Editing Font Character Patterns
Selecting patterns
- In Create New Font mode, click the [Home] tab.
- Click
in the [Tools] group to use the [Select] tool.
- Click the pattern.
- Rotation handle
- Handles
- To select an additional pattern, hold down the <Ctrl> key and click the other pattern.
- You can also select patterns by dragging the pointer across the pattern.
- Hold down the <Ctrl> key and click a selected pattern to deselect it.
Moving patterns
Selected patterns can be dragged to move them.
- To move the pattern horizontally or vertically, hold down the <Shift> key while dragging it.
- Pressing the arrow keys moves the selected pattern one grid mark in the direction of the arrow on the key. If the grid is not displayed, the pattern moves a distance smaller than the smallest grid interval in the direction of the arrow on the key.
Scaling patterns
Drag a handle of the selected pattern to adjust its size. Drag the rotation handle to rotate the pattern.
- If the <Shift> key is held down while a handle is dragged, the pattern is enlarged or reduced from the center of the pattern.
- Click [Flip] in the [Edit/Arrange] group, and then select [Flip Vertically] to flip the selected pattern(s) up/down.
Select [Flip Horizontally] to flip the selected pattern(s) left/right.
- Using commands other than those mentioned above, selected patterns can be edited in other ways, for example, duplicated or deleted.