+                triple = NormalizedAxisTripleAndDistances.expand(v)
+            except ValueError as e:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid axis limits for {k!r}: {v!r}") from e
+            data[k] = triple
+
+
+class OverlapMode(IntEnum):
+    KEEP_AND_DONT_SET_FLAGS = 0
+    KEEP_AND_SET_FLAGS = 1
+    REMOVE = 2
+    REMOVE_AND_IGNORE_ERRORS = 3
+
+
+def instantiateVARC(varfont, axisLimits):
+    log.info("Instantiating VARC tables")
+
+    # TODO(behdad) My confidence in this function is rather low;
+    # It needs more testing. Specially with partial-instancing,
+    # I don't think it currently works.
+
+    varc = varfont["VARC"].table
+    fvarAxes = varfont["fvar"].axes if "fvar" in varfont else []
+
+    location = axisLimits.pinnedLocation()
+    axisMap = [i for i, axis in enumerate(fvarAxes) if axis.axisTag not in location]
+    reverseAxisMap = {i: j for j, i in enumerate(axisMap)}
+
+    if varc.AxisIndicesList:
+        axisIndicesList = varc.AxisIndicesList.Item
+        for i, axisIndices in enumerate(axisIndicesList):
+            if any(fvarAxes[j].axisTag in axisLimits for j in axisIndices):
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    "Instancing across VarComponent axes is not supported."
+                )
+            axisIndicesList[i] = [reverseAxisMap[j] for j in axisIndices]
+
+    store = varc.MultiVarStore
+    if store:
+        for region in store.SparseVarRegionList.Region:
+            newRegionAxis = []
+            for regionRecord in region.SparseVarRegionAxis:
+                tag = fvarAxes[regionRecord.AxisIndex].axisTag
+                if tag in axisLimits:
+                    raise NotImplementedError(
+                        "Instancing across VarComponent axes is not supported."
+                    )
+                regionRecord.AxisIndex = reverseAxisMap[regionRecord.AxisIndex]
+
+
+def instantiateTupleVariationStore(
+    variations, axisLimits, origCoords=None, endPts=None
+):
+    """Instantiate TupleVariation list at the given location, or limit axes' min/max.
+
+    The 'variations' list of TupleVariation objects is modified in-place.
+    The 'axisLimits' (dict) maps axis tags (str) to NormalizedAxisTriple namedtuples
+    specifying (minimum, default, maximum) in the -1,0,+1 normalized space. Pinned axes
+    have minimum == default == maximum.
+
+    A 'full' instance (i.e. static font) is produced when all the axes are pinned to
+    single coordinates; a 'partial' instance (i.e. a less variable font) is produced
+    when some of the axes are omitted, or restricted with a new range.
+
+    Tuples that do not participate are kept as they are. Those that have 0 influence
+    at the given location are removed from the variation store.
+    Those that are fully instantiated (i.e. all their axes are being pinned) are also
+    removed from the variation store, their scaled deltas accummulated and returned, so
+    that they can be added by the caller to the default instance's coordinates.
+    Tuples that are only partially instantiated (i.e. not all the axes that they
+    participate in are being pinned) are kept in the store, and their deltas multiplied
+    by the scalar support of the axes to be pinned at the desired location.
+
+    Args:
+        variations: List[TupleVariation] from either 'gvar' or 'cvar'.
+        axisLimits: NormalizedAxisLimits: map from axis tags to (min, default, max)
+            normalized coordinates for the full or partial instance.
+        origCoords: GlyphCoordinates: default instance's coordinates for computing 'gvar'
+            inferred points (cf. table__g_l_y_f._getCoordinatesAndControls).
+        endPts: List[int]: indices of contour end points, for inferring 'gvar' deltas.
+
+    Returns:
+        List[float]: the overall delta adjustment after applicable deltas were summed.
+    """
+
+    newVariations = changeTupleVariationsAxisLimits(variations, axisLimits)
+
+    mergedVariations = collections.OrderedDict()
+    for var in newVariations:
+        # compute inferred deltas only for gvar ('origCoords' is None for cvar)
+        if origCoords is not None:
+            var.calcInferredDeltas(origCoords, endPts)
+
+        # merge TupleVariations with overlapping "tents"
+        axes = frozenset(var.axes.items())
+        if axes in mergedVariations:
+            mergedVariations[axes] += var
+        else:
+            mergedVariations[axes] = var
+
+    # drop TupleVariation if all axes have been pinned (var.axes.items() is empty);
+    # its deltas will be added to the default instance's coordinates
+    defaultVar = mergedVariations.pop(frozenset(), None)
+
+    for var in mergedVariations.values():
+        var.roundDeltas()
+    variations[:] = list(mergedVariations.values())
+
+    return defaultVar.coordinates if defaultVar is not None else []
+
+
+def changeTupleVariationsAxisLimits(variations, axisLimits):
+    for axisTag, axisLimit in sorted(axisLimits.items()):
+        newVariations = []
+        for var in variations:
+            newVariations.extend(changeTupleVariationAxisLimit(var, axisTag, axisLimit))
+        variations = newVariations
+    return variations
+
+
+def changeTupleVariationAxisLimit(var, axisTag, axisLimit):
+    assert isinstance(axisLimit, NormalizedAxisTripleAndDistances)
+
+    # Skip when current axis is missing or peaks at 0 (i.e. doesn't participate)
+    lower, peak, upper = var.axes.get(axisTag, (-1, 0, 1))
+    if peak == 0:
+        # explicitly defined, no-op axes can be omitted
+        # https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/3453
+        if axisTag in var.axes:
+            del var.axes[axisTag]
+        return [var]
+    # Drop if the var 'tent' isn't well-formed
+    if not (lower <= peak <= upper) or (lower < 0 and upper > 0):
+        return []
+
+    if axisTag not in var.axes:
+        return [var]
+
+    tent = var.axes[axisTag]
+
+    solutions = solver.rebaseTent(tent, axisLimit)
+
+    out = []
+    for scalar, tent in solutions:
+        newVar = (
+            TupleVariation(var.axes, var.coordinates) if len(solutions) > 1 else var
+        )
+        if tent is None:
+            newVar.axes.pop(axisTag)
+        else:
+            assert tent[1] != 0, tent
+            newVar.axes[axisTag] = tent
+        newVar *= scalar
+        out.append(newVar)
+
+    return out
+
+
+def instantiateCFF2(
+    varfont,
+    axisLimits,
+    *,
+    round=round,
+    specialize=True,
+    generalize=False,
+    downgrade=False,
+):
+    # The algorithm here is rather simple:
+    #
+    # Take all blend operations and store their deltas in the (otherwise empty)
+    # CFF2 VarStore. Then, instantiate the VarStore with the given axis limits,
+    # and read back the new deltas. This is done for both the CharStrings and
+    # the Private dicts.
+    #
+    # Then prune unused things and possibly drop the VarStore if it's empty.
+    #
+    # If the downgrade parameter is True, no actual downgrading is done, but
+    # the function returns True if the VarStore was empty after instantiation,
+    # and hence a downgrade to CFF is possible. In all other cases it returns
+    # False.
