Connecting dot of i to letter, or accents to letters

[KariF]

As an example, see attachment.  I am cutting chipboard sayings and the closest I could get to attaching dot of i to i  was coverting to curves (with a different font) and moving nodes to connect it.  

I didn't do the node change in the attached example.

There must be a simpler way?  Thank you in advance for your help.

testing_dotoni.afdesign

[Alfred]

If you’re trying to do this

then there’s no need to move any nodes. You can simply add a thin rectangle to bridge the gap:

 

[KariF]

58 minutes ago, Alfred said:

If you’re trying to do this

then there’s no need to move any nodes. You can simply add a thin rectangle to bridge the gap:

 

No I want them to touch each other.  Like being able to drag the dot or accent down to touch the top of the letter.

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, KariF said:

No I want them to touch each other.  Like being able to drag the dot or accent down to touch the top of the letter.

In that case, use the ‘Separate Curves’ command to make the dot or accent a separate object, and then move it down (either via the Transform panel or by using the Move Tool).

[R C-R]

1 minute ago, Alfred said:

In that case, use the ‘Separate Curves’ command to make the dot or accent a separate object, and then move it down (either via the Transform panel or by using the Move Tool).

In this particular case, you can also use the Boolean Divide on the i "(Curves)" layer to separate the dot & lower part of the object into two "(Curve)" layers.

[KariF]

2 hours ago, Alfred said:

In that case, use the ‘Separate Curves’ command to make the dot or accent a separate object, and then move it down (either via the Transform panel or by using the Move Tool).

Thank you soooo much!  I'm having an issue with loops.  Will attach the letter j when I use the Separate Curves command.

[Alfred]

7 hours ago, KariF said:

Thank you soooo much!

You’re very welcome!

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I'm having an issue with loops.  Will attach the letter j when I use the Separate Curves command.

That’s because you’re also separating the teardrop shape that forms the hole or ‘counter’ in the loop. Select the filled loop and the teardrop and use the ‘Subtract’ button in the Geometry section of the toolbar to restore the hole.

[KariF]

3 hours ago, Alfred said:

You’re very welcome!

That’s because you’re also separating the teardrop shape that forms the hole or ‘counter’ in the loop. Select the filled loop and the teardrop and use the ‘Subtract’ button in the Geometry section of the toolbar to restore the hole.

This has been a huge help and thank you for explaining so simply.  Love this forum!!

[Old Bruce]

18 hours ago, KariF said:

No I want them to touch each other.  Like being able to drag the dot or accent down to touch the top of the letter.

I convert to curves then use the node tool to select the nodes on the dot and switch on the Transform mode in the Context toolbar.

Now I can easily drag the selected curves around.

[R C-R]

51 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I convert to curves then use the node tool to select the nodes on the dot and switch on the Transform mode in the Context toolbar.

In the OP's example testing_dotoni.afdesign file, the letters are already converted to curves (& this was mentioned in that post). So as suggested by @Alfred, the only thing needed at that point is to use ‘Separate Curves’ to split the Curves layer into two Curve layers, so either curve can be moved with the Move Tool. You do not need to use the Node Tool at all.

[Old Bruce]

1 minute ago, R C-R said:

You do not need to use the Node Tool at all.

Or we don't need to separate the curves. Different roads, same destination.