Create Fabulous QuickFonts
!
Janie Lantz
The QuickFont Wizard
contains many options for stitch types in Fonts, including Satin,
Fill, Applique and more! Explore how font sets change when you select different options.
Experiment with font variations based on size, density, stitch style and more as you create
ready-to-use system fonts for your 5D™ Embroidery or Embroidery Extra module!
Reset All Modules
1.
Open 5D™ Embroidery
2.
QuickLink to 5D™ Configure
3.
Click on Reset All Modules.
4.
Click OK to the message, ‘All modules will be closed and reset to their default settings’.
5.
When you see the message, ‘Please confirm that all modules except 5D™ Configure are
now closed’, ensure no other modules are open in the background. If they are, click on
the module(s) in the background, and close after saving any work that might be in
progress.
6.
Click OK to the ‘All modules will be closed’ message when you have verified all other
modules are closed.
7.
Click OK to the message, ‘All modules are now reset to their default settings’.
8.
Resetting the Modules will make all menus appear as they first installed, reset all
browse windows to their default size and folder, and make the Control panels and
toolbars reset to default. No changes will be made in custom settings such as
MyThreads, MyMachines, or MyHoops.
Click OK to close 5D™ Configure.
.
.
Part 1: Overview of QuickFont Options
1.
Open the 5D™ Embroidery System
2.
In the Control Panel, select the Letter tab.
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3.
Click the QuickFont Wizard
.
The QuickFont Wizard can create new system fonts from
TrueType® or OpenType® Windows fonts installed on your
computer. Place the fonts you create in the MyFonts folder
so you know which are your own creations, and then use
them to create lettering in the same manner as any of the
fonts that install with your 5D™ Embroidery System.
4.
The first page of the QuickFont Wizard is Select
Font. Click the drop down menu by Font and
you can scroll through the fonts installed in your
Windows® system. Find and select Bell MT, a standard Windows 7® font.
Notice the symbol for TrueType® in front of the font name.
5.
In Style select Regular.
Regular will make a font with stitches that appear as a regular typeset in
wordprocessing. Bold will plump the letters (as if Bolded in wordprocessing software)
and can be used to enhance stitch quality in thinner fonts. Italic slants, or italicizes, the
font. Bold Italic is a combination of both characteristics.
6.
Select Western 1 in Character Set.
For information on characters included in the different Character Sets, click Help in the
lower right corner of the Wizard. Each Character Set has different characters included,
or special language charachers such as Cyrillic or Hiragana 1.
7.
The letter preview of upper case A and lower case a updates with each change.
8.
Click Next to go to the Set Stitch Options page.
A wide variety of choices may be selected here to change the look of your font or
enhance the font characters within a narrow size range.
9. Stitch Type settings include six styles.
Satin Stitch Options
10. Select Satin and then click Options in the Stitch Type menu.
11. Click Help in the Options menu.
12. Select the Index tab in Help.
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13. The Help dialogue box opens directly to information about the choices in the current
page of the Wizard (context-sensitive).
Each Option can be adjusted common settings when creating lettering.
14. Click
to close Help.
15. Adjust Density to 4, Pattern to 0, and Underlay to Zigzag.
Choose zigzag underlay when the lettering will have wide satin stitches, so the natural
draw across the width of the stitch will not reveal underlay stitches as it might when
using Edge Walk.
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16. Click OK in Satin Stitch options.
17. Click Preview and the letters will appear at their current settings. The Preview will
appear at the middle of the selected size range.
18. Output Size Range defaults at 12mm Minimum and 30mm Maximum for a Satin stitch.
Change the Minimum to 7mm.
7mm is the smallest size setting for this font in a Satin Stitch.
19. Click Preview and see how the letters change.
20. Change Maximum in Output Size to 50mm.
50 mm is the largest size setting for this font in Satin Stitch.
21. Click Preview to see how the letters change.
Note the percent of actual size changes with each adjustment, once you click Preview,
to help you approximate how large the letter really is.
22. In Stitch Type, select Fill.
The Minimum Output Size Range changes to 20mm and the Maximum to 120mm.
23. Click Preview to see how the letters will look.
24. Adjust Minimum to 10mm (the smallest size) and click Preview.
The smaller letter size will show less of the pattern of the fill!
25. Adjust Maximum to 120mm if needed and click Preview.
26. Click Thread Color
and select any thread of your choice.
Thread Color will set the default thread color that appears when you create lettering with
your new font!
27. Click OK to close Color Selection.
28. Click Options in the Stitch Type menu.
29. Select one of the 252 different Fill Patterns. Set Density at 2, and Angle at 0. Select
Medium in Underlay.
30. Click Help and select the Index tab for more detail on these settings!
31. Click
to close Help.
32. Click OK to close Fill Properties.
33. Click Preview to see your new settings.
Fill + Satin Border Options
34. Select Fill + Satin Border in Stitch Type.
35. Click Options.
Additional options include settings for Satin Density, Border Width, and Satin Underlay.