+
+    log.info("Instantiating CFF2 table")
+
+    fvarAxes = varfont["fvar"].axes
+
+    cff = varfont["CFF2"].cff
+    topDict = cff.topDictIndex[0]
+    varStore = topDict.VarStore.otVarStore
+    if not varStore:
+        if downgrade:
+            from fontTools.cffLib.CFF2ToCFF import convertCFF2ToCFF
+
+            convertCFF2ToCFF(varfont)
+        return
+
+    cff.desubroutinize()
+
+    def getNumRegions(vsindex):
+        return varStore.VarData[vsindex if vsindex is not None else 0].VarRegionCount
+
+    charStrings = topDict.CharStrings.values()
+
+    # Gather all unique private dicts
+    uniquePrivateDicts = set()
+    privateDicts = []
+    for fd in topDict.FDArray:
+        if fd.Private not in uniquePrivateDicts:
+            uniquePrivateDicts.add(fd.Private)
+            privateDicts.append(fd.Private)
+
+    allCommands = []
+    allCommandPrivates = []
+    for cs in charStrings:
+        assert cs.private.vstore.otVarStore is varStore  # Or in many places!!
+        commands = programToCommands(cs.program, getNumRegions=getNumRegions)
+        if generalize:
+            commands = generalizeCommands(commands)
+        if specialize:
+            commands = specializeCommands(commands, generalizeFirst=not generalize)
+        allCommands.append(commands)
+        allCommandPrivates.append(cs.private)
+
+    def storeBlendsToVarStore(arg):
+        if not isinstance(arg, list):
+            return
+
+        if any(isinstance(subarg, list) for subarg in arg[:-1]):
+            raise NotImplementedError("Nested blend lists not supported (yet)")
+
+        count = arg[-1]
+        assert (len(arg) - 1) % count == 0
+        nRegions = (len(arg) - 1) // count - 1
+        assert nRegions == getNumRegions(vsindex)
+        for i in range(count, len(arg) - 1, nRegions):
+            deltas = arg[i : i + nRegions]
+            assert len(deltas) == nRegions
+            varData = varStore.VarData[vsindex]
+            varData.Item.append(deltas)
+            varData.ItemCount += 1
+
+    def fetchBlendsFromVarStore(arg):
+        if not isinstance(arg, list):
+            return [arg]
+
+        if any(isinstance(subarg, list) for subarg in arg[:-1]):
+            raise NotImplementedError("Nested blend lists not supported (yet)")
+
+        count = arg[-1]
+        assert (len(arg) - 1) % count == 0
+        numRegions = getNumRegions(vsindex)
+        newDefaults = []
+        newDeltas = []
+        for i in range(count):
+            defaultValue = arg[i]
+
+            major = vsindex
+            minor = varDataCursor[major]
+            varDataCursor[major] += 1
+
+            defaultValue += round(defaultDeltas[major][minor])
+            newDefaults.append(defaultValue)
+
+            varData = varStore.VarData[major]
+            deltas = varData.Item[minor]
+            assert len(deltas) == numRegions
+            newDeltas.extend(deltas)
+
+        if not numRegions:
+            return newDefaults  # No deltas, just return the defaults
+
+        return [newDefaults + newDeltas + [count]]
+
+    # Check VarData's are empty
+    for varData in varStore.VarData:
+        assert varData.Item == []
+        assert varData.ItemCount == 0
+
+    # Add charstring blend lists to VarStore so we can instantiate them
+    for commands, private in zip(allCommands, allCommandPrivates):
+        vsindex = getattr(private, "vsindex", 0)
+        for command in commands:
+            if command[0] == "vsindex":
+                vsindex = command[1][0]
+                continue
+            for arg in command[1]:
+                storeBlendsToVarStore(arg)
+
+    # Add private blend lists to VarStore so we can instantiate values
+    for opcode, name, arg_type, default, converter in privateDictOperators2:
+        if arg_type not in ("number", "delta", "array"):
+            continue
+
+        vsindex = 0
+        for private in privateDicts:
+            if not hasattr(private, name):
+                continue
+            values = getattr(private, name)
+
+            # This is safe here since "vsindex" is the first in the privateDictOperators2
+            if name == "vsindex":
+                vsindex = values[0]
+                continue
+
+            if arg_type == "number":
+                values = [values]
+
+            for value in values:
+                if not isinstance(value, list):
+                    continue
+
+                assert len(value) % (getNumRegions(vsindex) + 1) == 0
+                count = len(value) // (getNumRegions(vsindex) + 1)
+                storeBlendsToVarStore(value + [count])
+
+    # Instantiate VarStore
+    defaultDeltas = instantiateItemVariationStore(
+        varStore, fvarAxes, axisLimits, hierarchical=True
+    )
+
+    # Read back new charstring blends from the instantiated VarStore
+    varDataCursor = [0] * len(varStore.VarData)
+    for commands, private in zip(allCommands, allCommandPrivates):
+        vsindex = getattr(private, "vsindex", 0)
+        for command in commands:
+            if command[0] == "vsindex":
+                vsindex = command[1][0]
+                continue
+            newArgs = []
+            for arg in command[1]:
+                newArgs.extend(fetchBlendsFromVarStore(arg))
+            command[1][:] = newArgs
+
+    # Read back new private blends from the instantiated VarStore
+    for opcode, name, arg_type, default, converter in privateDictOperators2:
+        if arg_type not in ("number", "delta", "array"):
+            continue
+
+        vsindex = 0
+        for private in privateDicts:
+            if not hasattr(private, name):
+                continue
+
+            # This is safe here since "vsindex" is the first in the privateDictOperators2
+            if name == "vsindex":
+                vsindex = values[0]
+                continue
+
+            values = getattr(private, name)
+            if arg_type == "number":
+                values = [values]
+
+            newValues = []
+            for value in values:
+                if not isinstance(value, list):
+                    newValues.append(value)
+                    continue
+
+                value.append(1)
+                value = fetchBlendsFromVarStore(value)
+                newValues.extend(v[:-1] if isinstance(v, list) else v for v in value)
+
+            if arg_type == "number":
+                newValues = newValues[0]
+
+            setattr(private, name, newValues)
+
+    # Empty out the VarStore
+    for i, varData in enumerate(varStore.VarData):
+        assert varDataCursor[i] == varData.ItemCount, (
+            varDataCursor[i],
+            varData.ItemCount,
+        )
+        varData.Item = []
+        varData.ItemCount = 0
+
+    # Collect surviving vsindexes
+    usedVsindex = set(
+        i for i in range(len(varStore.VarData)) if varStore.VarData[i].VarRegionCount
+    )
+    # Remove vsindex commands that are no longer needed
+    for commands, private in zip(allCommands, allCommandPrivates):
+        if not any(isinstance(arg, list) for command in commands for arg in command[1]):
+            commands[:] = [command for command in commands if command[0] != "vsindex"]
+
+    # Remove unused VarData and update vsindex values
+    vsindexMapping = {v: i for i, v in enumerate(sorted(usedVsindex))}
+    varStore.VarData = [
+        varData for i, varData in enumerate(varStore.VarData) if i in usedVsindex
+    ]
+    varStore.VarDataCount = len(varStore.VarData)
+    for commands in allCommands:
+        for command in commands:
+            if command[0] == "vsindex":
+                command[1][0] = vsindexMapping[command[1][0]]
+    for private in privateDicts:
+        if hasattr(private, "vsindex"):
+            private.vsindex = vsindexMapping[private.vsindex]
+
+    # Remove initial vsindex commands that are implied
+    for commands, private in zip(allCommands, allCommandPrivates):
+        vsindex = getattr(private, "vsindex", 0)
+        if commands and commands[0] == ("vsindex", [vsindex]):
+            commands.pop(0)
+
+    # Ship the charstrings!
