Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
2.Select the drive and the folder, and then type 
in the file name.
3.Click Save to save the data.
Importing the embroidery 
pattern into Layout & Editing
Layout & Editing can be opened from Design Center, 
and the embroidery pattern completed in the Sew 
Setting Stage of Design Center can be imported into 
a Design Page in the Layout & Editing window.
Toolbar button: 
1.Click , or click Stage on the menu bar, 
and then click To Layout...

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Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
Changing Software 
Settings

Changing the grid settings
A grid of dotted lines or solid lines can be displayed 
or hidden, and the spacing for the grid can be 
adjusted. (This function is available only in the 
Figure Handle Stage.)
1.Click Display, then Grid Setup.
→The Grid Setting dialog box appears. 
2.To display the grid, select the Show Grid 
check box. 
To hide the grid, clear the Show Grid check 
box.
3.To set the grid spacing,...

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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
Starting up Font Creator
1.Click  , then select All Programs, 
then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Font Creator to 
open the Font Creator window.
→The Font Creator window appears.
Opening a File
Creating a new font
You can begin with a blank work area to design a 
new font.
Toolbar button: 
1.Click  , or click File, then New.
→If the current work area has already been 
saved or has not been edited, a new work 
area appears immediately.
→If the current work area has not been...

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→A File Open dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears.
2.Select the drive and the folder.
3.To open a file, select it, and then click Open, 
or double-click the file’s icon.
→If the current work area has already been 
saved or has not been edited, the 
contents of the selected file immediately 
appear in the work area.
→If the current work area has not been 
saved, you will be asked whether you 
want to save the changes.
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→The image fills the work area.
The Design Page 
guidelines
The standard guidelines for creating fonts are 
shown in the Design Pages. The contents of each of 
the guidelines are as shown below.
(A) Base Line
This line is the reference for positioning the 
font character.
Normally, from this line to the Capital Line will 
be the font height. This line cannot be moved.
(B) Capital Line
The font’s standard height will be from the 
Base Line to this line. This line...

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b
Memo:
 The heights and widths specified for the Base Line, Capital Line and Set Lines are 
the reference mask for creating the font 
character.
 The heights of the 
Ascender Line, Mean 
Line and Descender Line are the same for 
all characters. Therefore, if any of these 
heights are changed, the setting is 
maintained, even when a different character 
is selected to be edited.
 The widths of the 
Set Lines can be set 
separately for each character. 

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Selecting the Character To Be Created
The character to be created can be selected.
1.Click the Select Character button in the 
Select Character bar.
In the Select Character dialog box that 
appeared, select the character to be created.
bMemo:
 Characters where pattern has already been 
created appear with a blue background.
 To return to the Design Page without 
selecting a character, click outside of the 
Select Character dialog box.
 If “space” in the...

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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
Creating a Font Character Pattern
Using the Manual Punch tools, create the font character pattern.
A background image can be displayed so that the font character pattern can be created more easily.
Color and stitching settings are done with Layout & Editing.
c“Opening an image in the background” on page 238
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Five buttons appear: 
 is for creating straight block-type 
punching patterns. (Shortcut key:  )
 is for creating curved block-type...

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5.After clicking point 4 (the last point of the 
block-type pattern), click   (running-type 
pattern button), and then in the Design Page 
to specify point 5 through 7.
6.Click   (straight block-type pattern), and 
then click in the Design Page to specify points 
8 through 10 as shown in the illustration 
below.
7.Click .
8.Click  , and then click in the Design Page 
to specify points 11 through 12.
9.To complete the pattern, double-click point 13 
(the last point...

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Editing Font Character Patterns
Selecting patterns
1.Click   on the Tool Box. 
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
2.Click the pattern that you want to select.
→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.

Selecting all patterns
1.
Make sure that   on the Tool Box is 
selected.
2.Click Edit, then Select All.
Moving patterns
1.Move the pointer over a selected...