[FIXED] Using knife tool converts all contours to quadratic
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:13 am
In FontCreator 11.5.0.2427 (64-bit):
Using the knife tool to cut any contour in a glyph results in all the contours in the glyph being converted to quadratic. Since this can result in a change in the contours, it is not desired behavior.
In addition, it can also result in an exported font not being truly validated. This can happen because the quadratic contours in the glyph need to be converted to cubic for export (assuming they were cubic in the first place because it was a font with PostScript outlines). If the user doesn't notice and manually change the contours to cubic, they can have validated quadratic outlines in the glyph, and the glyph in the exported font can have points that don't pass validation, but the user will never know if they only work with the FontCreator project file (.fcp), and don't open and validate the exported font.
Using the knife tool to cut any contour in a glyph results in all the contours in the glyph being converted to quadratic. Since this can result in a change in the contours, it is not desired behavior.
In addition, it can also result in an exported font not being truly validated. This can happen because the quadratic contours in the glyph need to be converted to cubic for export (assuming they were cubic in the first place because it was a font with PostScript outlines). If the user doesn't notice and manually change the contours to cubic, they can have validated quadratic outlines in the glyph, and the glyph in the exported font can have points that don't pass validation, but the user will never know if they only work with the FontCreator project file (.fcp), and don't open and validate the exported font.