User Guide

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Startpoint and Closepath
All contours have a startpoint. The startpoint is the first node of the
contour. The last node of the closed contour is automatically connected to
the startpoint with a straight line, which is called closepath. The color of
the start point in the Glyph Window is blue.
Optionally, a contour-direction mark may appear on a startpoint:
You can switch this direction mark off with the option in the Tools >
Options > Glyph:
You can customize the appearance of the closepath with the Colors dialog
box accessible with the Colors... button on the same page:
Contour direction lets you specify the color of the contour direction mark
(so you can make it almost invisible, but still know the direction of the
contours) and Show closepath arrows controls rendering of the closepath:
if this option is active, closepath appears as an arrow: