Creating Lettering; Normal Text Tool - Brother Pacesetter BES Lettering Instruction Manual

34 Pacesetter BES Lettering
Instruction Manual

Creating Lettering

There are five different tools which are used to input your
lettering into a design: the Normal Text tool, the Path Text tool,
the Vertical Text tool, the Circle text tool, and the Monogram
tool. The following sections describe how to use these tools.

Normal Text Tool

Normal Text items are created using the Normal Text
Normal text items start out with normal proportions for the font,
and can be adjusted.
To create normal text:
1 On the Ribbon, select the Home tab.
2 On the Text bar, click on the Normal Text
The mouse pointer changes to an arrow with the letter A next
to it
3 Click once in the design window.
If another text item was already selected, your first click only
de-selected that item. You will have to click again to place a
new text segment.
An empty text frame appears in the workspace.
4 To choose a new font (i.e., other than the currently selected
one) for the text string at this point, do the following:
In the Text area of Properties panel, click the down-
arrow to the right of the font field.
You see a list of fonts.
Select the desired font from the list.
A preview of the newly selected font is now displayed at
the top of the properties panel.
Click Apply in the Properties panel.
Important: If you choose a new font, but do not click Apply at
this stage, the text will revert to the font previously in use when
it is generated.
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