Changing Character Proportions

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

1 - Run Embird and click the "Editor" menu to switch to the Editor window.

2 - Select the "Insert > Text" menu or the "Insert > Font Engine Text" menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Select the "Insert > Text" menu

3 - The "Insert Text" dialog box will appear on the screen. In the "Plug-in" box, choose the alphabet that will be used for text characters.

4 - Type your text into the "Text" box and click the "Character Proportions" button located at the right side of the "Plug-in" box (Picture No. 2).

2. Click the "Character Proportions" button

5 - The "Character Proportions" dialog box will appear on the screen (Picture No. 3). In this example, we have increased the size of upper-case lettering (+50%). Click the "OK" button to confirm these changes.

3. Change character proportions

6 - Click the "OK" button in the "Insert Text" dialog box to create the text. The specified character proportions are taken into account (Picture No. 4).

4. Create lettering using new settings

7 - In case you would like to delete the new character proportion settings, click the "Set default values" button in the "Character Proportions" dialog box (Picture No. 5). The size of characters and numbers will return to their default values. Confirm these changes by clicking the "OK" button.

5. Revert changes

8 - Click the "OK" button in the "Insert Text" dialog box to create the text. Then you can compare the first text with the second text below, which was created with default character proportion settings (Picture No. 6).

6. Compare results

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