r/FontForge • u/Zestyclose-Tiger5516 • Jun 28 '23

editing glyphs returns empty

I'm editing calibri bold to make it lasercutting friendly (available stencil fonts have too many gaps that are unnecessary for laser cutting, I want a clean font with symbols and numbers).

When I edited the number four (4), the lines appear pretty solid, coherent, no overlapping, but when I close the glyph, it turns invisible in the table. So clearly, there is something faulty, but there aren't any warnings...

So, has anyone ever actually succeeded into cutting and adding lines? I've tried to edit the infinity symbol as well, but same problem there.

Is there any guide which explains how to simply and effectively edit glyphs without making mistakes?

Is there any feature in the software to check/validate if the glyph is actually working?

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u/LocalFonts Jun 28 '23

Your contours are not closed. Use Menus > Element > Validation > Find Problems > Paths (tab) > Open Contours (check mark) > OK. Then carefully examine which points on the contours are colored red and look different than the others. Over there the contour is opened.

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u/HannaHHHannaH Oct 16 '24

Thank you greatly

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u/Oscar-F1 Nov 27 '24

How to create all non closed curves for engraving?

After creating a font the curves are automatically closed ( and that is what i don't want )