User Guide

Glyph Window
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S k e t c h Mo d e
Sketch mode is a new easy way to create outlines.
When you enter sketch mode for the first time the glyph outline is
automatically converted into a special format that is optimised for
“freestyle” editing. Thus the sketch mode has two outline layers: one with
the original “real” glyph outline, and one with the sketch outline.
In contrast to the outline representation used in the Edit mode, the Sketch
outline is not WYSIWYG. Before exporting to a font file all sketch outlines
must be converted into “standard” outlines. I.e. you edit the sketch, but
nothing changes in the real glyph outline until you do the conversion.
The Sketch outline is entirely point-based – all points that define the
outline are positioned on the outline. There are no Bezier control points or
TrueType off-curve points:
There are 3 types of points: corner, curve and tangent: