User Guide

Glyph Window
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Merging and Intersecting Contours
With the Merge contours, Get intersection and Delete intersection
commands, which are available in the Tools > Outline menu, you can
perform very interesting operations on contours.
All three operations are applied to contours that have at least one node
selected or to the whole glyph outline if nothing is selected.
The Merge contours command combines contours, removing all outline
overlapping and keeping the filled result unchanged:
The Merge contours command is the outline equivalent of the Boolean
“OR” operation.
The Get intersection command will keep only the area of intersection,
removing all other parts:
This command is the outline equivalent of the Boolean “AND” operation.
The last command, the Delete intersection works in the opposite manner
of the Get intersection command, keeping only those areas of contours that
don’t overlap:
This is the outline equivalent of the Boolean “XOR” operation.