outline

Expand glyph contours outwards and/or inwards by a given offset distance.

RF3 RoboFont 3 code which still works in RoboFont 4. Not updated to the new RoboFont 4 APIs yet.

source layer
layer containing the source glyph contours
target layer
layer where the resulting outlined contours will be drawn
stroke
total width of the applied stroke
join style
style of the stroke joins: square, round, or bevel
cap style
style of the stroke caps: square, round, or butt
edges
choose whether to expand contours inwards and/or outwards
apply
expand outlines in the selected glyphs
preview
show a preview of the result in the background

preview

note

This dialog is a simple wrapper around the stroke expansion functions from the Outliner extension.