Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 86

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) 0.0 mm Character Sets the spacing Spacing between all characters. 2.0 mm Line Spacing Sets the spacing between lines as a percentage of the character height. 100% 150% Left Center Alignment Aligns several lines of text to the left, center or right. Right Horizontal Direction Specifies whether characters will be positioned horizontally or vertically. Vertical b Memo: • Vertical text will be displayed vertically on the Design Page. • Both Kerning and Character Spacing set the spacing between characters. Character Spacing is always applied to the entire text pattern, while Kerning can be applied to individual characters. Applying Kerning to the entire text in the pattern is the same as specifying Character Spacing. Refer to "Selecting characters" on page 85 for more details about selecting individual characters in a text pattern. ■ Transforming text A preset transform shape can be applied to text. b Memo: Small text cannot be transformed. 1. Select the text. 84 2. Select the Transform check box, and then click the transformation shape button. → Depending on the selected shape, a dotted line and or appear around the text. a Note: A text pattern created from a TrueType font contains data for both line and region sewing. Therefore, if this command is selected, depending on the form of the TrueType font, there may be a gap between the line and the region in the text. 3. Drag to transform the text. b Memo: • can only be dragged vertically. • can only be dragged horizontally. To return the transformed text to its original shape, clear the Transform check box. b Memo: • Text can be arranged on an arc if or is selected. • The settings specified in the Text Attribute Setting dialog box are applied to all text patterns that you create, until the settings are changed.