Re: [fontforge-users] How do I select and move objects

[Gé v. G. <gev...@gm...>]

Have a look at this page:
http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/Using_the_Fontforge_Drawing_Tools.html

On that page, scroll to (or search the page for) "the transform tools"


On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM Rob Arthan <rd...@le...> wrote:

> David,
>
> Thank you. Double-clicking does make a difference, but it seems to be a
> bit trickier than you describe and I still don’t see how you resize an
> object: I can move an object by double-clicking on the line but not
> releasing on the second click. The object then moves with the mouse (which
> solves one of my problems). If I double click and release, then clicking
> and moving seems to make a change to the geometry of the object by moving
> more (but not all) of the control points than it does without the previous
> double click. But how do I resize an object?
>
> Thanks for the second part of your reply too. That all seemed to make
> sense.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob.
>
> > On 24 May 2025, at 22:09, David de Beer <on...@dd...> wrote:
> >
> > it's quite simple actually: don't click the control points, but the line
> between with a double click. That will pick the full object.
> >
> > good luck,
> >    David
> >
> > Op 24-05-2025 om 22:30 schreef Rob Arthan:
> >> I created two fonts a few years ago by editing copies of the GNU
> FreeFont fonts using FontForge to create some new mathematical symbols that
> I need. I don’t recall having any significant problems with the FontForge
> Drawing Tools at the time. My fonts were based on the Serif and Mono fonts
> and I would now like to extend the coverage of my Mono font to include
> versions of some glyphs that are in the GNU Serif font but not in the GNU
> Mono fonts
> >>
> >> I am having great difficulty at getting (re)started with the FontForge
> drawing tools. To start with, I need to do little more than combine objects
> from existing glyphs by copying and then rearranging and resizing those
> objects in the new glyph. I have managed to copy and paste entire glyphs
> onto my new glyph, but then I can’t do anything useful with them. All I can
> do with the Select Tool is move control points around and so change the
> geometry of the objects I’ve pasted into the new glyph. What I want to do
> is to select entire objects and move and resize them. I’ve studied the
> section Using the FontForge Drawing Tools in the FontForge book quite
> carefully, but nothing seems to help.
> >>
> >> If it’s relevant, I am just copying and pasting within my version of
> the Mono font. I am not trying to copy and paste from one font to another.
> >>
> >> Apologies for asking such a basic question, but I am completely stuck
> on this.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Rob.
> >>
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