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✍️ Edit shapes & paths

How to readjust strokes and contours

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Written by Franz
Updated over a week ago

You can edit your glyphs using two different modes:

  • Shape editing mode to adjust glyph shapes & transform (move, scale or rotate):

    • Copy / paste

    • Mirror horizontally & vertically

    • Delete to remove the shape

    • Toggle to the Path editing mode

  • Path editing mode to adjust & transform the strokes & contours of any shape :

    • Optimize Path to cleanup paths with many points

    • Unite Shapes to merge several paths (Pathfinder operation)

    • Outline Stroke to convert paths into contours

    • Convert Point to turn the type of path points into smooth, corners or angled curves

    • Delete to remove points from a curve without

    • Toggle to the Shape editing mode
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Shape editing mode

  1. Tap the Selection Tool (the arrow icon)

  2. To select one or multiple shapes:

    1. Tap a shape to select it

    2. Tap & drag a selection around various shapes

  3. Tap & drag any handle of the Bounding Box to transform your shapes

Path editing mode

You can select and adjust any path point or handle by entering the Path editing mode using one of the following methods:

  1. Tap the Selection Tool (the arrow icon)

  2. Tap & hold on any point to select all the path points

Or:

  1. Tap the Selection Tool (the arrow icon)

  2. Tap & drag a selection around various shapes

  3. Tap the Path editing icon on the contextual toolbar

Add new points

  • Tap and hold on any selected path to create a new path point.
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Path editing features

Optimize Path

This action will attempt to reduce the amount of points and place extrema points so that you can more easily refine the glyph.

Unite Shapes

When you select several shapes & paths, this merges the overlapping ones into a single path (it's the equivalent of a Pathfinder Union operation).

Outline Stroke

This action will convert paths into contours so you can further tweak the strokes.

Convert Point

These actions change the type of path points between smooth, cornered or angled curves.

🚧 Current limitations (to be improved over time)

  • You cannot change the stroke width yet

  • You cannot change the brush pen direction yet

Switching modes

You can switch to either mode by pressing the related icon on the contextual toolbar, which is displayed whenever a shape is selected:

  • Shape editing icon:

  • Path editing icon:

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