diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9739b07f..de44df47 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,3 +53,9 @@ members = [
     "otl-normalizer",
     "fontc_crater",
 ]
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+write-fonts = { git = "https://github.com/daltonmaag/fontations.git", branch = "conditional-gvar-intermediates" }
+skrifa = { git = "https://github.com/daltonmaag/fontations.git", branch = "conditional-gvar-intermediates" }
+read-fonts = { git = "https://github.com/daltonmaag/fontations.git", branch = "conditional-gvar-intermediates" }
+font-types = { git = "https://github.com/daltonmaag/fontations.git", branch = "conditional-gvar-intermediates" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fontbe/src/gvar.rs b/fontbe/src/gvar.rs
index 0e5ed7ee..eb70e1eb 100644
--- a/fontbe/src/gvar.rs
+++ b/fontbe/src/gvar.rs
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ impl Work<Context, AnyWorkId, Error> for GvarWork {
 mod tests {
     use fontir::ir::GlyphOrder;
     use write_fonts::{
-        tables::{
-            gvar::{GlyphDelta, GlyphDeltas},
-            variations::Tuple,
-        },
+        tables::gvar::{AxisCoordinates, GlyphDelta, GlyphDeltas},
         types::F2Dot14,
     };
 
@@ -110,9 +107,8 @@ mod tests {
                 v if v == glyph_without_var => Vec::new(),
                 // At the maximum extent (normalized pos 1.0) of our axis, add +1, +1
                 v if v == glyph_with_var => vec![GlyphDeltas::new(
-                    Tuple::new(vec![F2Dot14::from_f32(1.0)]),
+                    vec![AxisCoordinates::new(F2Dot14::from_f32(1.0), None)],
                     vec![GlyphDelta::new(1, 1, false)],
-                    None,
                 )],
                 v => panic!("unexpected {v}"),
             }
diff --git a/fontbe/src/orchestration.rs b/fontbe/src/orchestration.rs
index eb86ec21..f49fc07f 100644
--- a/fontbe/src/orchestration.rs
+++ b/fontbe/src/orchestration.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use fontir::{
     },
     variations::VariationRegion,
 };
-use log::trace;
 
 use ordered_float::OrderedFloat;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -59,10 +58,9 @@ use write_fonts::{
         os2::Os2,
         post::Post,
         stat::Stat,
-        variations::Tuple,
         vhea::Vhea,
     },
-    types::{F2Dot14, GlyphId16, Tag},
+    types::{GlyphId16, Tag},
     validate::Validate,
     FontWrite,
 };
@@ -385,9 +383,13 @@ impl GvarFragment {
                     return None;
                 }
 
-                let tuple_builder = TupleBuilder::new(region, axis_order);
-                let (min, peak, max) = tuple_builder.build();
-                Some(GlyphDeltas::new(peak, deltas.clone(), Some((min, max))))
+                let coordinates = axis_order
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|axis| *region.get(axis).unwrap())
+                    .map(Into::into)
+                    .collect();
+
+                Some(GlyphDeltas::new(coordinates, deltas.clone()))
             })
             .collect()
     }
@@ -409,40 +411,6 @@ impl Persistable for GvarFragment {
     }
 }
 
-/// <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otvaroverview#variation-data>
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
-struct TupleBuilder {
-    axes: Vec<Tag>,
-    min: Vec<F2Dot14>,
-    peak: Vec<F2Dot14>,
-    max: Vec<F2Dot14>,
-}
-
-impl TupleBuilder {
-    fn new(region: &VariationRegion, axis_order: &[Tag]) -> Self {
-        let mut builder = TupleBuilder::default();
-        for tag in axis_order {
-            let tent = region.get(tag).unwrap();
-            builder.axes.push(*tag);
-            builder.min.push(F2Dot14::from_f32(tent.min.to_f64() as _));
-            builder
-                .peak
-                .push(F2Dot14::from_f32(tent.peak.to_f64() as _));
-            builder.max.push(F2Dot14::from_f32(tent.max.to_f64() as _));
-        }
-        trace!("{builder:?}");
-        builder
-    }
-
-    fn build(self) -> (Tuple, Tuple, Tuple) {
-        (
-            Tuple::new(self.min),
-            Tuple::new(self.peak),
-            Tuple::new(self.max),
-        )
-    }
-}
-
 /// Marks, ready to feed to fea-rs in the form it expects
 #[derive(Default, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct FeaRsMarks {
diff --git a/fontir/src/variations.rs b/fontir/src/variations.rs
index 1cc62420..7f0dd7ef 100644
--- a/fontir/src/variations.rs
+++ b/fontir/src/variations.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use ordered_float::OrderedFloat;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use write_fonts::{
-    tables::variations::RegionAxisCoordinates,
+    tables::{gvar, variations::RegionAxisCoordinates},
     types::{F2Dot14, Tag},
 };
 
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ impl VariationRegion {
 ///
 /// Visualize as a tent of influence, starting at min, peaking at peak,
 /// and dropping off to zero at max.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Tent {
     pub min: NormalizedCoord,
     pub peak: NormalizedCoord,
@@ -677,6 +677,16 @@ impl From<(f64, f64, f64)> for Tent {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Tent> for gvar::AxisCoordinates {
+    fn from(val: Tent) -> Self {
+        let Tent { peak, min, max } = val;
+        gvar::AxisCoordinates::new(
+            peak.into(),
+            Some(gvar::Intermediate::explicit(min.into(), max.into())),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 /// Split space into regions.
 ///
 /// VariationModel::_locationsToRegions in Python.
@@ -756,7 +766,7 @@ fn master_influence(axis_order: &[Tag], regions: &[VariationRegion]) -> Vec<Vari
                     continue;
                 }
                 let prev_peak = prev_region.axis_tents[tag].peak;
-                let mut axis_region = region.axis_tents[tag].clone();
+                let mut axis_region = region.axis_tents[tag];
                 let ratio;
                 match prev_peak.cmp(&axis_region.peak) {
                     Ordering::Less => {