User Guide

FontLab 4
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Selection Operations
You may copy, paste, delete and duplicate a selected part of the Sketch
outline. Use the following commands from the Edit menu:
Copy
Copy the selection to the Clipboard
Paste
Add the clipboard contents to the current sketch
Delete
Remove all the selected points
Duplicate
Add a copy of the selection
When you use the Paste or Duplicate command, the selection is added
with a shift from the original position. You may control the amount of this
shift on the Glyph page of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options).
Breaking and Joining the Sketch Outline
You may break the sketch outline at any point with the Knife or edit tool.
To break the outline with the Knife tool, select the tool (
) and click
on the node where you want to make a break.
To break the outline with the Edit tool, hold the
ALT key and click the
point where you want to make a break.
To join two contours, position the starting or ending point of the first
contour over the ending or starting point of the second contour.
Hold the
ALT key down while moving the point to prevent the contours
from joining.