In FontLab VI, the Rapid tool is a Pen on turbo. Click for a line, double-click for a curve. FontLab VI knows which nodes should be extremes, and automatically creates optimized curves with your chosen node positions. Move the Rapid handles to change the curve segment Tension, or double-click to apply the font-wide default. Rapid is great for quick drawing of consistent shapes, or for intelligent manual tracing of a scan or background image.
FontLab VI is our next-generation professional font editor, crafted for type designers and font geeks. FontLab VI is the only true cross-platform type design and font creation app, and a massive upgrade over our workhorse FontLab Studio 5.
Learn more about FontLab VI and get your free Public Preview for Mac OS X or Windows at http://fontlab.com/vi/