+    for cs, commands in zip(charStrings, allCommands):
+        cs.program = commandsToProgram(commands)
+
+    # Remove empty VarStore
+    if not varStore.VarData:
+        if "VarStore" in topDict.rawDict:
+            del topDict.rawDict["VarStore"]
+        del topDict.VarStore
+        del topDict.CharStrings.varStore
+        for private in privateDicts:
+            del private.vstore
+
+        if downgrade:
+            return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def _instantiateGvarGlyph(
+    glyphname, glyf, gvar, hMetrics, vMetrics, axisLimits, optimize=True
+):
+    coordinates, ctrl = glyf._getCoordinatesAndControls(glyphname, hMetrics, vMetrics)
+    endPts = ctrl.endPts
+
+    # Not every glyph may have variations
+    tupleVarStore = gvar.variations.get(glyphname)
+
+    if tupleVarStore:
+        defaultDeltas = instantiateTupleVariationStore(
+            tupleVarStore, axisLimits, coordinates, endPts
+        )
+
+        if defaultDeltas:
+            coordinates += _g_l_y_f.GlyphCoordinates(defaultDeltas)
+
+    # _setCoordinates also sets the hmtx/vmtx advance widths and sidebearings from
+    # the four phantom points and glyph bounding boxes.
+    # We call it unconditionally even if a glyph has no variations or no deltas are
+    # applied at this location, in case the glyph's xMin and in turn its sidebearing
+    # have changed. E.g. a composite glyph has no deltas for the component's (x, y)
+    # offset nor for the 4 phantom points (e.g. it's monospaced). Thus its entry in
+    # gvar table is empty; however, the composite's base glyph may have deltas
+    # applied, hence the composite's bbox and left/top sidebearings may need updating
+    # in the instanced font.
+    glyf._setCoordinates(glyphname, coordinates, hMetrics, vMetrics)
+
+    if not tupleVarStore:
+        if glyphname in gvar.variations:
+            del gvar.variations[glyphname]
+        return
+
+    if optimize:
+        # IUP semantics depend on point equality, and so round prior to
+        # optimization to ensure that comparisons that happen now will be the
+        # same as those that happen at render time. This is especially needed
+        # when floating point deltas have been applied to the default position.
+        #     See https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/3634
+        # Rounding must happen only after calculating glyf metrics above, to
+        # preserve backwards compatibility.
+        #     See 0010a3cd9aa25f84a3a6250dafb119743d32aa40
+        coordinates.toInt()
+
+        isComposite = glyf[glyphname].isComposite()
+
+        for var in tupleVarStore:
+            var.optimize(coordinates, endPts, isComposite=isComposite)
+
+
+def instantiateGvarGlyph(varfont, glyphname, axisLimits, optimize=True):
+    """Remove?
+    https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/pull/2266"""
+    gvar = varfont["gvar"]
+    glyf = varfont["glyf"]
+    hMetrics = varfont["hmtx"].metrics
+    vMetrics = getattr(varfont.get("vmtx"), "metrics", None)
+    _instantiateGvarGlyph(
+        glyphname, glyf, gvar, hMetrics, vMetrics, axisLimits, optimize=optimize
+    )
+
+
+def instantiateGvar(varfont, axisLimits, optimize=True):
+    log.info("Instantiating glyf/gvar tables")
+
+    gvar = varfont["gvar"]
+    glyf = varfont["glyf"]
+    hMetrics = varfont["hmtx"].metrics
+    vMetrics = getattr(varfont.get("vmtx"), "metrics", None)
+    # Get list of glyph names sorted by component depth.
+    # If a composite glyph is processed before its base glyph, the bounds may
+    # be calculated incorrectly because deltas haven't been applied to the
+    # base glyph yet.
+    glyphnames = sorted(
+        glyf.glyphOrder,
+        key=lambda name: (
+            (
+                glyf[name].getCompositeMaxpValues(glyf).maxComponentDepth
+                if glyf[name].isComposite()
+                else 0
+            ),
+            name,
+        ),
+    )
+    for glyphname in glyphnames:
+        _instantiateGvarGlyph(
+            glyphname, glyf, gvar, hMetrics, vMetrics, axisLimits, optimize=optimize
+        )
+
+    if not gvar.variations:
+        del varfont["gvar"]
+
+
+def setCvarDeltas(cvt, deltas):
+    for i, delta in enumerate(deltas):
+        if delta:
+            cvt[i] += otRound(delta)
+
+
+def instantiateCvar(varfont, axisLimits):
+    log.info("Instantiating cvt/cvar tables")
+
+    cvar = varfont["cvar"]
+
+    defaultDeltas = instantiateTupleVariationStore(cvar.variations, axisLimits)
+
+    if defaultDeltas:
+        setCvarDeltas(varfont["cvt "], defaultDeltas)
+
+    if not cvar.variations:
+        del varfont["cvar"]
+
+
+def setMvarDeltas(varfont, deltas):
+    mvar = varfont["MVAR"].table
+    records = mvar.ValueRecord
+    for rec in records:
+        mvarTag = rec.ValueTag
+        if mvarTag not in MVAR_ENTRIES:
+            continue
+        tableTag, itemName = MVAR_ENTRIES[mvarTag]
+        delta = deltas[rec.VarIdx]
+        if delta != 0:
+            setattr(
+                varfont[tableTag],
+                itemName,
+                getattr(varfont[tableTag], itemName) + otRound(delta),
+            )
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def verticalMetricsKeptInSync(varfont):
+    """Ensure hhea vertical metrics stay in sync with OS/2 ones after instancing.
+
+    When applying MVAR deltas to the OS/2 table, if the ascender, descender and
+    line gap change but they were the same as the respective hhea metrics in the
+    original font, this context manager ensures that hhea metrcs also get updated
+    accordingly.
+    The MVAR spec only has tags for the OS/2 metrics, but it is common in fonts
+    to have the hhea metrics be equal to those for compat reasons.
