Programmes which handle vector graphics - functions
zoomable art | auto-tracing | manual tracing | pen tool | brush tool- calligraphic pen tool| text on a path
FreeHand draws closed paths 'that look like calligraphy', as the help file says, as an option within the freehand tool; you can choose whether or not the programme automatically removes the overlap where the path you draw crosses itself, to reduce the number of elements in a path.
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FreeHand left me with 23 points if I didn't remove the overlap, and I haven't the faintest idea how to start tweaking that mess. If I did remove the overlap, I didn't see any points, just the bounding box; with that I can bend and stretch and distort to my heart's content, but it seems I can't tweak any internal proportions nor have second thoughts about the thickness of the stroke.
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Fontographer and CorelDraw seem to work the same way as Freehand.
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