Brother PE-DESIGN 8 - Manual (Page 233)

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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
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Editing the Points of a Font Character
Pattern
Editing points and
reshaping patterns
1.
Click on the Tool Box.
2.
Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→ The points in the pattern appear as small
white squares or circles.
3.
To edit a point, click the point to select it.
→ The selected point appears as a small
black square or circle.
• To move the point, drag it to the new
location.
→ All of the selected points move in the
same direction.
• To insert a point, click the line to add a new
point.
→ A new point appears selected (as a small
black square).
• To delete the point, click Edit, then Delete,
or press the key to remove the
point.
Editing points
The lines connected to a point can be changed to
either straight lines or curves. In addition, the lines
at a point can be smoothed out or straightened.
1.
Select a point in the same way that a point is
selected in “Moving points”.
2.
Click Edit, then Point.
3.
Click the desired command.
• Click To Straight to transform the lines at the
selected point to straight lines.
• Click To Curve to transform the lines at the
selected point to curves.
• Click To Smooth to smooth out the lines at the
selected point on a curve.
• Click To Symmetry to symmetrically transform
the lines at the selected point on a curve.
• Click To Cusp to transform the selected curve to
a pointed path.
b
Memo:
You can only select one pattern at a time.
Delete
b
Memo:
• To select multiple points, hold down the
key while clicking the points, or
dragging the pointer over the points.
• Hold down the key while pressing the
key or key. The selection
direction changes to the end start point.
• Hold down the key while dragging the
points. The points are moved horizontally or
vertically.
• Press an arrow key. The points move in the
direction of the arrow on the key.
Ctrl
Ctrl
Shift