Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 228

Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator) Selecting a Character and Preparing the Template Selecting the character to be created The character to be created can be selected. 1. Click the Select Character button in the Select Character bar. ■ Adding/deleting registered characters As a default, space, numbers (0 to 9), uppercase letters (A to Z) and lowercase letters (a to z) are registered in the Select Character dialog box. Characters such as "?" and "!" can be added, and unnecessary characters can be deleted. A maximum of 1,024 characters can be registered with each custom font. 1. Click File, then Add/Remove Letters. 2. From the keyboard, enter the character to be registered. → The entered character appears in the box under Directly type in text. 2. In the Select Character dialog box that appeared, click the character to be created. 3. Click Add. → The entered character is added to the character list. If the desired character does not appear in the list, a character can be selected by typing it in the text box at the bottom of the dialog box, then pressing the Enter key. b Memo: • Characters where pattern has already been created appear with a blue background. • The blank box in the upper-left corner is a space. Click this box to select a space. a Note: If any part of the character pattern extends off the Design Page when a different character is selected, a message appears. Before selecting a different character, edit the character pattern so that no part extends off the Design Page. 226 If the character is already registered or if the same character is entered multiple times, an error message appears. Only characters that have not yet been registered can be registered. 4. To delete a registered character, select the character, and then click Remove. The box is selected in red. Each click of the character switches between selecting and deselecting it.