Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 144)

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
→ A dialog box similar to the one shown
below appears. If any characters
converted from a TrueType font are
selected, the attributes for the selected
characters are displayed.
3.
To change the font style, select the desired
style from the Font Style list.
4.
To change the character set for the font, select
the desired character set from the Script
selector.
5.
Click OK to set the attributes and to close the
dialog box.
→ The attribute settings are applied to all
text patterns that you will create from a
TrueType font, until the setting is
changed.
→ If a text pattern converted from a
TrueType font was selected, the attribute
settings are also applied to the selected
text.
c
“Entering Text” on page 127 and
“Specifying text attributes” on page 132
Converting text to outline
pattern
Outline pattern can be created from text converted
to a TrueType font.
1.
Select the text that has been converted to a
TrueType font.
2.
Click Text, then Convert to Outline Object.
→ The selected text is converted to outlines.
No sewing attributes are specified for the
converted outline; therefore, it appears as
dotted lines. Specify the sewing attributes
as necessary.
c
“Creating Outlined Characters (Using
Text Converted to Outline Object)” on
page 323
b
Memo:
• The name of the selected font appears
beside Font.
• The Sample box shows a sample of the font
with the selected attributes.
b
Memo:
To close the dialog box without changing any
settings, click Cancel.
a
Note:
• The settings for Font Style and Script
differ depending on the TrueType font that
is selected.
• If text created from multiple TrueType
fonts is selected, this command is not
available.
In addition, if text of the same font but
different font styles or scripts is selected,
this dialog box appears with the attribute
settings for the first letter in the text.
In either case mentioned above, selecting
only one character from within text
displays a dialog box containing only that
character’s attributes.
b
Memo:
In order to prevent the pattern from losing its
shape, group the outlines or specify hole
sewing.