+
+    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/mvar
+    https://googlefonts.github.io/gf-guide/metrics.html#7-hhea-and-typo-metrics-should-be-equal
+    https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/3297
+    """
+    current_os2_vmetrics = [
+        getattr(varfont["OS/2"], attr)
+        for attr in ("sTypoAscender", "sTypoDescender", "sTypoLineGap")
+    ]
+    metrics_are_synced = current_os2_vmetrics == [
+        getattr(varfont["hhea"], attr) for attr in ("ascender", "descender", "lineGap")
+    ]
+
+    yield metrics_are_synced
+
+    if metrics_are_synced:
+        new_os2_vmetrics = [
+            getattr(varfont["OS/2"], attr)
+            for attr in ("sTypoAscender", "sTypoDescender", "sTypoLineGap")
+        ]
+        if current_os2_vmetrics != new_os2_vmetrics:
+            for attr, value in zip(
+                ("ascender", "descender", "lineGap"), new_os2_vmetrics
+            ):
+                setattr(varfont["hhea"], attr, value)
+
+
+def instantiateMVAR(varfont, axisLimits):
+    log.info("Instantiating MVAR table")
+
+    mvar = varfont["MVAR"].table
+    fvarAxes = varfont["fvar"].axes
+    varStore = mvar.VarStore
+    defaultDeltas = instantiateItemVariationStore(varStore, fvarAxes, axisLimits)
+
+    with verticalMetricsKeptInSync(varfont):
+        setMvarDeltas(varfont, defaultDeltas)
+
+    if varStore.VarRegionList.Region:
+        varIndexMapping = varStore.optimize()
+        for rec in mvar.ValueRecord:
+            rec.VarIdx = varIndexMapping[rec.VarIdx]
+    else:
+        del varfont["MVAR"]
+
+
+def _remapVarIdxMap(table, attrName, varIndexMapping, glyphOrder):
+    oldMapping = getattr(table, attrName).mapping
+    newMapping = [varIndexMapping[oldMapping[glyphName]] for glyphName in glyphOrder]
+    setattr(table, attrName, builder.buildVarIdxMap(newMapping, glyphOrder))
+
+
+# TODO(anthrotype) Add support for HVAR/VVAR in CFF2
+def _instantiateVHVAR(varfont, axisLimits, tableFields, *, round=round):
+    location = axisLimits.pinnedLocation()
+    tableTag = tableFields.tableTag
+    fvarAxes = varfont["fvar"].axes
+
+    log.info("Instantiating %s table", tableTag)
+    vhvar = varfont[tableTag].table
+    varStore = vhvar.VarStore
+
+    if "glyf" in varfont:
+        # Deltas from gvar table have already been applied to the hmtx/vmtx. For full
+        # instances (i.e. all axes pinned), we can simply drop HVAR/VVAR and return
+        if set(location).issuperset(axis.axisTag for axis in fvarAxes):
+            log.info("Dropping %s table", tableTag)
+            del varfont[tableTag]
+            return
+
+    defaultDeltas = instantiateItemVariationStore(varStore, fvarAxes, axisLimits)
+
+    if "glyf" not in varfont:
+        # CFF2 fonts need hmtx/vmtx updated here. For glyf fonts, the instantiateGvar
+        # function already updated the hmtx/vmtx from phantom points. Maybe remove
+        # that and do it here for both CFF2 and glyf fonts?
+        #
+        # Specially, if a font has glyf but not gvar, the hmtx/vmtx will not have been
+        # updated by instantiateGvar. Though one can call that a faulty font.
+        metricsTag = "vmtx" if tableTag == "VVAR" else "hmtx"
+        if metricsTag in varfont:
+            advMapping = getattr(vhvar, tableFields.advMapping)
+            metricsTable = varfont[metricsTag]
+            metrics = metricsTable.metrics
+            for glyphName, (advanceWidth, sb) in metrics.items():
+                if advMapping:
+                    varIdx = advMapping.mapping[glyphName]
+                else:
+                    varIdx = varfont.getGlyphID(glyphName)
+                delta = round(defaultDeltas[varIdx])
+                metrics[glyphName] = (max(0, advanceWidth + delta), sb)
+
+            if (
+                tableTag == "VVAR"
+                and getattr(vhvar, tableFields.vOrigMapping) is not None
+            ):
+                log.warning(
+                    "VORG table not yet updated to reflect changes in VVAR table"
+                )
+
+            # For full instances (i.e. all axes pinned), we can simply drop HVAR/VVAR and return
+            if set(location).issuperset(axis.axisTag for axis in fvarAxes):
+                log.info("Dropping %s table", tableTag)
+                del varfont[tableTag]
+                return
+
+    if varStore.VarRegionList.Region:
+        # Only re-optimize VarStore if the HVAR/VVAR already uses indirect AdvWidthMap
+        # or AdvHeightMap. If a direct, implicit glyphID->VariationIndex mapping is
+        # used for advances, skip re-optimizing and maintain original VariationIndex.
+        if getattr(vhvar, tableFields.advMapping):
+            varIndexMapping = varStore.optimize(use_NO_VARIATION_INDEX=False)
+            glyphOrder = varfont.getGlyphOrder()
+            _remapVarIdxMap(vhvar, tableFields.advMapping, varIndexMapping, glyphOrder)
+            if getattr(vhvar, tableFields.sb1):  # left or top sidebearings
+                _remapVarIdxMap(vhvar, tableFields.sb1, varIndexMapping, glyphOrder)
+            if getattr(vhvar, tableFields.sb2):  # right or bottom sidebearings
+                _remapVarIdxMap(vhvar, tableFields.sb2, varIndexMapping, glyphOrder)
+            if tableTag == "VVAR" and getattr(vhvar, tableFields.vOrigMapping):
+                _remapVarIdxMap(
+                    vhvar, tableFields.vOrigMapping, varIndexMapping, glyphOrder
+                )
+
+
+def instantiateHVAR(varfont, axisLimits):
+    return _instantiateVHVAR(varfont, axisLimits, varLib.HVAR_FIELDS)
+
+
+def instantiateVVAR(varfont, axisLimits):
+    return _instantiateVHVAR(varfont, axisLimits, varLib.VVAR_FIELDS)
+
+
+class _TupleVarStoreAdapter(object):
+    def __init__(self, regions, axisOrder, tupleVarData, itemCounts):
+        self.regions = regions
+        self.axisOrder = axisOrder
+        self.tupleVarData = tupleVarData
+        self.itemCounts = itemCounts
+
+    @classmethod
+    def fromItemVarStore(cls, itemVarStore, fvarAxes):
+        axisOrder = [axis.axisTag for axis in fvarAxes]
+        regions = [
+            region.get_support(fvarAxes) for region in itemVarStore.VarRegionList.Region
+        ]
+        tupleVarData = []
+        itemCounts = []
+        for varData in itemVarStore.VarData:
+            variations = []
+            varDataRegions = (regions[i] for i in varData.VarRegionIndex)
+            for axes, coordinates in zip(varDataRegions, zip(*varData.Item)):
+                variations.append(TupleVariation(axes, list(coordinates)))
+            tupleVarData.append(variations)
+            itemCounts.append(varData.ItemCount)
+        return cls(regions, axisOrder, tupleVarData, itemCounts)
+
+    def rebuildRegions(self):
+        # Collect the set of all unique region axes from the current TupleVariations.
+        # We use an OrderedDict to de-duplicate regions while keeping the order.
+        uniqueRegions = collections.OrderedDict.fromkeys(
+            (
+                frozenset(var.axes.items())
+                for variations in self.tupleVarData
+                for var in variations
+            )
+        )
+        # Maintain the original order for the regions that pre-existed, appending
+        # the new regions at the end of the region list.
+        newRegions = []
+        for region in self.regions:
+            regionAxes = frozenset(region.items())
+            if regionAxes in uniqueRegions:
+                newRegions.append(region)
+                del uniqueRegions[regionAxes]
+        if uniqueRegions:
+            newRegions.extend(dict(region) for region in uniqueRegions)
+        self.regions = newRegions
+
+    def instantiate(self, axisLimits):
+        defaultDeltaArray = []
+        for variations, itemCount in zip(self.tupleVarData, self.itemCounts):
+            defaultDeltas = instantiateTupleVariationStore(variations, axisLimits)
+            if not defaultDeltas:
+                defaultDeltas = [0] * itemCount
+            defaultDeltaArray.append(defaultDeltas)
+
+        # rebuild regions whose axes were dropped or limited
+        self.rebuildRegions()
+
+        pinnedAxes = set(axisLimits.pinnedLocation())
+        self.axisOrder = [
+            axisTag for axisTag in self.axisOrder if axisTag not in pinnedAxes
+        ]
+
+        return defaultDeltaArray
+
+    def asItemVarStore(self):
+        regionOrder = [frozenset(axes.items()) for axes in self.regions]
+        varDatas = []
+        for variations, itemCount in zip(self.tupleVarData, self.itemCounts):
+            if variations:
+                assert len(variations[0].coordinates) == itemCount
+                varRegionIndices = [
+                    regionOrder.index(frozenset(var.axes.items())) for var in variations
+                ]
+                varDataItems = list(zip(*(var.coordinates for var in variations)))
+                varDatas.append(
+                    builder.buildVarData(varRegionIndices, varDataItems, optimize=False)
+                )
+            else:
+                varDatas.append(
+                    builder.buildVarData([], [[] for _ in range(itemCount)])
+                )
+        regionList = builder.buildVarRegionList(self.regions, self.axisOrder)
+        itemVarStore = builder.buildVarStore(regionList, varDatas)
+        # remove unused regions from VarRegionList
+        itemVarStore.prune_regions()
+        return itemVarStore
+
+
+def instantiateItemVariationStore(
+    itemVarStore, fvarAxes, axisLimits, hierarchical=False
+):
+    """Compute deltas at partial location, and update varStore in-place.
