User Guide

FontLab 4
380
Rev er s i ng a Co nt o u r ’ s Di r e c t i o n
Sometimes you need to reverse the direction of a contour. In FontLab you
can do this in one of two ways: click on each contour that you want to
reverse with the right mouse button and select the Reverse Contour
command in the popup menu, or activate the Reverse Contour operation.
To activate the operation select the Reverse Contours command in the
Tools menu.
By double-clicking you can finish the operation and accept all the changes
that you just made. By pressing
ESC you finish the operation and reject all
the changes.

Tip: If you press Cancel, but change your mind and want to accept the
changes of the last operation, you can use the Redo command in the Edit
menu.
When you activate the Reverse Contours operation you will see that all
the contours now have arrows that show their direction.
You can reverse any contour by clicking on it with the left mouse button.

Tip: We recommend that you switch to the Preview mode when you use
this operation. The direction of a contour changes the contour’s “colors,"
and in the Preview (filled) mode you will see the changes immediately.