Brother International BES Lettering INSTRUCTION MANUAL - English - Page 65

Changing the Height of Lettering, Changing Font Spacing

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Text Properties 63 4 Click on the correct word that you want to replace the incorrect one, or directly type over the incorrect word to replace it. Your choice replaces the incorrect word. 5 Click Apply to create the text segment in your workspace. The corrected text appears in your workspace. Changing the Height of Lettering With Pacesetter BES Lettering, it is easy to change the height of any lettering. Height refers to the tallest character in the desired lettering. So, when a text segment contains both uppercase and lowercase letters, it is the size of largest uppercase letters (usually) that is set by this property. To change the height of lettering: 1 Select the text object you want to alter. 2 In the Text area of the Properties panel, select the Height field. The property label (Height) is highlighted in blue. 3 Type in the height you want your letters to be. 4 Click Apply to save your changes. You see your text's height altered accordingly. Changing Font Spacing The font spacing property controls the horizontal spacing between letters in a text segment. The normal (default) value for the font spacing is zero. You can set the font spacing to a negative or a positive value. If you set the value to less than zero, then the spacing between letters decreases; if you set the value to greater than zero, then the spacing increases.

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Text Properties
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4
Click on the correct word that you want to replace the
incorrect one, or directly type over the incorrect word to
replace it.
Your choice replaces the incorrect word.
5
Click Apply to create the text segment in your workspace.
The corrected text appears in your workspace.
Changing the Height of Lettering
With Pacesetter BES Lettering, it is easy to change the height
of any lettering. Height refers to the tallest character in the
desired lettering. So, when a text segment contains both
uppercase and lowercase letters, it is the size of largest
uppercase letters (usually) that is set by this property.
To change the height of lettering:
1
Select the text object you want to alter.
2
In the Text area of the Properties panel, select the Height
field.
The property label (Height) is highlighted in blue.
3
Type in the height you want your letters to be.
4
Click Apply to save your changes.
You see your text’s height altered accordingly.
Changing Font Spacing
The font spacing property controls the horizontal spacing
between letters in a text segment. The normal (default) value for
the font spacing is zero. You can set the font spacing to a
negative or a positive value. If you set the value to less than
zero, then the spacing between letters decreases; if you set the
value to greater than zero, then the spacing increases.