User Guide
FontLab 4
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Outline Preview Options
You can choose various options for previewing the contour
layer:
Nodes
To show nodes or not.
Control vectors
To show curve control vectors or not.
Connection mode
To show connection mode marks.
Positions
To show the coordinates of each node
You will see the positions of nodes only when the nodes are visible. All
other contour presentation modes may be combined in any way.
A few more notes about outline appearance:
Selected parts of an outline appear red in color. Selected nodes are marked
as red rectangles and they are visible even if non-selected nodes are
hidden.
Many options related to outline appearance can be customized on the
Glyph page of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options):