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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
Deleting points
1. Click on the Tool Box.
→ When the pointer is moved over the work
area, 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 delete.
→ The selected point appears as a small
black square.
4. Click Edit, then Delete, or press the
key to remove the point.
Editing points
The lines connected to a point can be changed to
either straight lines or curves. In addition, the lines
at a point can be smoothed out or straightened.
1. Click on the Tool Box.
→ When the pointer is moved over the work
area, 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 transform.
→ The selected point appears as a small
black square.
4. Click Edit, then Point.
→ A submenu appears.
5. Click the desired command.
• Click To Straight to transform the lines at the
selected point to straight lines.
• Click To Curve to transform the lines at the
selected point to curves.
• Click To Smooth to smooth out the lines at the
selected point on a curve.
• Click To Symmetry to symmetrically transform
the lines at the selected point on a curve.
• Click To Cusp to straighten the selected curve.
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.
b Memo:
• If a line is composed of two points and you
delete one of them, the entire line is
deleted.
• If a point inserted into a straight block-type
punching pattern, curved block-type
punching pattern or semi-automatically
created block-type punching pattern is
deleted, the point and line automatically
inserted along the sewing direction are also
deleted.
Ctrl
Delete
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.
Ctrl
