Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 83

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) a Note: Precautions for small text • Reduce the thread tension to less than what is used when embroidering normal designs. • Sew at a speed slower than what is used when embroidering normal designs. (For details on adjusting the thread tension and sewing speed, refer to the Instruction Manual provided with your embroidery machine.) • For best results when sewing small font patterns, do not cut the jump stitches between the characters. (For details on setting the machine for thread cutting, refer to the Instruction Manual for the embroidery machine.) Selecting text attributes Text attributes can be specified with the Font selector and Text Size selector. b Memo: The Font selector and Text Size selector appear when on the Tool Box is selected. It also appears when text or a character in the Design Page has been selected. a Note: Embroidering text • A font other than small text set to a small character size may not be embroidered correctly. We recommend setting the character size to 10 mm or more. • Depending on the design, text using a TrueType font may not be correctly converted to an embroidery pattern. Select a TrueType font where characters have an even line thickness, such as with Arial. ■ Font 1. Click in the Font selector. → A list of fonts appears when clicking on the menu arrow at the right. Font sample Font number Types of characters available 2. Click the desired font. → The setting is applied to all text patterns that you will create, until the setting is changed. → If text patterns or characters in a text pattern were selected, the setting is also applied to the selected text. The available fonts and the types of characters available with each font are listed below. • Built-in Fonts Text 81