The process of TrueType font conversion is fully automatic. Schriftzug-Formen werden in Spalte A- oder Spalte B-Stickobjekte ‘geschnitten’. Die Überlappungen und Strichabfolge werden erkannt und Stichwinkel definiert. If you find that some shapes can be improved, you have the option of editing and repackaging individually.
1First set up a grid and save the file for future reference. Whenever you need to fix or edit characters, the grid helps with reference.
Die Rasterlinienabstände können mittels Einrichtung > Optionen > Raster & Hilfslinien in dem Optionen-Dialogfeld festgelegt werden. Aktivieren Sie An Hilfslinien ausrichten. Stellen Sie den senkrechten Abstand auf 10mm ein und den waagerechten Abstand auf 0,50mm.
2Generate a sample and study the letters. The complete font set depends on whether you have chosen to convert All Characters or Extended ASCII. Der standardisierte Schriftzeichensatz enthält nur alphanumerische Schriftzeichen.
Tipp: You only need to generate those characters that you want to edit and repackage. You can do this over time.
3Note the lettering height. Normally this will default to 10mm but set it to whatever height you prefer to work with.
4Before you start editing, turn off underlay. When you repackage, characters should be without underlay.
5Break apart the font, line-by-line and letter-by-letter, until you arrive at the component objects.
6Zoom in to edit letter shapes with the Reshape Object and Knife tools.
Typically you will want to add or remove control points, adjust overlaps, and resequence component objects.
Optionally, you may use the Knife tool to cut objects into smaller overlapping strokes for better stitchability.
7When you have edited the letter to your satisfaction, select all component objects and apply closest join.
8Repackage the edited letter to the converted embroidery font. Select letter components and save using the Object > Create Letter command.
9In the dialog, specify...
Feld |
Vorgang |
Schriftname |
Select the converted font from the droplist. |
Buchstabenamen |
This should be the actual character – e.g. ‘L’. |
Referenzhöhe |
This needs to be the height of the sample letter – e.g. 10mm. |
10Klicken Sie auf OK. Die folgende Meldung wird angezeigt.
11Click Yes to proceed and enter a reference line as prompted.
12Add any other modified letters to your converted TrueType font in the same way.
13Test your updated font via Object Properties > Lettering. Note that changes are preserved and underlay automatically added to the repackaged characters. Test at different font heights.