<![CDATA[Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool]]>A thought on open contours + pen tool:

Situation: One open contour exists. Start new contour with pen tool. With pen tool active, click on other open contour.

Expectation: Contours connect.

Behavior: First contour ignored, and you're now manipulating the original open contour.

Looks like you can only connect open contours to themselves with the pen tool, not two separate contours.

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]]>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/988/unable-to-connect-two-open-contours-with-pen-toolRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 19:35:25 GMTWed, 20 Oct 2021 16:03:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool on Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:14:21 GMT]]>A thought on open contours + pen tool:

Situation: One open contour exists. Start new contour with pen tool. With pen tool active, click on other open contour.

Expectation: Contours connect.

Behavior: First contour ignored, and you're now manipulating the original open contour.

Looks like you can only connect open contours to themselves with the pen tool, not two separate contours.

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]]>https://forum.robofont.com/post/3838https://forum.robofont.com/post/3838Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:14:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool on Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:50:51 GMT]]>I have thought about this and this is weird behaviour cause you end up with your pen in the middle of contour...

use alt click to connect 2 segments with a line segment.

the edit tool has all the powers to connect/join segments.

]]>https://forum.robofont.com/post/3840https://forum.robofont.com/post/3840Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:50:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool on Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:34:01 GMT]]>@frederik Ah I see your point, but can it simply connect, deselect, and now it's as if you've just turned on the pen tool anew?

]]>https://forum.robofont.com/post/3841https://forum.robofont.com/post/3841Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:34:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool on Fri, 22 Oct 2021 07:22:56 GMT]]>the default behaviour when clicking with the pen tool on a start or end point of an other contour is that that contour becomes the current contour to draw into.

what do you mean with simply connect?
your example above; how should the segment in between looks like? a curve without drag editing of the handles?

]]>https://forum.robofont.com/post/3842https://forum.robofont.com/post/3842Fri, 22 Oct 2021 07:22:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to connect two open contours with pen tool on Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:37:49 GMT]]>@frederik Hate to bring up Ill*strator, but I actually think it handles this pretty well (no pun intended).

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