+
+    Remove regions in which all axes were instanced, or fall outside the new axis
+    limits. Scale the deltas of the remaining regions where only some of the axes
+    were instanced.
+
+    The number of VarData subtables, and the number of items within each, are
+    not modified, in order to keep the existing VariationIndex valid.
+    One may call VarStore.optimize() method after this to further optimize those.
+
+    Args:
+        varStore: An otTables.VarStore object (Item Variation Store)
+        fvarAxes: list of fvar's Axis objects
+        axisLimits: NormalizedAxisLimits: mapping axis tags to normalized
+            min/default/max axis coordinates. May not specify coordinates/ranges for
+            all the fvar axes.
+
+    Returns:
+        defaultDeltas: to be added to the default instance, of type dict of floats
+            keyed by VariationIndex compound values: i.e. (outer << 16) + inner.
+    """
+    tupleVarStore = _TupleVarStoreAdapter.fromItemVarStore(itemVarStore, fvarAxes)
+    defaultDeltaArray = tupleVarStore.instantiate(axisLimits)
+    newItemVarStore = tupleVarStore.asItemVarStore()
+
+    itemVarStore.VarRegionList = newItemVarStore.VarRegionList
+    if not hasattr(itemVarStore, "VarDataCount"):  # Happens fromXML
+        itemVarStore.VarDataCount = len(newItemVarStore.VarData)
+    assert itemVarStore.VarDataCount == newItemVarStore.VarDataCount
+    itemVarStore.VarData = newItemVarStore.VarData
+
+    if not hierarchical:
+        defaultDeltas = {
+            ((major << 16) + minor): delta
+            for major, deltas in enumerate(defaultDeltaArray)
+            for minor, delta in enumerate(deltas)
+        }
+        defaultDeltas[itemVarStore.NO_VARIATION_INDEX] = 0
+    else:
+        defaultDeltas = {0xFFFF: {0xFFFF: 0}}  # NO_VARIATION_INDEX
+        for major, deltas in enumerate(defaultDeltaArray):
+            defaultDeltasForMajor = defaultDeltas.setdefault(major, {})
+            for minor, delta in enumerate(deltas):
+                defaultDeltasForMajor[minor] = delta
+    return defaultDeltas
+
+
+def instantiateOTL(varfont, axisLimits):
+    # TODO(anthrotype) Support partial instancing of JSTF and BASE tables
+
+    if (
+        "GDEF" not in varfont
+        or varfont["GDEF"].table.Version < 0x00010003
+        or not varfont["GDEF"].table.VarStore
+    ):
+        return
+
+    if "GPOS" in varfont:
+        msg = "Instantiating GDEF and GPOS tables"
+    else:
+        msg = "Instantiating GDEF table"
+    log.info(msg)
+
+    gdef = varfont["GDEF"].table
+    varStore = gdef.VarStore
+    fvarAxes = varfont["fvar"].axes
+
+    defaultDeltas = instantiateItemVariationStore(varStore, fvarAxes, axisLimits)
+
+    # When VF are built, big lookups may overflow and be broken into multiple
+    # subtables. MutatorMerger (which inherits from AligningMerger) reattaches
+    # them upon instancing, in case they can now fit a single subtable (if not,
+    # they will be split again upon compilation).
+    # This 'merger' also works as a 'visitor' that traverses the OTL tables and
+    # calls specific methods when instances of a given type are found.
+    # Specifically, it adds default deltas to GPOS Anchors/ValueRecords and GDEF
+    # LigatureCarets, and optionally deletes all VariationIndex tables if the
+    # VarStore is fully instanced.
+    merger = MutatorMerger(
+        varfont, defaultDeltas, deleteVariations=(not varStore.VarRegionList.Region)
+    )
+    merger.mergeTables(varfont, [varfont], ["GDEF", "GPOS"])
+
+    if varStore.VarRegionList.Region:
+        varIndexMapping = varStore.optimize()
+        gdef.remap_device_varidxes(varIndexMapping)
+        if "GPOS" in varfont:
+            varfont["GPOS"].table.remap_device_varidxes(varIndexMapping)
+    else:
+        # Downgrade GDEF.
+        del gdef.VarStore
+        gdef.Version = 0x00010002
+        if gdef.MarkGlyphSetsDef is None:
+            del gdef.MarkGlyphSetsDef
+            gdef.Version = 0x00010000
+
+        if not (
+            gdef.LigCaretList
+            or gdef.MarkAttachClassDef
+            or gdef.GlyphClassDef
+            or gdef.AttachList
+            or (gdef.Version >= 0x00010002 and gdef.MarkGlyphSetsDef)
+        ):
+            del varfont["GDEF"]
+
+
+def _isValidAvarSegmentMap(axisTag, segmentMap):
+    if not segmentMap:
+        return True
+    if not {(-1.0, -1.0), (0, 0), (1.0, 1.0)}.issubset(segmentMap.items()):
+        log.warning(
+            f"Invalid avar SegmentMap record for axis '{axisTag}': does not "
+            "include all required value maps {-1.0: -1.0, 0: 0, 1.0: 1.0}"
+        )
+        return False
+    previousValue = None
+    for fromCoord, toCoord in sorted(segmentMap.items()):
+        if previousValue is not None and previousValue > toCoord:
+            log.warning(
+                f"Invalid avar AxisValueMap({fromCoord}, {toCoord}) record "
+                f"for axis '{axisTag}': the toCoordinate value must be >= to "
+                f"the toCoordinate value of the preceding record ({previousValue})."
+            )
+            return False
+        previousValue = toCoord
+    return True
+
+
+def downgradeCFF2ToCFF(varfont):
+    # Save these properties
+    recalcTimestamp = varfont.recalcTimestamp
+    recalcBBoxes = varfont.recalcBBoxes
+
+    # Disable them
+    varfont.recalcTimestamp = False
+    varfont.recalcBBoxes = False
+
+    # Save to memory, reload, downgrade and save again, reload.
+    # We do this dance because the convertCFF2ToCFF changes glyph
+    # names, so following save would fail if any other table was
+    # loaded and referencing glyph names.
+    #
+    # The second save+load is unfortunate but also necessary.
+
+    stream = io.BytesIO()
+    log.info("Saving CFF2 font to memory for downgrade")
+    varfont.save(stream)
+    stream.seek(0)
+    varfont = TTFont(stream, recalcTimestamp=False, recalcBBoxes=False)
+
+    convertCFF2ToCFF(varfont)
+
+    stream = io.BytesIO()
+    log.info("Saving downgraded CFF font to memory")
+    varfont.save(stream)
+    stream.seek(0)
+    varfont = TTFont(stream, recalcTimestamp=False, recalcBBoxes=False)
+
+    # Uncomment, to see test all tables can be loaded. This fails without
+    # the extra save+load above.
