Creating Embroidery And Truetype® Lettering; Creating Lettering Using The Text Tool; Creating Horizontal Lettering - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

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Creating Embroidery
and TrueType®
Lettering
Creating lettering using
the Text tool
You can create a variety of lettering by using
the Lettering tools. Text creates lettering that
fits any curve you draw.
Important
• Xpressive only displays text and
characters found within font files. If you
enter text containing letters or characters
not found in the selected font file, only the
text found in the font file will be displayed
in the design workspace.
To create lettering:
1 Choose File—New to create a new file.
For more information, see "Creating New
Designs".
You see a new design window.
2 In the Lettering Toolbar, click the Text
tool.
3 To place a straight point, left-click the
design workspace.
4 To place a curved point, complete the
following:
While you left-click the design
workspace, press and hold CTRL on
your keyboard.
You will see a preview of the curve
before you place the next anchor point.
To create a corner point or to begin
creating a straight line again, release
CTRL on your keyboard.
Curved points should be entered as a set
of 3 points that define the arc of the
curve.
5 Press ENTER on your keyboard to
complete the baseline.
You see the Enter Text dialog appear.
6 In the Enter Text box, enter your text.
7 Click OK.
The lettering appears in the design
workspace.
To change the properties for your
lettering using the Segment Settings
property pages, press Ctrl+E on your
keyboard and choose Properties from
the menu or double-click the segment. To
change any of the settings, click the
appropriate property page.
Creating horizontal
lettering
You can create a variety of lettering by using
the Lettering tools. Line Angle creates
horizontal lettering. You can justify the
lettering to fill the box that you draw.