Brother International PEDESIGN 7.0 Users Manual - English - Page 134

Selecting text attributes

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) → The Edit Text Letters dialog box appears, containing a chart with all characters available with the selected font. b Memo: • To quit the operation, click Cancel. • If you want to edit the entered text, select it, and then select the menu command Text - Edit Letters. Edit the text in the Edit Text Letters dialog box that appears. (For more details, refer to "Editing entered text" on page 130.) a Note: If you entered a character that is not available for the selected font, an error message appears. Click OK to close the message and return to the Edit Text Letters dialog box, where you can correct the text. a Note: Text created using certain TrueType fonts may not be converted correctly into an embroidery pattern due to the shape of the character. These characters cannot be embroidered correctly. Before sewing your project, embroider a trial piece of fabric. In addition, text created using some TrueType fonts cannot be converted at all. In this case, the converted text will be replaced with a question mark (?), or a warning message will appear. 5. Type the text. b Memo: • Press the Enter key to enter a new line of text. • You can also enter a character by selecting it in the character table, then clicking Insert, or simply by double-clicking it. This is particularly useful if you have to enter accented characters that are not available on your keyboard. • An enlarged image of the character appears below the pointer when it is moved over a character in the character table, providing a better view of the character. 6. Click OK. → The text is displayed in the Design Page. Selecting text attributes I Font Use this selector to select a font for the text. b Memo: The Font selector appears when on the Tool Box is selected. It also appears when text or a character in the Design Page has been selected. 1. Click in the Font selector. → A list of fonts appears when clicking on the menu arrow at the right. Types of characters Font Font sample available number 2. Click the desired font. → The setting is applied to all text patterns that you will create, until the setting is changed. 128

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
The
Edit Text Letters
dialog box
appears, containing a chart with all
characters available with the selected
font.
5.
Type the text.
6.
Click
OK
.
The text is displayed in the Design Page.
Selecting text attributes
Font
Use this selector to select a font for the text.
1.
Click in the
Font
selector.
A list of fonts appears when clicking on
the menu arrow at the right.
2.
Click the desired font.
The setting is applied to all text patterns
that you will create, until the setting is
changed.
a
Note:
Text created using certain TrueType fonts
may not be converted correctly into an
embroidery pattern due to the shape of the
character. These characters cannot be
embroidered correctly. Before sewing your
project, embroider a trial piece of fabric.
In addition, text created using some
TrueType fonts cannot be converted at all. In
this case, the converted text will be replaced
with a question mark (?), or a warning
message will appear.
b
Memo:
Press the
key to enter a new line of
text.
• You can also enter a character by selecting
it in the character table, then clicking
Insert
,
or simply by double-clicking it. This is
particularly useful if you have to enter
accented characters that are not available
on your keyboard.
An enlarged image of the character appears
below the pointer when it is moved over a
character in the character table, providing a
better view of the character.
Enter
b
Memo:
• To quit the operation, click
Cancel
.
• If you want to edit the entered text, select
it, and then select the menu command
Text – Edit Letters
. Edit the text in the
Edit Text Letters
dialog box that
appears. (For more details, refer to
“Editing entered text” on page 130.)
a
Note:
If you entered a character that is not
available for the selected font, an error
message appears. Click
OK
to close the
message and return to the
Edit Text
Letters
dialog box, where you can correct the text.
b
Memo:
The
Font
selector appears when
on the
Tool Box is selected. It also appears when text
or a character in the Design Page has been
selected.
Font
Font sample
Types of characters
number
available