User Guide

Glyph Window
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Breaking and Joining Outlines
To break the contour with the edit tool hold down CTRL and ALT and
left-click the node where you want to break the contour.
To break the contour with the Knife tool just click on the node.
When a contour is broken its first and last nodes are highlighted by
diagonal crosses:
You can use the Knife tool to “cut out” part of the outline:
1. Activate the Knife tool.
2. Press the mouse button and drag the cursor to define the “cutting line”.
3. Release the button. Note that you can only cut part of a single contour,
like in the sample picture above.
To join two contours you need to move the starting or ending node of
one contour to the starting or ending node of another contour.
Hold down the
ALT key to prevent the contours from joining.