Newbie - How to delete section of a font?

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Hello,

I am brand new with FontCreator so please be patient!

I have a font that I am trying to modify the capital letter “D”.

I want to simply cut out a small sction at about 5:00 o’clock on the “D”. I want to leave a completely white gap.

When I try to do this with “add rectangle” or “insert contour” the outline of the new countour remains black. This outline can of course be seen.

I need the outline to be white so it is not visable.

Is this possible?

If not is there another way to do this?

Thanks!

Skibum

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If you’re using the trial version or the Professional version it is not difficult.

  • Select the rectangle and rotate it to the desire angle with the Transform toolbar.
  • Lay the rectangle over the D where you want to cut it.
  • Select all and from the Glyph toolbar, select “Get exclusion of contours.”
  • Delete the two black bits that you don’t want.

If you’re using the Home version, let us know as we will have to use a more involved method. The knife tool can also be used in the Trial and Professional editions.
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THANK YOU!

That did exactly what I wanted.

Skibum