User Guide

Glyph Window
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The last option lets you specify the shape of the brush stroke:
This is the sample of the stroke above with different stroke shapes:
When you finish selecting options, click OK to expand the selected
contours.
Make Parallel Path
With this operation you can create a path that is parallel to any existing
path. The method of selecting contours for processing is simple: all
contours that have at least one node selected will be taken into account. If
no nodes are selected, the whole glyph outline is processed.
Select the contours that you want to process and choose the Tools >
Outline > Make parallel path command from the menu. You will see a
dialog box for specifying the options of the command:
The relative position section lets you specify the side of the original path at
which the new path will be created: