A smooth outline will have constant tension, or a steady decrease or increase from curve to curve. FontLab 7 not only lets you visualize curve tension, but also lets you see it numerically, edit it visually, and even use the Rapid tool to draw curves with tension set to your specifications. So if you want to make a font with more squarish curves like Helvetica or Eurostile, FontLab 7 can help you draw it that way from the start. Draw with consistency & precisionįontLab 7 can dynamically Suggest snap locations for nodes, angles and stem distances as you draw, so you’ll get equal distances - even without using our new Guides that snap and measure like no other. See handle lengths and angles, whitespace and ( New) stem thicknesses, automatically measured as you draw.

Scale, rotate and slant losslessly thanks to FontLab’s fractional drawing precision and live integer rounding, apply the rounding to bake in the integers. Harmonize your curves to make them really fluid, or “G2 curvature continuous” in math-speak. Make your node a Genius, which stays fluid even if you move the handles - view the Curvature to prove it.Ĭurves even stay smooth and true to their form when you Simplify a contour or remove some nodes with Eraser.

No software does it better, say the mathematicians.

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