Brother PE-DESIGN 8 - Manual (Page 89)

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
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Rotating the characters
1.
Bring the pointer onto the handle.
2.
Drag the handle.
→ The character outline displayed with
dotted lines rotates.
3.
When you release the mouse button, the
character angle is changed.
→ When the Text Attribute Setting dialog
box is opened, the new rotation angle is
displayed.
Specifying text
arrangement
A line of text can be arranged along a path.
c
“Drawing Shapes” on page 70.
Toolbar button:
1.
Select the text or small text and a path.
2.
Click , or click Text, then Fit Text to
Path Setting.
3.
From the Horizontal Alignment, Vertical
Alignment and Text Orientation selectors,
select the desired settings.
4.
Click OK to apply the settings.
b
Memo:
Monogram characters can not be rotated.
b
Memo:
• Settings specified in the Text Attribute
Setting dialog box are applied to all
selected characters.
• To return to the default settings, click .
• The settings specified in the Text Attribute
Setting dialog box are applied to all text
patterns that you create, until the settings
are changed.
b
Memo:
To position the text on the other side of the
path, check the other side check box.
a
Note:
When text arrangement is specified, the text
transformation is cancelled. Only one string of
text can be arranged on a single path.
b
Memo:
To change the position of text on the path,
select the text, and then drag it.
c
“Memo” on page 37.