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		<h1>Curve Equalizer</h1>
		<p>Curve Equalizer helps you quickly balance the Bézier handles of a curve, or adjust the curvature to a chosen amount.</p>
		<h2>Interface</h2>
		<p><img src="dialog.png" width="234" height="230" alt=""></p>
		<p>Select the curve adjustment method.</p>
		<table>
			<tr>
				<th>Method</th>
				<th>Description</th>
			</tr>
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				<td>Circle</td>
				<td>The result is similar to what FontLab Studio 5 does when you alt-shift-click a curve segment. If the triangle between the first and last point of the segment is rectangular with two 45° angles, the result will approximate a quarter circle.</td>
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				<td>Rule of thirds</td>
				<td>The resulting handles and an imaginary line between the two handles will each be nearly equal in length.</td>
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				<td>TT (experimental)</td>
				<td>Change the curve so it is well suited for conversion to a quadratic (TrueType) Bézier curve. Don’t use this, the results are terrible at the moment.</td>
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				<td>Balance</td>
				<td>The curvature is not changed, only the length of the handles is distributed evenly between the in- and outgoing handle. This is similar to the «Tunnifier» script by Eduardo Tunni.</td>
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				<td>Fixed</td>
				<td>Select the desired curvature from the horizontal radio buttons. The first will result in the same curve as the «Circle» method. The other buttons gradually add more curvature.</td>
			</tr>
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				<td>Adjust</td>
				<td>Change the curvature interactively using the slider. This is particularly useful if you want to finely tweak the curvature, while balancing the handles.</td>
			</tr>
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				<td>Hobby</td>
				<td>Change the tension of the curves. This uses the spline algorithm by John D. Hobby, which is also used by Metafont to create harmonic curves.</td>
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		<p>Click the «Equalize selected» button to apply the adjustment to the selected curves in the current glyph window.</p>
		<p>Tip: you can make the window larger, this will give you longer sliders and thus more precision.</p>
		<h2>Known Issues</h2>
		<p>If the angle between the Bézier handles is less than 45°, or the handles are on different sides of the curve, the curvature can’t be changed. This is not a bug.</p>
		<p>The modified curves preview is not visible while you hold the Preview keyboard shortcut.</p>
		<h2>Geometry</h2>
		<p>These are my notes from which I derived the trigonometry at work:</p>
		<p><img src="geometry.jpg" width="370" height="305" alt=""></p>
		<hr>
		<p>Curve Equalizer is © 2013–2022 by Jens Kutilek.</p>
		<p>The Hobby Spline code was sent in by Simon Egli with contributions by Juraj Sukop and Lasse Fister.</p>
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	<h1>Curve Equalizer</h1>
	<p>Curve Equalizer helps you quickly balance the Bézier handles of a curve, or adjust the curvature to a chosen amount.</p>
	<h2>Interface</h2>
	<p><img src="dialog.png" width="234" height="230" alt=""></p>
	<p>Select the curve adjustment method.</p>
	<table>
	<tr>
	<th>Method</th>
	<th>Description</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>Circle</td>
	<td>The result is similar to what FontLab Studio 5 does when you alt-shift-click a curve segment. If the triangle between the first and last point of the segment is rectangular with two 45° angles, the result will approximate a quarter circle.</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>Rule of thirds</td>
	<td>The resulting handles and an imaginary line between the two handles will each be nearly equal in length.</td>
	</tr>
	<!--<tr>
	<td>TT (experimental)</td>
	<td>Change the curve so it is well suited for conversion to a quadratic (TrueType) Bézier curve. Don’t use this, the results are terrible at the moment.</td>
	</tr>-->
	<tr>
	<td>Balance</td>
	<td>The curvature is not changed, only the length of the handles is distributed evenly between the in- and outgoing handle. This is similar to the «Tunnifier» script by Eduardo Tunni.</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>Fixed</td>
	<td>Select the desired curvature from the horizontal radio buttons. The first will result in the same curve as the «Circle» method. The other buttons gradually add more curvature.</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>Adjust</td>
	<td>Change the curvature interactively using the slider. This is particularly useful if you want to finely tweak the curvature, while balancing the handles.</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td>Hobby</td>
	<td>Change the tension of the curves. This uses the spline algorithm by John D. Hobby, which is also used by Metafont to create harmonic curves.</td>
	</tr>
	</table>
	<p>Click the «Equalize selected» button to apply the adjustment to the selected curves in the current glyph window.</p>
	<p>Tip: you can make the window larger, this will give you longer sliders and thus more precision.</p>
	<h2>Known Issues</h2>
	<p>If the angle between the Bézier handles is less than 45°, or the handles are on different sides of the curve, the curvature can’t be changed. This is not a bug.</p>
	<p>The modified curves preview is not visible while you hold the Preview keyboard shortcut.</p>
	<h2>Geometry</h2>
	<p>These are my notes from which I derived the trigonometry at work:</p>
	<p><img src="geometry.jpg" width="370" height="305" alt=""></p>
	<hr>
	<p>Curve Equalizer is © 2013–2022 by Jens Kutilek.</p>
	<p>The Hobby Spline code was sent in by Simon Egli with contributions by Juraj Sukop and Lasse Fister.</p>
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