diff --git a/src/OT/glyf/VarCompositeGlyph.hh b/src/OT/glyf/VarCompositeGlyph.hh
index aa785ca77..45fe6ec03 100644
--- a/src/OT/glyf/VarCompositeGlyph.hh
+++ b/src/OT/glyf/VarCompositeGlyph.hh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ struct VarCompositeGlyphRecord
   };
 
   public:
+
+  static constexpr unsigned NUM_TRANSFORM_POINTS = 9;
+
   unsigned int get_size () const
   {
     unsigned int size = min_size;
@@ -51,6 +54,21 @@ struct VarCompositeGlyphRecord
 
   bool is_use_my_metrics () const { return   flags & USE_MY_METRICS; }
 
+  hb_codepoint_t get_gid () const
+  {
+    return gid;
+  }
+
+  unsigned get_num_axes () const
+  {
+    return num_axes;
+  }
+
+  unsigned get_num_points () const
+  {
+    return num_axes + NUM_TRANSFORM_POINTS;
+  }
+
   void transform_points (contour_point_vector_t &points) const
   {
     float matrix[4];
@@ -163,12 +181,6 @@ struct VarCompositeGlyphRecord
     translate (matrix, trans, -tCenterX, -tCenterY);
   }
 
-  public:
-  hb_codepoint_t get_gid () const
-  {
-    return gid;
-  }
-
   protected:
   HBUINT16	flags;
   HBGlyphID16	gid;