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→The following message appears.
Click OK.
Quit Layout & Editing.
Click File, then Exit.
aNote:
Before using the original card, make sure 
that the designs on the card are no longer 
needed or make sure to store them on your 
hard drive or other storage media.
aNote:
 If the card writer module is not correctly 
connected or powered, an error message 
of “No card writer module is connected. 
Please connect card writer module.” will 
appear.
 If the original card is not inserted or is 
defective, an error message of “No 
original card is inserted. Please insert an 
original card.” will appear.
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Manually Creating Custom Font (Font 
Creator)
With Font Creator, custom font characters that can be used in Layout & Editing can be created and edited. 
Using these custom characters, original embroidery patterns can be created.
This procedure will go through each step of the basic operation.
Step 1Preparing a background 
image
Prepare a background image for creating a 
custom font character using the Manual Punch 
tools in order to create an custom character or a 
character for a font that is not included with the 
built-in fonts. Using a scanner or similar device, 
prepare the background image as an image file.
There are many different types of files that can be 
imported:
Windows bitmap (.bmp)
Exif (.tif, .jpg)
ZSoftPCX (.pcx)
Windows Meta File (.wmf)
Portable Network Graphics (.png)
Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)
Kodak PhotoCD (.pcd)
FlashPix (.fpx)
JPEG2000 (.j2k)
Step 2Opening a background 
image
In order to create the custom font, we will open an 
image in the background. For this example, we 
will use the provided background image to create 
a pattern for the letter “T”.
Start up Font Creator.
Click  , then select All Programs, 
then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Font Creator.
Import the image to be displayed in the
background.
Click File, then Template Open.
Step 1Preparing a background image
Step 2Opening a background image
Step 3Creating a font character pattern
Step 4Creating other font character patterns
Step 5Creating an embroidery pattern using the created font characters
bMemo:
To immediately begin using the Manual Punch 
tools without using a background image, skip 
Step 1 and Step 2.
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Double-click the Font folder to open it.
Select the sample file Capital-T.bmp, and 
then click Open or double-click the file’s icon.
Adjust the background image size and
position.
Drag the handle to adjust the selected image 
to the desired size.Adjust the character height to fit within the 
Base Line and the Capital Line.
bMemo:
The Base Line, Capital Line and Set Lines, 
which appear as red lines in the sample 
bitmap, have been added as guidelines so the 
background image can be positioned more 
easily.
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Move the pointer over the selected image, and 
then drag the image to the desired position.
Step 3Creating a font character 
pattern
In this example, we will trace a background image 
to create a font character pattern.
Select the character to be created.
Click the Select character button, and then 
select the character to be created. For this 
example, select “T”.
bMemo:
 When characters created with Font Creator 
are imported into Layout & Editing, the 
width and height of the characters will be in 
the following area.
 Character width: from 
Set Line (A) to Set Line (B)
 Character height: from 
Base Line (C) 
to Capital Line (D)
 You can use drag operations to change 
positions of lines by dragging the right edge 
or bottom edge   (triangle icon) other 
than 
Base Line and Capital Line.
The 
Capital Line (D) and the Base Line 
(C), which are the references for the 
character height, are fixed.
 The character width, indicated by the 
Set 
Lines (A and B), can be set separately for 
each character.
Capital Line 
(D)
Base Line 
(C)
(A) Set Line (B) Set Line
Capital Line 
(D)
Base Line 
(C)
(A) Set Line (B) Set Line
Triangle icon 
bMemo:
The shape of the pointer changes to   
when the image can be moved.
bMemo:
The character must be registered in the Select Character table in order for the 
created font to be used in Layout & Editing.
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Create the font character pattern using
the punching tool.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Straight Block type),or use 
shortcut “z” on your keyboard.Click in the Design Page to specify point 1 
(start point).
Click in the Design Page to specify points 2 
through 4.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Running-type pattern button),or 
use shortcut “v” on your keyboard.
Click in the Design Page to specify point 5 
through 7.
bMemo:
The template image that remains in the work 
area can be displayed or hidden, or a faded 
copy of the image can be displayed. For this 
example, click 
Display-Display Template, 
then select 25%.
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Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (straight block-type pattern),or 
use shortcut “z” on your keyboard.
Click in the Design Page to specify points 8 
through 10.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Running-type pattern button),or 
use shortcut “v” on your keyboard.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (straight block-type pattern),or 
use shortcut “z” on your keyboard.Click in the Design Page to specify points 11 
through 12.
Double-click point 13 (the last point of the 
entire pattern).
Click .
Drag SetLine to adjust the character width.
bMemo:
By clicking   (Running-type pattern 
button) at this point, overlapping stitching can 
be prevented.
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bMemo:
To remove the last point that was entered, 
click the right mouse button.
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Step 4Creating other font 
character patterns
Next, we will create another font character 
pattern. For this example, we will create a pattern 
for the letter “g”.
Import the image to be displayed in the
background.
Click File, then Template Open.
Select the sample file Small-g.bmp, and then 
click Open or double-click the file’s icon.
Select the character to be created.
Click the Select character button, and then 
select the character to be created. For this 
example, select “g”.
Adjust the background image size,
position and the character hight.
Drag the handle to adjust the selected image 
to the desired size.
Adjust the character height to fit within the 
Base Line and the Capital Line.
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Move the pointer over the selected image, and 
then drag the image to the desired position.
Create the font character pattern.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
bMemo:
 When characters created with Font Creator 
are imported into Layout & Editing, the 
width and height of the characters will be in 
the following area.
 Character width: from 
Set Line (A) to Set Line (B)
 Character height: from 
Base Line (C) 
to Capital Line (D)
 You can use drag operations to change 
positions of lines by dragging the right edge 
or bottom edge   (triangle icon) other 
than 
Base Line and Capital Line.
The 
Capital Line (D) and the Base Line 
(C), which are the references for the 
character height, are fixed.
 The character width, indicated by the 
Set 
Lines (A and B), can be set separately for 
each character.
Capital Line 
(D)
Base Line 
(C)
(A) Set Line (B) Set Line
Triangle
icon
bMemo:
 The shape of the pointer changes to 
 when the image can be moved.
 The template image that remains in the 
work area can be displayed or hidden, 
or a faded copy of the image can be 
displayed. For this example, click 
Display-Display Template, then 
select 25%.
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Click   (Running-type pattern button).
Refer to the numbers and arrow, and click in 
the Design Page to specify the points.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Curved Block type),or use 
shortcut “x” on your keyboard.
Draw the curve shown in the illustration 
above.Continue drawing the curve, as shown in the 
illustration above.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Running-type pattern button),or 
use shortcut “v” on your keyboard.
Draw the curve shown in the illustration 
above.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Straight Block type),or use 
shortcut “z” on your keyboard.
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Draw the curve shown in the illustration 
above.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Running-type pattern button),or 
use shortcut “v” on your keyboard.
Draw the curve shown in the illustration 
above.
Click   (Manual Punch tool).
Click   (Curved Block type),or use 
shortcut “x” on your keyboard.As shown in the figure above, click on the 
Design Page and draw a “g”. Double-click at 
the end.
Drag SetLine to adjust the character width.
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bMemo:
By drawing a line as a running-type punching 
pattern along the center of the blocks, cleaner 
stitching can be sewn.
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