Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 259)

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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
Saving Font Character Patterns
Overwriting
The font character pattern being edited is overwritten
when saving any changes that have been made.
Toolbar button:
1.
Click , or click File, then Save.
→ If the pattern has already been saved at
least once, the file is saved immediately.
→ If no file name has been specified or if the
file cannot be found, the Save As dialog
box appears.
c
“Saving with a new name” on this page
Saving with a new name
The current file can be saved with a different file
name in order to keep the original unchanged or to
keep various versions of the same font character
pattern.
The font character patterns are saved as .pef files.
1.
Click File, then Save As.
→ A Save As dialog box similar to the one
shown below appears.
2.
Select the drive and the folder, and then type
in the file name.
3.
Click Save to save the font character patterns.
c
“Overwriting” on this page
a
Note:
If any part of the character pattern extends
off the Design Page, a message appears.
Edit the character pattern so that no part
extends off the Design Page, and then save
it again.
a
Note:
• Save the font created in the location
below. The font will not be usable in the
Layout & Editing if it’s stored in a different
folder.
(Drive where PE-DESIGN was installed)
\Program Files\Brother\PE-DESIGN
Ver7\My font
• If Layout & Editing has already started up
when a new character is saved in Font
Creator, that character will not appear in
the Font selector list in Layout & Editing. In
this case, exit Layout & Editing, and then
start it up again.
b
Memo:
The correct extension is automatically
selected.
b
Memo:
• To quit the operation, click Cancel.
• If a file already exists with the name
specified in the Save As dialog box, the
following message appears.
• To overwrite the file, click Yes.
• If you do not want to overwrite the
existing file, click No. You can then
enter a different file name.
a
Note:
If any part of the character pattern extends
off the Design Page, a message appears.
Edit the character pattern so that no part
extends off the Design Page, and then save
it again.