Brother PT-9400 - Manual (Page 32)

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Ch. 3 Functions
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To change the font before entering the text:
1 Press , , , or until the cursor
is moved to the point where you want to
begin using a different font.
2 Press until the desired font is selected.
The current setting is shown below FONT at
the top of the display and a sample (
A ) can
be seen to the right of the cursor.
3 Type in the new text.
To change the font of the text in a selected
area:
1 Hold down and press to select all
of the text, or press and use , ,
, or to select only a part of it.
2 Press until the text is displayed in the
desired font. The current setting is shown
below FONT at the top of the display.
3 Press . The selected text is displayed
in the desired font.
Size ( )
The character size can be adjusted using the
Size function. With the AUTO setting, the
machine compares your text with the width of
the installed tape and automatically adjusts the
characters to the largest possible size. Refer to
page 81 for examples of the Size settings. The
size of the text at the cursor’s current position is
shown at the right end of the second line in the
top of the display.
Font
A
BRUSSELS
FONT
Style Italic Vertical
Caps Alt Template Zoom
Back-
ground
Half
Cutter
36mm
24mm
18mm
12mm
9mm
6mm
1 1/2"
1"
3/4"
1/2"
3/8"
1/4"
A
Code Area
All
Area
All
Font
BRUSSELS
FONT
r t B e c k e r
T r a n s p o r t
Style Italic Vertical
Caps Alt Template Zoom
Back-
ground
Half
Cutter
36mm
24mm
18mm
12mm
9mm
6mm
1 1/2"
1"
3/4"
1/2"
3/8"
1/4"
A
New Block
NOTE
☞ With the AUTO setting selected and 1/2” (12-
mm), 3/4” (18-mm), 1” (24-mm) or 1 1/2” (36-
mm)-wide tape installed, the size of text with
just one line and not containing lowercase let-
ters or certain symbols is printed slightly larger.
☞ If a very small text size is selected, the text may
not be readable in WYSIWYG mode. When
editing such small text, turn on the Zoom mode.
For more details, refer to page 21.
☞ Since the text sizes that can be printed depends
on the width of the tape, the following table
shows the maximum text size that can be used
with each tape width.
Size
MARGIN:WIDE AUTO
5.3" HELSI
e r t B e c k e r
T r a n s p o r t
Style Italic Vertical
Caps Alt Template Zoom
Back-
ground
Half
Cutter
36mm
24mm
18mm
12mm
9mm
6mm
1 1/2"
1"
3/4"
1/2"
3/8"
1/4"
A
Tape widths
Maximum text size
(in points)
1/4” (6 mm) 12
3/8” (9 mm) 18
1/2” (12 mm) 24
3/4” (18 mm) 36
1” (24 mm) 60
1 1/2” (36 mm) 72