TypeRig GUI

TypeRig Panel

Outline Panel

The Contour tab/subpanel is a special purpose tool dealing with some contour operations in Glyph Window (GW). Its actions are governed by the TypeRig panel masthead (MH).

A typical view of Contour panel

Basic operations

In this section reside several buttons covering the following basic operations in accordance to layer options selected in MH:

• Close: Will close a selected open contour;
• Start: Will set a selected node as a star node;
• CW: Will set the contour direction to Clockwise (TrueType direction);
• CCW: Will set the contour direction to Counterclockwise (PostScript direction);
• TL: Sets the contour start node to the node that has most Top Left coordinates;
• TR: Sets the contour start node to the node that has most Top Right coordinates;
• BL: Sets the contour start node to the node that has most Bottom Left coordinates;
• BR: Sets the contour start node to the node that has most Bottom Right coordinates;

Relocate start point in FontLab Studio 5

Note: Actions performed by TL, TR, BL, BR buttons are similar to the Relocate start points command in FontlabStudio 5

New in Contour Panel v0.25 - Reorder Contours

• Sort X - Will rearrange the order of contours based on their BBoX X coordinate.
• Sort Y - Will rearrange the order of contours based on their BBoX Y coordinate.

New in Contour Panel v0.26 - Remove Overlap

• Remove Overlap - Will remove overlap for selected contours at lsyers selected in TR Masthead.

Align

This section offers some contour to contour alignment options that work in accordance to layer options selected in MH. Except explicitly noted, contours that will be aligned should have at least one node selected (it is not necessary to select whole contours).

Contour alignment modes

Currently the supported alignment modes are as follows:

• Layer - Will align all contours at every layer. _No selection needed!
• Contour to contour: Will align selected contours in normal order. Please note that all contours will be aligned to the one that sits at the bottom of the contour list in FL Elements panel. Regretfully it is not possible to take the order of selection as alignment basis.
• Contour to contour (REV) : Will align selected contours in reversed order. Please take into consideration the above explanation.
• Contour to Node: Will align a contour to a node selected in normal order.It requires only two nodes to be selected - one that will suffice for marking the whole contour and second for the target of alignment. Contour order still matters as already explained above. It is best suited for aligning a single contour to a single node. Also please note that the position of a contour alignment depends on the options chosen in combo boxes next to the mode menu. For instance if Left + Bottom are selected then the Left Bottom point of the contour bounding box (BBox) will be aligned to the node selected, but if Top Right are chosen then the Top Right BBox of the contour will be aligned to the node of interest.
• Contour to Node (REV): Will align a contour to a node selected in reversed order. See above!

Panel development notes

• Stability: Normal - no known major issues.
• Development priority: Low/Planned - not likely to be changed often, but quite few changes are planned for future releases.
• Future improvements: For now this is kind of bare-boned tool that has a lot of room for expansion. User requests are welcome!