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# The Point Menu

This menu is only available in the Outline Character View.

- Curve
- Corner
- Tangent
- Make First
- Can Be Interpolated
- Can't Be Interpolated
- Add Anchor Point...
- Make Line
- Insert Point on Spline at...
- Center Between Control Points
- Name Contour

Curve
  If all the selected points are Curve points then this entry will be checked. Selecting it will change all selected points to be Curve points.
Corner
  If all the selected points are Corner points then this entry will be checked. Selecting it will change all selected points to be Corner points.
Tangent
  If all the selected points are Tangent points then this entry will be checked. Selecting it will change all selected points to be Tangent points.
Make First
  If exactly one point is selected and it is on a closed path and it is not the "first point" of that path, then it will become the first point.
Can Be Interpolated
Can't Be Interpolated
  When editing truetype curves, an on-curve point can be omitted from the point list that is stored in the output font if it happens to be exactly midway between its two control points. This makes for slightly smaller files and is generally a good thing. However if the point is interpolated then it cannot be referred to in instructions (or reference point matching), so on rare occasions you will need to be able to turn off this interpolation.
Add Anchor Point...
  This command adds a new anchor point to the glyph. The last click in the window provides a default location for the point.

  See the overview and the Element->Get Info command for more info.

Make Line
  If two adjacent points are selected then make the spline between them into a straight line. If a point is selected and has no adjacent selected points then make its control points be on top of the point
Insert Point on Spline at...
  Select the two end-points of a spline, then bring up this dialog. You can request that FontForge insert a point on the selected spline with either a given X or a given Y coordinate.
Center Between Control Points
  In truetype, if an on-curve point is centered between its control points, then that point may be omitted when written to the output file. This command allows you to create such a point more easily.
Name Contour
  A contour may be named. This is designed for use in the Guide line (and Background) layer. You can attach a mnemonic name to a guide line (like "X-Height" or "Cap-Height" or whatever strikes your fancy).

## Other menus

- File
- Edit
- Point
- Element
- Tools
- Hints
- Encoding
- View
- Metrics
- CID
- MM
- Window
- Help
- Hot Keys

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