<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Topics tagged with contours]]></title><description><![CDATA[A list of topics that have been tagged with contours]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/tags/contours</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:54:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.robofont.com/tags/contours.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:32:22 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Curve estimation upon point deletion is sometimes inaccurate and extreme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the background, and for giving it some thought! Will let you know if any ideas come to my mind as well.
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/989/curve-estimation-upon-point-deletion-is-sometimes-inaccurate-and-extreme</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/989/curve-estimation-upon-point-deletion-is-sometimes-inaccurate-and-extreme</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:32:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool]]></title><description><![CDATA[@frederik Hate to bring up Ill*strator, but I actually think it handles this pretty well (no pun intended).

]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/988/unable-to-connect-two-open-contours-with-pen-tool</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/988/unable-to-connect-two-open-contours-with-pen-tool</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:37:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some commands leave behind &quot;ghost selection&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[noted down for future RF version to auto deselect on removeContour :)
thanks!
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/921/some-commands-leave-behind-ghost-selection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/921/some-commands-leave-behind-ghost-selection</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frederik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:05:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Smooth point not displayed]]></title><description><![CDATA[imagine!!! this still works ;)
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/824/smooth-point-not-displayed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/824/smooth-point-not-displayed</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frederik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:39:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] QuadraticConverter does not work in RoboFont 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[@frederik Excellent, thanks!
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/820/quadraticconverter-does-not-work-in-robofont-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/820/quadraticconverter-does-not-work-in-robofont-3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:01:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Constrain to angles other than 0, 90, 45.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its indeed similar to a pen. This allows easy subclassing of internal tools by simply adding behaviour to a tool.
This tool is subclassing _mouseDragged as it needs the same behaviour but with the shift constrain disabled, as this tool will perform his own shift behaviour.
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/802/constrain-to-angles-other-than-0-90-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/802/constrain-to-angles-other-than-0-90-45</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frederik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:29:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Preferred contour order]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thank you for the responses. I wondered if yellow was simply advisory, but happy to have confirmation. Much appreciated. Cheers
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/798/preferred-contour-order</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/798/preferred-contour-order</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colo-in-NYC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:27:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Scale proportionately not doing so]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thank you @gferreira &amp; @frederik !
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/782/scale-proportionately-not-doing-so</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/782/scale-proportionately-not-doing-so</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:20:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Deleting all handles unexpectedly deletes entire contour]]></title><description><![CDATA[create bug!!
RF decided somehow those contours are really bad... and deleted them for you, its a FEATURE!!
fixed in the next update!!!
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/770/deleting-all-handles-unexpectedly-deletes-entire-contour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/770/deleting-all-handles-unexpectedly-deletes-entire-contour</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frederik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:06:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Do logotype and lettering designers use programs like FontLab, Glyphs App and Robofont?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know a number of graphic designers who use robofont and glyphs in their workflows. Not just for drawing logotypes but for logos, patterns, and other design elements.
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/739/do-logotype-and-lettering-designers-use-programs-like-fontlab-glyphs-app-and-robofont</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/739/do-logotype-and-lettering-designers-use-programs-like-fontlab-glyphs-app-and-robofont</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[okaytype]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:20:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Lock offcurve or on curve points when hidden]]></title><description><![CDATA[hello @bahman,
have a look at ContoursLock, it allows you to lock individual contours by index.
salutations!
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/733/lock-offcurve-or-on-curve-points-when-hidden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/733/lock-offcurve-or-on-curve-points-when-hidden</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gferreira]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:12:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Can contour continuation be direction&#x2F;index agnostic?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Awesome thanks @frederik!
And will check that out, thanks.
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/732/can-contour-continuation-be-direction-index-agnostic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/732/can-contour-continuation-be-direction-index-agnostic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:19:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_unsolved]] &#x27;sorting&#x27; script. Not sure about pen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys, I created a small script that makes sorting contours easy (at least for me)
https://gist.github.com/RafalBuchner/ff73b03d1c2970182d7dbe1d6060d32b
Everyone, feel free to use that.
I'm not sure about the usage of the Pens though:

is drawing in rearrangeOrder function done accordingly to the proper way of using pen-protocol? I was improvising a bit and I'm not sure about it.
I'm working from time to time with point labels. The pen object created by me is deleting data like that: Is there any good way to make sure that when redrawing the glyph none of the data like that will be erased?

Best, R
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/689/sorting-script-not-sure-about-pen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/689/sorting-script-not-sure-about-pen</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[RafaŁ Buchner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2019 12:54:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_unsolved]] How might I remove overlap in contours without erasing points along path?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks for weighing in!
Just to be clear, I'm not necessarily expecting things to stay magically compatible – I only am looking for a way to remove overlaps, but leave any points intact that are on the exterior of that combined shape. I think you understood my meaning already, but my initial image was pretty ambiguous, so this shows my general hope better:

So, it sounds like the way the Remove Overlap functionality works, it's not that these points are removed as an extra step, but rather that their removal is a core part of the function? And there's no way to "turn that off"?
As a simple temporary solution, I have found that I can at least have a visual of missing points by duplicating the glyph to an "overlap" layer, then turning that layer's visibility on.


You could run a pre-overlap code getting points that are going to be removed... and add them back in a post-overlap script

Is there some kind of accessible list of points to be removed (that doesn't seem very likely), or would I have to find a way to loop through points, and mathematically determine if they're on a straight path?
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/629/how-might-i-remove-overlap-in-contours-without-erasing-points-along-path</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/629/how-might-i-remove-overlap-in-contours-without-erasing-points-along-path</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[StephenNixon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:23:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_unsolved]] Actual length of a contour]]></title><description><![CDATA[This should help: https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/blob/master/Lib/fontTools/misc/bezierTools.py
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/616/actual-length-of-a-contour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/616/actual-length-of-a-contour</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frankrolf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:41:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_unsolved]] Glyph Compatibility &amp; isCompatible]]></title><description><![CDATA[there is a big difference between being compatible for interpolation (aka fontMath) and for variable fonts.
Variable fonts requires (out of my head):

same amount of point both oncurves as offcurves
same amount of kerning pairs
same amount of kerning groups
same amount of glyphs

]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/593/glyph-compatibility-iscompatible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/593/glyph-compatibility-iscompatible</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frederik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:34:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_unsolved]] Two request regarding composites and connecting nodes]]></title><description><![CDATA[
There is no other way :) if the point doesn't align exactly, some points need to be moved and shifted. RF opts to modify the last point (and offcurve) of the contour that is being dragged.
great!!

]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/582/two-request-regarding-composites-and-connecting-nodes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/582/two-request-regarding-composites-and-connecting-nodes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frederik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:45:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] question: contours and components inside some rect]]></title><description><![CDATA[@RafaŁ-Buchner you’re right :) better to use the boolean glyph method then.

]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/581/question-contours-and-components-inside-some-rect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/581/question-contours-and-components-inside-some-rect</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gferreira]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:23:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] RContour.insertPoint() on curve?]]></title><description><![CDATA[thanks for your example!!
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/523/rcontour-insertpoint-on-curve</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/523/rcontour-insertpoint-on-curve</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frederik]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:13:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ [[qanda:topic_solved]] Bezier handle question]]></title><description><![CDATA[@typemytype ahh, good to know. thanks!
]]></description><link>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/480/bezier-handle-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.robofont.com/topic/480/bezier-handle-question</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gferreira]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:07:40 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>