Offset Curve - Inverse effect

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Hello -

I am running into an interesting issue and I am not sure how to resolve it - Was looking into creating a faux bold for testing by using Offset Curve. When applied as a parameter it seems to work on about 80% of my paths as intended (see: Pasteboard - Uploaded Image) but on the remaining paths it seems to have the inverse effect (see: Pasteboard - Uploaded Image). When given a positive value the “S” glyph offsets like a negative value would. If you put in an equal but negative value on those character you receive the desired effect of expanding the lines.

I wasn’t able to track down a previous example of this so I am not quite sure where to start with what might be the issue. Hoping someone might have seen this offset curve inversion before

Thanks!

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This is happening because the paths have different directions. Please read the following tutorial, particularly “Path orientation and order”: https://www.glyphsapp.com/tutorials/drawing-good-paths

In a nutshell, just run Path > Correct Path Direction (Shift-Cmd-R) before offsetting and you’ll be good to go.

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Ah had a sneaking suspicion - Thanks!