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---
title: Instance
---
An object representing a named or static instance.
* When writing to Babelfont-JSON, this class must be serialized without newlines
## Instance.name
* Python type: `I18NDictionary`
* **Required field**
The name of this instance. *Localizable.*
## Instance.location
* Python type: `dict`
* **Required field**
A dictionary mapping axis tags to coordinates in order to locate this instance in the design space.
## Instance.styleName
* Python type: `I18NDictionary`
The style name of this instance. *Localizable.*
## Instance._formatspecific
* Python type: `dict`
Each object in Babelfont has an optional attached dictionary to allow the storage
of format-specific information. Font creation software may store any additional
information that they wish to have preserved on import and export under a
namespaced (reverse-domain) key in this dictionary. For example, information
specific to the Glyphs software should be stored under the key `com.glyphsapp`.
The value stored under this key may be any data serializable in JSON; typically
it will be a `dict`.
Note that there is an important distinction between the Python object format
of this field and the Babelfont-JSON representation. When stored to JSON, this key
is exported not as `_formatspecific` but as a simple underscore (`_`).
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