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This year one of my goals is to learn to create fonts. In order to get curves from the selection I need to combine the paths, from what I can see, but when I do that, all the pretty work I did on the font components gets ruined. I'm not sure how to describe it really so I'm including two screen shots. I used the bezier tool if that makes a difference.
Sorry if this is really obvious, but I've never used a program like Inkscape before so I'm really new. I appreciate any help!
Lynnette
Path Combine Ruins My Work...
Path Combine Ruins My Work...
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- And this is what it looks like after a combine...
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- This is what it should look like...
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I should add that I can group the image and it looks fine, but then when I click "get curves from selection" it doesn't work. So I think maybe there is one more step I need to do after grouping?
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Okay...I should have posted here sooner. 
I just figured out the answer to my own problem so I will post it here for others who might be searching about this.
The solution is that before you group the strokes, you select them all and then go "Path/Union." Then you can get curves from selection.
Hopefully this helps someone else.
I just figured out the answer to my own problem so I will post it here for others who might be searching about this. The solution is that before you group the strokes, you select them all and then go "Path/Union." Then you can get curves from selection.
Hopefully this helps someone else.
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Welcome aboard!
What a nice goal, I have to learn on that too.
About the mentioned behavie: that is the result of the fill rule.
Even if you set it to non-zero, some cases changing subpath's direction is necessary too.
The union option changes the "topology" of the paths, adds new nodes to intersection points, deletes others, so it's not always the best move. (Meaning, it cannot be break apart (Ctrl+Shift+K) later to the separate strokes of the characters.)
Good luck!
What a nice goal, I have to learn on that too.
About the mentioned behavie: that is the result of the fill rule.
Even if you set it to non-zero, some cases changing subpath's direction is necessary too.
The union option changes the "topology" of the paths, adds new nodes to intersection points, deletes others, so it's not always the best move. (Meaning, it cannot be break apart (Ctrl+Shift+K) later to the separate strokes of the characters.)
Good luck!
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Thanks for the info. I can see that I have a lot of fun learning to do with this great program. Looking forward to it. Seriously.
Happy to have found this board!
Happy to have found this board!