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googlefonts · Sep 4, 2023 · 68a3f8c · 68a3f8c
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diff --git a/src/fontra/backends/designspace.py b/src/fontra/backends/designspace.py
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ async def getGlyph(self, glyphName):
                 layerNameMapping = ufoGlyph.lib.get(LAYER_NAME_MAPPING_LIB_KEY, {})
             layers[ufoLayer.fontraLayerName] = Layer(staticGlyph)
 
+        # When a glyph has axes with names that also exist as global axes, we need
+        # to make sure our source locations use the *local* default values. We do
+        # that with a location dict that only contains local values for such "shadow"
+        # axes.
         localDefaultOverride = {
             axis.name: axis.defaultValue
             for axis in axes