Glyphs-Handbook-2013

Left: original glyph outline with
two selected nodes.
Center: selected nodes moved,
handles stay the same.
Right: selected nodes nudged,
handles are adjusted.
mode. Click and hold the Primitives tool or press Shift-F to
choose between the two shape options.
Click once on the canvas to create a primitive by entering its
measurements with the keyboard. Or click and drag to draw
it directly into the edit area. Hold down Shift for a perfect
square or circle. Hold down Option to draw from the center of
the shape.
2.2 EDITING PATHS
2.2.1 Selecting, Moving, Converting
Click and drag with the Select tool (shortcut V) to select
nodes and handles inside a rectangular selection area.
Hold down the Option key to ignore the handles and only
select nodes. Double click on an outline segment to select
complete paths. Hold down the Shift key to extend or reduce
the selection. Glyphs allows you to select multiple handles
independently of the nodes. Hold down the Option key to dragselect
components.
Move the selection using the mouse or the cursor keys.
Moving nodes will move the attached handles even if they are
not selected. Hold down the Option key to move only explicitly
selected on-curve points. While moving one or more nodes,
hold down both Ctrl and Option (or add Option after you
started dragging) to ‘nudge’ them, i.e., to proportionally adjust
the surrounding handles at the same time.
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