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Char View, View menu, Show, Show All Point Co-Ordinates (+ pref) #2485

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davelab6 opened this issue Sep 11, 2015 · 0 comments
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Char View, View menu, Show, Show All Point Co-Ordinates (+ pref) #2485

davelab6 opened this issue Sep 11, 2015 · 0 comments

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In http://typedrawers.com/discussion/1111/fontforge-harmonizer Michael Vokits said,

As for FF, the only feature I think it actually lacks is the ability to always show node positions, and that's purely a preference thing (it's a real drag having to go to the View menu over and over).

Similar to 'Show All Control Points', this means:

  • Add a checkmark menu item to Char View, View menu, Show, Show All Point Co-Ordinates
  • Add a preference

When active, it would look like this FontLab screenshot:

fontlab-example

or this RoboFont screenshot (thanks to Nina Stössinger for posting it in the TD thread above :)

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However both show failure where points are close together. So a bonus task would be

  • like the Ruler tool, use some 'collision detection' to avoid overlapping co-ordinates
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