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Fontlab 7 Help -- Absolute Beginner
Terry Vuong
Posts: 2
Hi everyone,
I hope this is the right place for this. As a complete novice Fontlab 7 is HARD to use.
After much trial and error I managed to create an "o", but it felt unnecessarily complicated and I was wondering if someone can go over the steps I did to see what I did wrong.
1. Using the ellipse tool, dragged out a circle.
2. While holding alt, dragged out a duplicate.
3. Resized the second ellipse and centered it to the first ellipse.
4. Switched to the Fill tool to unfill the second ellipse. This unfills both ellipses.
5a. Confused face.
5b. In the Elements panel, I moved one element into the other. Both elements are now empty.
5c. Confused face x 2.
5d. Move a node from the second ellipse. The action is mirrored on the first ellipse. These two elements are linked.
5e. Get frustrated.
6. Fumble through a bunch of options.
7. Select both Elements and go to Glyph>Decompose
8. Sees that both ellipses are now within the same element.
9. Try to unfill the second ellipse again.
10. Success!
11. Happy dance.
Alternate 2. Drag out a second ellipse.
Alternate 3. Center that to the first ellipse
Alternate 4. Unfill second ellipse.
Alternate 5. Success!
Alternate 6. Confused face.
Aside from the frustration, it's fun and I can't wait to figure this out!
Thank you!
I hope this is the right place for this. As a complete novice Fontlab 7 is HARD to use.
After much trial and error I managed to create an "o", but it felt unnecessarily complicated and I was wondering if someone can go over the steps I did to see what I did wrong.
1. Using the ellipse tool, dragged out a circle.
2. While holding alt, dragged out a duplicate.
3. Resized the second ellipse and centered it to the first ellipse.
4. Switched to the Fill tool to unfill the second ellipse. This unfills both ellipses.
5a. Confused face.
5b. In the Elements panel, I moved one element into the other. Both elements are now empty.
5c. Confused face x 2.
5d. Move a node from the second ellipse. The action is mirrored on the first ellipse. These two elements are linked.
5e. Get frustrated.
6. Fumble through a bunch of options.
7. Select both Elements and go to Glyph>Decompose
8. Sees that both ellipses are now within the same element.
9. Try to unfill the second ellipse again.
10. Success!
11. Happy dance.
Alternate 2. Drag out a second ellipse.
Alternate 3. Center that to the first ellipse
Alternate 4. Unfill second ellipse.
Alternate 5. Success!
Alternate 6. Confused face.
Aside from the frustration, it's fun and I can't wait to figure this out!
Thank you!
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https://forum.fontlab.com/fontlab-7/
Notes:
1. You don't need to handle elements for this. Just draw your contours.
2. The Fill applies to the area under the cursor. Opt (Alt) reverses it.
3. Filled and unfilled areas are properly converted to contours when you export the font.
Thanks, Igor! That was very helpful.