As i have seen that ctrl-click eraser is on the map I’d like to quote myself from another thread :
That was a really neat function and I would be sad if it fell victim to progress That detail wasn’t really well documented if at all.
@jamez I don’t know your workflow, but can’t you convert the font to curves and fill it with a mesh material? Then you can toggle the hole tolerance.
I made a nodegroup recently to restore the curves orientation after filling.