+    """
+    for tag in varfont.keys():
+        print("Loading", tag)
+        varfont[tag]
+    """
+
+    # Restore them
+    varfont.recalcTimestamp = recalcTimestamp
+    varfont.recalcBBoxes = recalcBBoxes
+
+    return varfont
+
+
+def instantiateAvar(varfont, axisLimits):
+    # 'axisLimits' dict must contain user-space (non-normalized) coordinates.
+
+    avar = varfont["avar"]
+
+    segments = avar.segments
+
+    # drop table if we instantiate all the axes
+    pinnedAxes = set(axisLimits.pinnedLocation())
+    if pinnedAxes.issuperset(segments):
+        log.info("Dropping avar table")
+        del varfont["avar"]
+        return
+
+    if getattr(avar, "majorVersion", 1) >= 2 and avar.table.VarStore:
+        raise NotImplementedError("avar table with VarStore is not supported")
+
+    log.info("Instantiating avar table")
+    for axis in pinnedAxes:
+        if axis in segments:
+            del segments[axis]
+
+    # First compute the default normalization for axisLimits coordinates: i.e.
+    # min = -1.0, default = 0, max = +1.0, and in between values interpolated linearly,
+    # without using the avar table's mappings.
+    # Then, for each SegmentMap, if we are restricting its axis, compute the new
+    # mappings by dividing the key/value pairs by the desired new min/max values,
+    # dropping any mappings that fall outside the restricted range.
+    # The keys ('fromCoord') are specified in default normalized coordinate space,
+    # whereas the values ('toCoord') are "mapped forward" using the SegmentMap.
+    normalizedRanges = axisLimits.normalize(varfont, usingAvar=False)
+    newSegments = {}
+    for axisTag, mapping in segments.items():
+        if not _isValidAvarSegmentMap(axisTag, mapping):
+            continue
+        if mapping and axisTag in normalizedRanges:
+            axisRange = normalizedRanges[axisTag]
+            mappedMin = floatToFixedToFloat(
+                piecewiseLinearMap(axisRange.minimum, mapping), 14
+            )
+            mappedDef = floatToFixedToFloat(
+                piecewiseLinearMap(axisRange.default, mapping), 14
+            )
+            mappedMax = floatToFixedToFloat(
+                piecewiseLinearMap(axisRange.maximum, mapping), 14
+            )
+            mappedAxisLimit = NormalizedAxisTripleAndDistances(
+                mappedMin,
+                mappedDef,
+                mappedMax,
+                axisRange.distanceNegative,
+                axisRange.distancePositive,
+            )
+            newMapping = {}
+            for fromCoord, toCoord in mapping.items():
+                if fromCoord < axisRange.minimum or fromCoord > axisRange.maximum:
+                    continue
+                fromCoord = axisRange.renormalizeValue(fromCoord)
+
+                assert mappedMin <= toCoord <= mappedMax
+                toCoord = mappedAxisLimit.renormalizeValue(toCoord)
+
+                fromCoord = floatToFixedToFloat(fromCoord, 14)
+                toCoord = floatToFixedToFloat(toCoord, 14)
+                newMapping[fromCoord] = toCoord
+            newMapping.update({-1.0: -1.0, 0.0: 0.0, 1.0: 1.0})
+            newSegments[axisTag] = newMapping
+        else:
+            newSegments[axisTag] = mapping
+    avar.segments = newSegments
+
+
+def isInstanceWithinAxisRanges(location, axisRanges):
+    for axisTag, coord in location.items():
+        if axisTag in axisRanges:
+            axisRange = axisRanges[axisTag]
+            if coord < axisRange.minimum or coord > axisRange.maximum:
+                return False
+    return True
+
+
+def instantiateFvar(varfont, axisLimits):
+    # 'axisLimits' dict must contain user-space (non-normalized) coordinates
+
+    location = axisLimits.pinnedLocation()
+
+    fvar = varfont["fvar"]
+
+    # drop table if we instantiate all the axes
+    if set(location).issuperset(axis.axisTag for axis in fvar.axes):
+        log.info("Dropping fvar table")
+        del varfont["fvar"]
+        return
+
+    log.info("Instantiating fvar table")
+
+    axes = []
+    for axis in fvar.axes:
+        axisTag = axis.axisTag
+        if axisTag in location:
+            continue
+        if axisTag in axisLimits:
+            triple = axisLimits[axisTag]
+            if triple.default is None:
+                triple = (triple.minimum, axis.defaultValue, triple.maximum)
+            axis.minValue, axis.defaultValue, axis.maxValue = triple
+        axes.append(axis)
+    fvar.axes = axes
+
+    # only keep NamedInstances whose coordinates == pinned axis location
+    instances = []
+    for instance in fvar.instances:
+        if any(instance.coordinates[axis] != value for axis, value in location.items()):
+            continue
+        for axisTag in location:
+            del instance.coordinates[axisTag]
+        if not isInstanceWithinAxisRanges(instance.coordinates, axisLimits):
+            continue
+        instances.append(instance)
+    fvar.instances = instances
+
+
+def instantiateSTAT(varfont, axisLimits):
+    # 'axisLimits' dict must contain user-space (non-normalized) coordinates
+
+    stat = varfont["STAT"].table
+    if not stat.DesignAxisRecord or not (
+        stat.AxisValueArray and stat.AxisValueArray.AxisValue
+    ):
+        return  # STAT table empty, nothing to do
+
+    log.info("Instantiating STAT table")
+    newAxisValueTables = axisValuesFromAxisLimits(stat, axisLimits)
+    stat.AxisValueCount = len(newAxisValueTables)
+    if stat.AxisValueCount:
+        stat.AxisValueArray.AxisValue = newAxisValueTables
+    else:
+        stat.AxisValueArray = None
+
+
+def axisValuesFromAxisLimits(stat, axisLimits):
+    def isAxisValueOutsideLimits(axisTag, axisValue):
+        if axisTag in axisLimits:
+            triple = axisLimits[axisTag]
+            if axisValue < triple.minimum or axisValue > triple.maximum:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    # only keep AxisValues whose axis is not pinned nor restricted, or is pinned at the
+    # exact (nominal) value, or is restricted but the value is within the new range
+    designAxes = stat.DesignAxisRecord.Axis
+    newAxisValueTables = []
+    for axisValueTable in stat.AxisValueArray.AxisValue:
+        axisValueFormat = axisValueTable.Format
+        if axisValueFormat in (1, 2, 3):
+            axisTag = designAxes[axisValueTable.AxisIndex].AxisTag
+            if axisValueFormat == 2:
+                axisValue = axisValueTable.NominalValue
+            else:
+                axisValue = axisValueTable.Value
+            if isAxisValueOutsideLimits(axisTag, axisValue):
+                continue
+        elif axisValueFormat == 4:
+            # drop 'non-analytic' AxisValue if _any_ AxisValueRecord doesn't match
+            # the pinned location or is outside range
+            dropAxisValueTable = False
+            for rec in axisValueTable.AxisValueRecord:
+                axisTag = designAxes[rec.AxisIndex].AxisTag
+                axisValue = rec.Value
+                if isAxisValueOutsideLimits(axisTag, axisValue):
+                    dropAxisValueTable = True
+                    break
+            if dropAxisValueTable:
+                continue
+        else:
+            log.warning("Unknown AxisValue table format (%s); ignored", axisValueFormat)
+        newAxisValueTables.append(axisValueTable)
+    return newAxisValueTables
+
+
+def setMacOverlapFlags(glyfTable):
+    flagOverlapCompound = _g_l_y_f.OVERLAP_COMPOUND
+    flagOverlapSimple = _g_l_y_f.flagOverlapSimple
+    for glyphName in glyfTable.keys():
+        glyph = glyfTable[glyphName]
+        # Set OVERLAP_COMPOUND bit for compound glyphs
+        if glyph.isComposite():
+            glyph.components[0].flags |= flagOverlapCompound
+        # Set OVERLAP_SIMPLE bit for simple glyphs
+        elif glyph.numberOfContours > 0:
+            glyph.flags[0] |= flagOverlapSimple
+
+
+def normalize(value, triple, avarMapping):
+    value = normalizeValue(value, triple)
+    if avarMapping:
+        value = piecewiseLinearMap(value, avarMapping)
+    # Quantize to F2Dot14, to avoid surprise interpolations.
