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3. Choose “Selection Info” and change the character
to a “Filled” character.
4. Choose “Remove Overlap” from the Element menu.
Clean Up Paths
One of the most revolutionary features in Fontographer is
called Clean Up Paths. This incredible command
automatically improves the quality of your outlines by
removing unnecessary points. Fontographer will try to
change the path as little as possible; less will change the
outline as little as possible—more will remove more points
and thus, change the path more. And if you have less
points, your printing time will be faster as well!
There are two different uses for this dialog: one is to put
points where they belong for proper typographical outlines.
This is called putting points at the extrema. If you bring up
the dialog and only have the Insert points at extrema box
checked, that’s all Fontographer will do. Simplify paths will
remove points it judges to be superfluous. The slider control
adjusts the ratio between getting rid of a lot of points (and
changing your path a little), and getting rid of fewer points
and maintaining the integrity of the path.
We believe you should spend your time creating wonderful
designs instead of worrying about point placement and the
mechanical details of Bzier path construction. When your
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