User Guide

Transformations
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Outline Transformation
Here is a list of all the outline transformation actions:
Shift
Shifts the glyph’s outline
Mirror
Mirrors the glyph vertically or horizontally
Scale
Scales the glyph proportionally or non-proportionally
Rotate
Rotates the glyph
Slant
Slants the glyph
Decompose
Decomposes a composite glyph
Convert to Type 1 Converts an outline to the Type 1 (3
rd
-order curves) format
Convert to
TrueType
Converts an outline to the TrueType (2
nd
-order curves) format
Reverse all
Reverses the outline direction of the glyph
Connections Automatically detects the connection types between a glyph’s
graphical primitives
Extremes
Automatically inserts points at extreme points on curves
Remove Overlap
Removes overlapping parts of the glyphs’ outline
Make Master Automatically calculates the 4
th
master when 3 other masters
are known
Optimize
Optimizes the glyph outline with a custom set of options.
Blend
Blends the outline and mask layers.