Andreas Larsen Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Similar to curve point handles can only extend horizontally or vertically. When drawing logos, icons, UI, type etc the wast majority of curve points are like this and having the point type makes drawing a lot faster + more precise. Screenshot is from FontForge (notice the difference between round and diamond shaped dots) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted May 31, 2015 Staff Share Posted May 31, 2015 I like the idea and I do know that there are some schools of thought that suggest that ALL handles should only ever be horizontal/vertical - that's why we allow you to do this easily by just holding shift. The only question I have about these nodes is what happens when your object is rotated? Do the handles only allow horizontal/vertical with respect to the untransformed curve (surely this must be the case?) or do they now only allow horizontal/vertical of their current transform? Is that confusing or not? Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Larsen Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 They way FontForge does it is by converting them to "normal" points when you rotate unless rotation is +=90(n) An alternate solution could be to make horizontal/vertical fixed standard and then only allow other angles with modifier pressed. The shift solution works great for "new" points but if you already have a point with handles then getting them "perfect" requires you to delete the handles first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 1, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 1, 2015 Very nice suggestion. This coupled with snap handles to grid (not path nodes, we already do it) would be awesome. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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