How to overlap correctly

[Spacewarp]

I'm trialing FontCreator 8.0, and having mixes results. I don't have a lot of (read: any) typesetting background, so that may be hurting me as the documentation isn't proving particularly follow-able in many places. But I'm just going to ask for the practical help right now.

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How do I make the horizontal be transparent all the way through, so that I'm left with two black circle segments and nothing else? Theoretically, if I can learn how to make this O, I can figure out how to make the rest of the curved letters on my own.

Thank you for your time.

- Jeremy

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

If I understand correctly what you want, you are nearly there already.

Use Get Exclusion of Contours, then delete the bits that you don't want.

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[Spacewarp]

That was it. I was confused when I tried that on my own, because nothing appeared to happen when I used that function in the past. Thanks!