Editing Tool ↩
The Editing Tool is an interactive tool to edit visual glyph data such as contours, anchors, components, guidelines, images, etc.
To activate the tool, you can click on the arrow icon in the toolbar of the Glyph Editor or select “Editing Tool” in the Glyph application menu.
Actions
Point Selection
| action | description |
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| click (no selection) | Deselect all. |
| click + drag (no selection) | Select all points inside the selection marquee. |
| click + drag (no selection) + ⌥ | Select only the off-curve points inside the selection marquee. |
| click + drag (no selection) + ⌥ + ⌘ | Select all the anchors inside the selection marquee. |
| click on a point | Select the point. |
| ⇧ + click | Add or remove from current selection. |
| click + drag | Move selected points. |
| ⇧ + click + drag | Move selected points on x, y or 45° axis. |
| ⌥ + click + drag |
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| ⌃ + click + drag | Copies the selection while dragging. |
| ⌥ + click + drag (single BCP selection) | BCP becomes non-smooth. |
| ⌘ + ⌥ + click + drag (single BCP selection) | BCP becomes smooth, and the BCP value is mirrored on the other BCP (if there is one). |
| ⌘ + drag smooth point |
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| join / close contour | If a contour is open, and first or last on-curve point is dragged on top of another first or last on-curve point, the contours are joined or closed. |
| tab | Jump to the next on-curve point. |
| ⌫ | Delete selected points. |
| ⌫ + ⌥ | Break contour on selected points. |
Use ⇪ (Caps Lock) + ⌘ + arrow keys to move a smooth point between its handles using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
If the option Use Shift 45° constrain is selected in the Glyph View Preferences, angles will be constrained to multiples of 45° degrees instead of 90°.
Segment Selection
| action | description |
|---|---|
| click | Select segment. |
| ⇧ + click | Add segment to selection. |
| click + drag (single segment selection) | Move the selected segments around. |
| ⌥ + click + drag (single segment selection) |
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| ⌥ + ⇧ + click + drag (single segment selection) |
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| ⌘ + click drag (single segment selection) |
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| ⇧ + click + drag (single segment selection) | Constrain translation angle to multiples of 90° (or 45°). Works also while ⌥ and/or ⌘ are down. |
| ⌃ + click + drag | Copy the selected segment while dragging. |
| ⌘ + ⌥ (no selection) | Add point to segment. |
| ⌫ | Delete selected segments. |
| ⌫ + ⌥ | Delete selected segments and break contour. |
Contour Selection
| action | description |
|---|---|
| double click | Select contour. |
| ⌘ + click (no selection) | Select the closest contour. |
| click + drag (in/on selection) | Move the selection. |
| ⇧ + click + drag (in/on selection) | Constrain translation angle to multiples of 90° (or 45°). |
| ⌫ | Delete selected contours. |
Component Selection
| action | description |
|---|---|
| click | Select the component. |
| ⇧ + click | Toggles the component selection. |
| drag | Move the components around. |
| ⇧ + drag | Constrain translation angle to multiples of 90° (or 45°). |
| triple click (in the component) | Go to the base glyph for editing. |
| ⌫ | Delete selected components. |
Jump to layer
To quickly switch between layers, you can double click on a layer outline, or press ⌥ + preview key + ↑/↓.
Copy & Paste
| action | description |
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| copy |
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| paste | Paste clipboard contents into the current glyph. |
Copy & Paste from external sources like Adobe Illustrator or other vector drawing applications happens from a PDF paste board.
Crosshair cursor
The Editing Tool shows a crosshair cursor while moving a selection – this helps to visually align the selection bounds to another shape or guideline.
This feature can be turned on/off in the Glyph View Preferences under the option Draw dragging cross lines.
Contextual menus
Contextual menus can be opened using a right-click. Depending on the current selection and on where you click, a different menu will be shown.