Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 6)

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Table of Contents
Manually Creating Custom Font
(Font Creator) ............................................... 296
Step1 Preparing a background image ..... 296
Step2 Opening a background image ........ 296
Step3 Creating a font character pattern ... 298
Step4 Creating other font character
patterns .......................................... 301
Step5 Creating an embroidery pattern
using the created font characters... 305
Creating Custom Stitch Patterns
(Programmable Stitch Creator) ..................... 307
Step1 Opening a programmable stitch
pattern ........................................... 307
Step2 [Case 1] Drawing lines to edit
the stitch pattern............................. 308
Step2 [Case 2] Creating patterns
(embossing/engraving) for region
sewing (Fill/Stamp mode)............... 309
Step2 [Case 3] Reshaping a single line to
create custom stitch patterns
(Motif mode) ................................... 311
Step3 Saving the edited stitch pattern...... 312
Creating Large-Size Embroidery Designs..... 313
Step1 Specifying the Design Page size
in Layout & Editing ........................ 313
Step2 Creating the embroidery design ..... 314
Step3 Checking the embroidering order ... 314
Step4 Saving the design........................... 315
Step5 Transferring the design
to an original card........................... 316
Tips and Techniques .............................. 317
Sew Types .................................................... 317
Enlarging/Reducing Embroidery Patterns..... 319
Sewing Direction ........................................... 319
Sewing Order ................................................ 319
Sewing Wide Areas....................................... 319
Tips for Importing Images
for Design Center.......................................... 320
Removing Sections of Stitch Pattern
(by Using the Split Stitch tool)....................... 321
Creating Beautiful Photo Embroidery............ 321
Fonts Suitable for Embroidering ................... 322
Creating Outlined Characters
(Using Text Converted to Outline Object) ..... 323
Converting Characters (Japanese, Chinese,
Korean, etc) to Embroidery Patterns............. 324
Menus/Tools ............................................ 325
Layout & Editing............................................ 325
List of Tool Box Buttons............................. 325
List of Menus ............................................. 326
Design Center ............................................... 335
List of Tool Box Buttons............................. 335
List of Menus ............................................. 338
Font Creator.................................................. 343
List of Tool Box Buttons............................. 343
List of Menus ............................................. 343
Programmable Stitch Creator........................ 347
List of Tool Box Buttons............................. 347
List of Menus ............................................. 348
Design Database........................................... 351
List of Menus ............................................. 351
Troubleshooting ...................................... 354