Lettering 4 (Custom Baselines)

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

In Embird, you can create custom baselines for "Insert Text" and "Insert Font Engine Text" dialog boxes. The Digitizing Tools of Embird Studio are used for preparing the baseline .ETB file, which must be stored in the "{User data folder}\PLUGINS" folder (e.g., in the "C:\Users\Ladislav\AppData\Roaming\EMBIRD64\PLUGINS" folder on my PC) to be recognized by Embird. This tutorial explains how to create a custom baseline:

Note: Find out the {User data folder} on your PC by selecting the "Help > Installed Plug-ins" menu in Embird.

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

2 - Select the "Insert > Studio of Sfumato Design" menu to launch the Embird Studio plug-in (Picture No. 1).

1. Select "Insert> Studio of Sfumato Design" menu

3 - The "Embird Studio" window will appear on the screen (Picture No. 2). Use the "Connection" tool to create the baseline curve.

2. Create the baseline curve

4 - Click the "Design > Export" menu when you are finished creating the baseline curve (Picture No. 3). This command will export the curve into an .ETB file on the hard disk.

3. Export baseline to .ETB file

5 - This file must be stored in the "{User data folder}\PLUGINS" folder to be recognized by the "Insert Text" and "Insert Font Engine" tools (Picture No. 4).

4. Save it to "{User data folder}\PLUGINS" folder

6 - Test the new baseline by selecting the "Text > Text" or "Text > Font Engine Text" menu. This will open the "Insert Text" dialog box, and on the "Layout" tab, there should be the new baseline available as an option in the "Baseline:" box (Picture No. 5).

5. New baseline on the list

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