+    return floatToFixedToFloat(value, 14)
+
+
+def sanityCheckVariableTables(varfont):
+    if "fvar" not in varfont:
+        raise ValueError("Missing required table fvar")
+    if "gvar" in varfont:
+        if "glyf" not in varfont:
+            raise ValueError("Can't have gvar without glyf")
+
+
+def instantiateVariableFont(
+    varfont,
+    axisLimits,
+    inplace=False,
+    optimize=True,
+    overlap=OverlapMode.KEEP_AND_SET_FLAGS,
+    updateFontNames=False,
+    *,
+    downgradeCFF2=False,
+    static=False,
+):
+    """Instantiate variable font, either fully or partially.
+
+    Depending on whether the `axisLimits` dictionary references all or some of the
+    input varfont's axes, the output font will either be a full instance (static
+    font) or a variable font with possibly less variation data.
+
+    Args:
+        varfont: a TTFont instance, which must contain at least an 'fvar' table.
+        axisLimits: a dict keyed by axis tags (str) containing the coordinates (float)
+            along one or more axes where the desired instance will be located.
+            If the value is `None`, the default coordinate as per 'fvar' table for
+            that axis is used.
+            The limit values can also be (min, max) tuples for restricting an
+            axis's variation range. The default axis value must be included in
+            the new range.
+        inplace (bool): whether to modify input TTFont object in-place instead of
+            returning a distinct object.
+        optimize (bool): if False, do not perform IUP-delta optimization on the
+            remaining 'gvar' table's deltas. Possibly faster, and might work around
+            rendering issues in some buggy environments, at the cost of a slightly
+            larger file size.
+        overlap (OverlapMode): variable fonts usually contain overlapping contours, and
+            some font rendering engines on Apple platforms require that the
+            `OVERLAP_SIMPLE` and `OVERLAP_COMPOUND` flags in the 'glyf' table be set to
+            force rendering using a non-zero fill rule. Thus we always set these flags
+            on all glyphs to maximise cross-compatibility of the generated instance.
+            You can disable this by passing OverlapMode.KEEP_AND_DONT_SET_FLAGS.
+            If you want to remove the overlaps altogether and merge overlapping
+            contours and components, you can pass OverlapMode.REMOVE (or
+            REMOVE_AND_IGNORE_ERRORS to not hard-fail on tricky glyphs). Note that this
+            requires the skia-pathops package (available to pip install).
+            The overlap parameter only has effect when generating full static instances.
+        updateFontNames (bool): if True, update the instantiated font's name table using
+            the Axis Value Tables from the STAT table. The name table and the style bits
+            in the head and OS/2 table will be updated so they conform to the R/I/B/BI
+            model. If the STAT table is missing or an Axis Value table is missing for
+            a given axis coordinate, a ValueError will be raised.
+        downgradeCFF2 (bool): if True, downgrade the CFF2 table to CFF table when possible
+            ie. full instancing of all axes. This is useful for compatibility with older
+            software that does not support CFF2. Defaults to False. Note that this
+            operation also removes overlaps within glyph shapes, as CFF does not support
+            overlaps but CFF2 does.
+        static (bool): if True, generate a full instance (static font) instead of a partial
+            instance (variable font).
+    """
+    # 'overlap' used to be bool and is now enum; for backward compat keep accepting bool
+    overlap = OverlapMode(int(overlap))
+
+    sanityCheckVariableTables(varfont)
+
+    if static:
+        unspecified = []
+        for axis in varfont["fvar"].axes:
+            if axis.axisTag not in axisLimits:
+                axisLimits[axis.axisTag] = None
+                unspecified.append(axis.axisTag)
+        if unspecified:
+            log.info("Pinning unspecified axes to default: %s", unspecified)
+
+    axisLimits = AxisLimits(axisLimits).limitAxesAndPopulateDefaults(varfont)
+
+    log.info("Restricted limits: %s", axisLimits)
+
+    normalizedLimits = axisLimits.normalize(varfont)
+
+    log.info("Normalized limits: %s", normalizedLimits)
+
+    if not inplace:
+        varfont = deepcopy(varfont)
+
+    if "DSIG" in varfont:
+        del varfont["DSIG"]
+
+    if updateFontNames:
+        log.info("Updating name table")
+        names.updateNameTable(varfont, axisLimits)
+
+    if "VARC" in varfont:
+        instantiateVARC(varfont, normalizedLimits)
+
+    if "CFF2" in varfont:
+        downgradeCFF2 = instantiateCFF2(
+            varfont, normalizedLimits, downgrade=downgradeCFF2
+        )
+
+    if "gvar" in varfont:
+        instantiateGvar(varfont, normalizedLimits, optimize=optimize)
+
+    if "cvar" in varfont:
+        instantiateCvar(varfont, normalizedLimits)
+
+    if "MVAR" in varfont:
+        instantiateMVAR(varfont, normalizedLimits)
+
+    if "HVAR" in varfont:
+        instantiateHVAR(varfont, normalizedLimits)
+
+    if "VVAR" in varfont:
+        instantiateVVAR(varfont, normalizedLimits)
+
+    instantiateOTL(varfont, normalizedLimits)
+
+    instantiateFeatureVariations(varfont, normalizedLimits)
+
+    if "avar" in varfont:
+        instantiateAvar(varfont, axisLimits)
+
+    with names.pruningUnusedNames(varfont):
+        if "STAT" in varfont:
+            instantiateSTAT(varfont, axisLimits)
+
+        instantiateFvar(varfont, axisLimits)
+
+    if "OS/2" in varfont:
+        varfont["OS/2"].recalcAvgCharWidth(varfont)
+
+    varLib.set_default_weight_width_slant(
+        varfont, location=axisLimits.defaultLocation()
+    )
+
+    if updateFontNames:
+        # Set Regular/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic bits as appropriate, after the
+        # name table has been updated.
+        setRibbiBits(varfont)
+
+    if downgradeCFF2:
+        origVarfont = varfont
+        varfont = downgradeCFF2ToCFF(varfont)
+        if inplace:
+            origVarfont.__dict__ = varfont.__dict__.copy()
+
+    if "fvar" not in varfont:
+        if overlap == OverlapMode.KEEP_AND_SET_FLAGS:
+            if "glyf" in varfont:
+                setMacOverlapFlags(varfont["glyf"])
+        elif overlap in (OverlapMode.REMOVE, OverlapMode.REMOVE_AND_IGNORE_ERRORS):
+            from fontTools.ttLib.removeOverlaps import removeOverlaps
+
+            log.info("Removing glyph outlines overlaps")
+            removeOverlaps(
+                varfont,
+                ignoreErrors=(overlap == OverlapMode.REMOVE_AND_IGNORE_ERRORS),
+            )
+
+    return varfont
+
+
+def setRibbiBits(font):
+    """Set the `head.macStyle` and `OS/2.fsSelection` style bits
+    appropriately."""
