Setting text attributes

Text attributes can be specified with the [Font] selector and [Text Size] selector in the [Text] tab.

Font

Click the [Font] selector, and then select the desired font.

1. Font Type
   • A number identifies built-in fonts.
   • identifies user-defined fonts.
   • identifies TrueType fonts.
2. Font sample
   If a single string of text is selected, the fonts in the list appear with the selected characters.
3. Font name
4. Recommended minimum size
5. Most recently used fonts
   • User-defined fonts
     

     Font Creator

   • TrueType fonts
     The installed TrueType fonts appear after the user-defined fonts.
   • TrueType font settings can be changed in the [TrueType Font Attribute Setting] dialog box.

     Specifying TrueType font attributes

   • 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. Test sew before embroidering on your project.
   • In addition, text created using some TrueType fonts cannot be converted at all.

Font Filter

A font listed in the [Font] selector can be selected.

1. Click text or a monogram, or select the [Text] tool or [Monogram] tool.
2. Click the [Text] tab.
3. Click beside [Font Filter] in the [Font] group, and then click [Font Filter Settings].
   
4. Select the check boxes for the fonts to be displayed, and clear the check boxes for the fonts to be hidden.
   

   The [Monogram] check box is available when a pattern with a monogram font or the [Monogram] tool is selected.

5. Click [OK] to apply the filter settings.

   To return the fonts to the default (all fonts displayed), click [Default].

6. To filter the fonts, click [Font Filter] so that it appears as .
   Clicking the button switches between filtering and unfiltering the fonts.
   

   The font filter cannot be applied to small text fonts.

   Small Text

Text size

Click the [Text Size] selector. Type the desired height and press the <Enter> key, or select the desired value.

Built-in fonts are listed in the [Font] selector with the recommended minimum size. We recommend using these fonts at a size equal or greater than the size indicated.

1. Recommended minimum size

Specifying various text attributes

1. Select the text.
2. Click the [Text Attributes] tab.
   

   If the [Text Attributes] pane is not displayed, click the [View] tab, then [Attributes], and then click [Text Attributes].

3. Change the text attributes.
   
   1. Kerning

      0.0 mm

      5.0 mm (between "A" and "B")

   2. Vertical Offset

      0.0 mm

      2.0 mm

   3. Rotate Angle

      0°

      20°

   4. Character Spacing

      0.0 mm

      2.0 mm

   5. Line Spacing

      100%

      150%

   6. Alignment

      Left

      Center

      Right

   7. Direction

      Horizontal

      Vertical

   8. Transform

      Transforming text

   9. 
      Click to return to the default setting.
   10. Name Drop

       Name Drop Feature (Replacing Text)

       • 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.

         Refer to Editing individual characters for more details about selecting individual characters in a text pattern.

       • Settings specified for [Kerning], [Vertical Offset] and [Rotate Angle] in the [Text Attributes] pane are applied to all selected characters.

Specifying TrueType font attributes

1. Select text in a TrueType font.
2. Click [TTF Settings] in the [Font] group.
   
3. Select a font style from the [Font style] selector, select a character set from the [Script] selector, and then click [OK].
   
   • The settings for [Font style] and [Script] differ depending on the TrueType font that is selected.
   • If text created from multiple TrueType fonts is selected, this command is not available. In addition, if text of the same font but different font styles or scripts is selected, this dialog box appears with the attribute settings for the first letter in the text. In either case mentioned above, selecting only one character from within text displays a dialog box containing only that character's attributes.

Transforming text

1. Select the text.
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 text pattern contains data for both line and region sewing. Therefore, if this command is selected, depending on the form of the font, there may be a gap between the line and the region in the text.

3. Drag to transform the text.
   
   • can only be dragged vertically.
   • can only be dragged horizontally.
   • To return the transformed text to its original shape, clear the [Transform] check box.
     

   If was selected in step 2, the following operations can also be performed.

   Drag , and to transform the text.

   

   :Adjusts the text size.

   

   :Moves the text along the circle.

   

   :Adjusts the radius of the circle.

   

   Depending on the shape selected under [Transform], different handles appear for editing the text.