Editing Font Character Patterns - Baby Lock Palette Instruction Manual

Editing Font Character Patterns

Selecting patterns
1.
Click on the Tool Box.
2.
Click the pattern.
→ Handles appear around the pattern to show
that it is selected.
3.
To select an additional pattern, hold down the
key and click the other pattern.
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b
Memo:
• You can also select patterns by dragging the
pointer across the pattern.
• If you selected patterns that you did not
want, click a blank area of the work area to
deselect all patterns, and start again.
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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
Moving patterns
1.
Move the pointer over a selected pattern(s).
2.
Drag the pattern(s) to the desired location.
b
Memo:
• To move the pattern horizontally or
vertically, hold down the
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.
• Holding down the arrow key for the desired
direction continues moving the outline in that
direction.
Scaling patterns
1.
Move the pointer over one of the handles of a
selected pattern(s).
2.
Drag the handle to adjust the selected
pattern(s) to the desired size.
b
Memo:
• If the Shift key is held down while a
handle is dragged, the pattern is enlarged
or reduced from the center of the pattern.
• To flip the selected pattern(s) along a
horizontal axis, click Edit, then Mirror, then
Horizontal.
To flip the selected pattern(s) along a
vertical axis, click Edit, then Mirror, then
Vertical.
• To rotate the selected pattern(s), click Edit,
then Rotate, then drag the rotation handle.
• Using toolbar buttons and menu commands
other than those mentioned above, selected
patterns can be edited in other ways, for
example, duplicated or deleted.
c
"Menus/Tools" of "Font Creator"
on page 259.
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