+
+    english_ribbi_style = font["name"].getName(names.NameID.SUBFAMILY_NAME, 3, 1, 0x409)
+    if english_ribbi_style is None:
+        return
+
+    styleMapStyleName = english_ribbi_style.toStr().lower()
+    if styleMapStyleName not in {"regular", "bold", "italic", "bold italic"}:
+        return
+
+    if styleMapStyleName == "bold":
+        font["head"].macStyle = 0b01
+    elif styleMapStyleName == "bold italic":
+        font["head"].macStyle = 0b11
+    elif styleMapStyleName == "italic":
+        font["head"].macStyle = 0b10
+
+    selection = font["OS/2"].fsSelection
+    # First clear...
+    selection &= ~(1 << 0)
+    selection &= ~(1 << 5)
+    selection &= ~(1 << 6)
+    # ...then re-set the bits.
+    if styleMapStyleName == "regular":
+        selection |= 1 << 6
+    elif styleMapStyleName == "bold":
+        selection |= 1 << 5
+    elif styleMapStyleName == "italic":
+        selection |= 1 << 0
+    elif styleMapStyleName == "bold italic":
+        selection |= 1 << 0
+        selection |= 1 << 5
+    font["OS/2"].fsSelection = selection
+
+
+def parseLimits(limits: Iterable[str]) -> Dict[str, Optional[AxisTriple]]:
+    result = {}
+    for limitString in limits:
+        match = re.match(
+            r"^(\w{1,4})=(?:(drop)|(?:([^:]*)(?:[:]([^:]*))?(?:[:]([^:]*))?))$",
+            limitString,
+        )
+        if not match:
+            raise ValueError("invalid location format: %r" % limitString)
+        tag = match.group(1).ljust(4)
+
+        if match.group(2):  # 'drop'
+            result[tag] = None
+            continue
+
+        triple = match.group(3, 4, 5)
+
+        if triple[1] is None:  # "value" syntax
+            triple = (triple[0], triple[0], triple[0])
+        elif triple[2] is None:  # "min:max" syntax
+            triple = (triple[0], None, triple[1])
+
+        triple = tuple(float(v) if v else None for v in triple)
+
+        result[tag] = AxisTriple(*triple)
+
+    return result
+
+
+def parseArgs(args):
+    """Parse argv.
+
+    Returns:
+        3-tuple (infile, axisLimits, options)
+        axisLimits is either a Dict[str, Optional[float]], for pinning variation axes
+        to specific coordinates along those axes (with `None` as a placeholder for an
+        axis' default value); or a Dict[str, Tuple(float, float)], meaning limit this
+        axis to min/max range.
+        Axes locations are in user-space coordinates, as defined in the "fvar" table.
+    """
+    from fontTools import configLogger
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        "fonttools varLib.instancer",
+        description="Partially instantiate a variable font",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("input", metavar="INPUT.ttf", help="Input variable TTF file.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "locargs",
+        metavar="AXIS=LOC",
+        nargs="*",
+        help="List of space separated locations. A location consists of "
+        "the tag of a variation axis, followed by '=' and the literal, "
+        "string 'drop', or colon-separated list of one to three values, "
+        "each of which is the empty string, or a number. "
+        "E.g.: wdth=100 or wght=75.0:125.0 or wght=100:400:700 or wght=:500: "
+        "or wght=drop",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        metavar="OUTPUT.ttf",
+        default=None,
+        help="Output instance TTF file (default: INPUT-instance.ttf).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--static",
+        dest="static",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Make a static font: pin unspecified axes to their default location.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-optimize",
+        dest="optimize",
+        action="store_false",
+        help="Don't perform IUP optimization on the remaining gvar TupleVariations",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-overlap-flag",
+        dest="overlap",
+        action="store_false",
+        help="Don't set OVERLAP_SIMPLE/OVERLAP_COMPOUND glyf flags (only applicable "
+        "when generating a full instance)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--remove-overlaps",
+        dest="remove_overlaps",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Merge overlapping contours and components (only applicable "
+        "when generating a full instance). Requires skia-pathops",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ignore-overlap-errors",
+        dest="ignore_overlap_errors",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Don't crash if the remove-overlaps operation fails for some glyphs.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--update-name-table",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Update the instantiated font's `name` table. Input font must have "
+        "a STAT table with Axis Value Tables",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--downgrade-cff2",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="If all axes are pinned, downgrade CFF2 to CFF table format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-recalc-timestamp",
+        dest="recalc_timestamp",
+        action="store_false",
+        help="Don't set the output font's timestamp to the current time.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-recalc-bounds",
+        dest="recalc_bounds",
+        action="store_false",
+        help="Don't recalculate font bounding boxes",
+    )
+    loggingGroup = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)
+    loggingGroup.add_argument(
+        "-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="Run more verbosely."
+    )
+    loggingGroup.add_argument(
+        "-q", "--quiet", action="store_true", help="Turn verbosity off."
+    )
+    options = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    if options.remove_overlaps:
+        if options.ignore_overlap_errors:
+            options.overlap = OverlapMode.REMOVE_AND_IGNORE_ERRORS
+        else:
+            options.overlap = OverlapMode.REMOVE
+    else:
+        options.overlap = OverlapMode(int(options.overlap))
+
+    infile = options.input
+    if not os.path.isfile(infile):
+        parser.error("No such file '{}'".format(infile))
+
+    configLogger(
+        level=("DEBUG" if options.verbose else "ERROR" if options.quiet else "INFO")
+    )
+
+    try:
+        axisLimits = parseLimits(options.locargs)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        parser.error(str(e))
+
+    if len(axisLimits) != len(options.locargs):
+        parser.error("Specified multiple limits for the same axis")
+
+    return (infile, axisLimits, options)
+
+
+def main(args=None):
+    """Partially instantiate a variable font"""
+    infile, axisLimits, options = parseArgs(args)
+    log.info("Restricting axes: %s", axisLimits)
+
+    log.info("Loading variable font")
+    varfont = TTFont(
+        infile,
+        recalcTimestamp=options.recalc_timestamp,
+        recalcBBoxes=options.recalc_bounds,
+    )
+
+    isFullInstance = options.static or {
+        axisTag
+        for axisTag, limit in axisLimits.items()
+        if limit is None or limit[0] == limit[2]
+    }.issuperset(axis.axisTag for axis in varfont["fvar"].axes)
+
+    varfont = instantiateVariableFont(
+        varfont,
+        axisLimits,
+        inplace=True,
+        optimize=options.optimize,
+        overlap=options.overlap,
+        updateFontNames=options.update_name_table,
+        downgradeCFF2=options.downgrade_cff2,
+        static=options.static,
+    )
+
+    suffix = "-instance" if isFullInstance else "-partial"
+    outfile = (
+        makeOutputFileName(infile, overWrite=True, suffix=suffix)
+        if not options.output
+        else options.output
+    )
+
+    log.info(
+        "Saving %s font %s",
+        "instance" if isFullInstance else "partial variable",
+        outfile,
+    )
+    varfont.save(outfile)