Have you tried to:

Thank you Peter. That worked.
Now, I have another problem maybe you can help with.

The bowls of the face I am creating are filling in in the metircs window and at large printed sizes.

What can I do here?

Choose all characters
Elements -> correct path direction

That should do it

and don't forget to recalculate the bitmaps before generating

Thanks so much Peter.
This site is really awesome! I am glad to be becoming a part of it. The critique on Verona was classic.
I'll post my first face before too long and do my best to contribute where I can.
Thanks again.