User Guide

FontLab 4
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Freehand Select Tool
This tool works like a precision knife. You can cut part of a contour, and it
will be automatically selected so you can transform it, delete it or copy it.
To select part of a glyph with the freehand select tool:
1. Select the freehand select tool ( ) in the Vector Paint toolbar.
2. Position the cursor on the point where you want to start the selection
and press the left mouse button.
3. Drag the mouse to extend the selection polygon in freehand mode, or
click the left mouse button to extend the selection polygon by straight
vectors.
4. Click the right mouse button to finish the selection.
When you finish the selection, you will see that the selection polygon was
applied like a knife and you have a new contour (or several contours) that
is separated from the glyph. The new contours are selected so you can use
the Edit tool to move them or begin a Transform operation and transform
the selection. Of course, you can use any Edit menu command with this
selection.