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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
Editing the Points of a Font Character
Pattern
The points that you move or insert are positioned at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the
grid. Regardless of where you drag a point to or insert a point on the line, it will automatically be positioned at
the nearest intersection.
Moving points
1. Click on the Tool Box.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to .
2. Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→ The points in the pattern appear as small
empty squares.
3. Click the point that you want to move.
→ The selected point appears as a small
black square.
4. Drag the point to the new location.
→ All of the selected points move in the
same direction.
Inserting points
1. Click on the Tool Box.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to .
2. Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→ The points in the pattern appear as small
empty squares.
3. Click the line to add a new point.
→ A new point appears selected (as a small
black square).
b Memo:
You can only select one pattern at a time.
b Memo:
• To select additional points, hold down the
key and click each point, or drag the
pointer over the points that you want to
select.
• To select the previous (or next) point in the
line, hold down the key and press
the
→ (
or
←
) key.
a Note:
If you click the line of the pattern instead of a
point, a new point is inserted.
Ctrl
Ctrl
b Memo:
• To move the point horizontally or vertically,
hold down the key while dragging it.
• Pressing the arrow keys moves the
selected point one grid mark in the direction
of the arrow on the key. If the grid is not
displayed, the point 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.
b Memo:
You can only select one pattern at a time.
b Memo:
If a point is inserted in a straight block-type
punching pattern, curved block-type punching
pattern or semi-automatically created block-
type punching pattern, a point is also
automatically inserted in the connecting line
along the sewing direction. In addition, in this
case, a point cannot be inserted in the line
parallel to the sewing direction.
Shift
