Changing The Slant Setting; Applying An Envelope - Brother BES Lettering Instruction Manual

Negative slant to the left and positive slant to the right.
To change slant settings:
1 Select the text object you want to alter.
2 In the Text area of the Properties panel, select the Slant
field.
3 Enter the slant value you want to use. To slant your lettering
to the left, enter a negative value. To slant your lettering to
the right, enter a positive value.
4 Click Apply to save your changes.
You see your text altered accordingly.

Applying an Envelope

One way to vary the shape of your text segment is to use the
Envelope setting. This allows you to apply a predefined
envelope to change the shape of a Normal Text or Monogram
text item.
To apply one of the pre-determined envelope shapes:
1 Select the item with the Text tool, and press ALT + Enter to
show the Properties Panel, if it is not already visible.
2 In the Text area of the Properties panel, click on the Select
button next to "Envelope."
The Envelope window (below) will open.
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