# Reduce number of control points

**URL:** <https://forum.high-logic.com/t/reduce-number-of-control-points/922>\
**Category:** Implemented Feature Requests\
**Created:** [May 21, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/reduce-number-of-control-points/922 "2005-05-21T21:02:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![greg-s](https://forum.high-logic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@greg-s](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/greg-s)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/reduce-number-of-control-points/922/1 "2005-05-21T21:02:18Z")

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It would be nice to be able to reduce the number of control points (either for an entire font, a whole glyph, or the selected control points) after an image has been traced to a glyph. Also as a way of modifying an existing font.

The algorithm for determining which points to remove thus reducing the number is most probably ‘out there on the internet’ it cannot be a unique problem.

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**Author:** ![Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/bhikkhu_pesala/32/9411_2.png) [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/reduce-number-of-control-points/922/2 "2016-06-24T16:29:20Z")

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This feature request has now been implemented in FontCreator 10 on the right-click menu in the glyph edit window to apply it to selected contours or nodes, and as a Transform script to apply it to selected glyphs.

See [this video](https://vimeo.com/172079405) about the new features.

The complex glyph below, imported from a SVG file, has fewer points when optimized.

![](http://forum.high-logic.com/download/file.php?id=5194)