Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 231
Creating a Font Character Pattern
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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator) Creating a Font Character Pattern Creating patterns using the Manual Punch tools Using the Manual Punch tools, create the font character pattern. A background image can be displayed so that the font character pattern can be created more easily. c "Opening an image in the background" on page 227. Use on the Tool Box to create the patterns. When this button is clicked, the following five buttons appear. : This is used for creating straight block-type punching patterns (region sewing). (Shortcut key: Z ) : This is used for creating curved block-type punching patterns (region sewing). (Shortcut key: X ) : This is used for semi-automatically creating straight block-type punching patterns. By semi-automatically tracing, points can be specified along the lines of a template. (Shortcut key: C ) : This is used for creating running-type punching patterns (line sewing). (Shortcut key: V ) : This is used for creating feed-type punching patterns (jump stitches). (Shortcut key: B ) c "Manually Creating Custom Font" on page 219. b Memo: • When entering points, you can switch between the various tools. This is very easy if the shortcut keys are used. • A template image is needed in order to use the semi-automatic block-type punch tool. If there is no image, this tool will create a punching pattern like the straight block-type punch tool. In addition, this tool cannot be used if a TrueType font is used as the template. • Once the pattern is drawn, you can still transform straight block-type patterns into curved block-type patterns and vice versa. For details, refer to "Editing points" on page 231. Automatically converting TrueType fonts If a TrueType font is used as a template, it can simply be converted into font character patterns. 1. Open the TrueType font to be used as a template. c "Opening a template (TrueType font)" on page 227. 2. Click Sew, then Convert TrueType Font to Data. → A font character pattern is created from the background image. Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator) 229