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section later in this chapter for more information about this
technique).
When you choose “Selection Info,” you will only get the
Character Information dialog if no points are selected or
more than one is selected. When one point is selected, the
Point Information dialog will appear.
Normal fill
You should use the Normal fill type for PostScript Type 1
and TrueType fonts.
Important: The Normal fill relies on the outside path being
described as clockwise, and the next inside path being
described as counterclockwise, hence the term “ winding
number.”
This results in normally filled characters, like in the “o”
below.
The current path direction, clockwise or counterclockwise,
is shown in the Element menu. Click on a control point and
choose “ Clockwise” or “Counterclockwise” from the Path
menu to change path direction. You can also change it via
the path direction indicator in the Outline Window. Path
direction is only defined on closed paths.
Technically, it doesn’t make any difference whether the
outside path is clockwise or counterclockwise, but for the
sake of consistency between Fontographer’s fonts and the
proper operation of automatic hints, we recommend that the
outer paths should be clockwise and the inner paths
counterclockwise.
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