Help creating a transparent hole in a shape with the pen tool

[HealingDoodle]

I'm just learning to use the pen tool. I'm trying to create a vector shape out of a scanned image of hand-drawn letters. So, for instance, the letter A has a small triangular shape in the top section (A). I can't figure out how to bypass that section with the pen to make one big shape. Would I just have to make three separate pen shapes of each piece instead?

Thanks,

Susan

[Alfred]

Make an ‘A’ shape with the triangular counter (‘hole’) filled in. Place a triangle shape on top, select both shapes and click on the ‘Subtract’ icon in the Geometry section of the main toolbar.

[Old Bruce]

Or this is using the pen tool, two shapes the "hole" (Brown) is on top of the solid letter A (Green).

Before    .... and ....  After.

[HealingDoodle]

it worked! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! WOW that is excellent.