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36. Set Satin Density at 4, Satin Width at 3.5, and place a check in Satin Underlay.
37. Click OK to close Options.
38. Click Border Thread Color
for the border.
. Select a new thread color
39. Click OK to close Color selection.
40. Click Preview.
Satin Border Options
41. Select Satin Border in Stitch Type.
42. Click Preview.
Satin Border Options will be as you set them in Fill + Satin Border, but can be changed
in Options.
Applique Options
43. Select Applique in Stitch Type.
44. Click Options.
Satin settings are as you last set them. Tackdown and marker stitch settings are added
at a default of 2mm.
45. Select your favorite style of applique (without or with a marker stitch before tackdown).
46. Click OK to Applique options.
47. Click Preview.
(Changes may not be readily apparent in the Preview).
Outline Font Options
48. Select Outline in Stitch Type.
49. Click Options.
50. Options include Running, Double or Triple Stitch and Stitch Length. Select your favorite
stitch type and Stitch Length.
51. Click OK to Outline Options.
52. Click Preview.
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A note on Stitch Type: QuickFonts creates Letter Fonts based on the quality and style
of the drawings in the original Windows® font. Windows® Fonts vary greatly in drawing
quality, so some fonts will create smoother Satin stitches, while others may look better
as Fill stitches or Applique, and some will not produce a nice font set in any Stitch Type
due to the poor quality of the original Windows® Font.
5D™ Font Digitizing can be used to edit select letters in any font set, and in part of the
complete 5D™ Embroidery System software.
Joining Points Between Letters
53. Baseline connects letters at their bottom or base (unless a letter extends below the
base. Baseline letters with jump stitch connections may be automatically trimmed on
your embroidery machine if the finished design has added trims in Organizer or Stitch
Editor Plus. Baseline lettering is the most commonly used style.
™
54. Nearest Point fonts use special logic in 5D Embroidery to determine the best way to
join characters together. Nearest Point is recommended for faster stitch out of small
fonts, where connection stitches will be left untrimmed. Choose Running Connection on
the Letter page of the control panel to avoid the need for trimming with small characters.
55. Continuous fonts are typically used to give a flowing handwriting effect for script. When
continuous fonts are used for lettering, no space is added between the lowercase
letters. (The Gap setting is not used.) Therefore, select Continuous for Script fonts
where the lower case letters are joined.
All other Continuous characters are connected the same way as baseline fonts.
Satin Regular
1.
Click Back to return to the Select Fonts page.
2.
In Font, select Comic Sans MS.
3.
In Style, select Regular.
4.
Select Western 1 in Character Set.
5.
Click Next.
6.
Select Satin in Stitch Type.
7.
Click Options.
8.
Change Density to 4. Set Pattern at 0. Set Underlay at Zigzag.
9.
Click OK to close Satin Stitch options.
10. Change Minimum Output Size Range to 7mm. Change Maximum to 50mm.
and select Show All Thread
11. Select Baseline in Joining Point.Click Thread Color
Ranges. Select Robison-Anton Rayon 40wt in the drop-down menu. Type 2509 in
Find Thread.
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12. Click OK to close the Color Selection box.
13. Click Preview (if necessary) to see the changes in the Font.
14. Click Next.
15. In Set Font Name, the select My Fonts in Category. The font name is automatically
generated to include the font’s original name, R for Regular, S for Satin, and the
Minimum and Maximum size ranges.
16. Click Next, and a preview of the characters will scroll as the font is generated.
17. If desired, click Print Catalog, and you can print a guide to the characters included in
the font.
Satin Bold Font
18. Click New Font to create another style of font.
19. Keep Comic Sans MS in Font.
20. Select Bold in Style.
21. Click Next in the Select Font page.
22. Leave Stitch Type as Satin, and Options as Density 4, Pattern 0, Underlay Zigzag.
Leave Minimum Output Size Range at 7mm and Maximum at 50mm. Set Joining Point
as Baseline.
23. Click Preview if necessary.
Bolding the Font produces letters with wider satin stitches.
24. Click Next.
25. In Set Font Name, and then click Next.
26. Print a Catalog if desired.
Fill Regular
27. Click New Font.
28. Change Style to Regular. Click Next.
29. In Stitch Type select Fill.
30. Change Minimum Output to 10 and Maximum to 120.
31. Click Options. Change Category to Waves 1 and then select Pattern 239 in the bottom
row, third column. Set Density at 2, Angle at 0, and Underlay at Medium.
32. Click OK.
33. Click Preview to update the view.
34. Click Next.
35. Set Category at MyFonts, and leave the default name.
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36. Click Next.
37. Print a Catalog if desired.
Fill Bold Italic
38. Click New Font.
39. Leave the Font on Comic Sans MS.
40. Change Style to Bold Italic, and leave Character Set on Western 1.
41. Click Next.
42. Leave all the settings as for the last font and click Preview.
43. Click Next. Leave the settings at MyFonts and the default Name.
44. Click Next.
45. Print a Catalog if desired.
46. Click Finish.
Create an Embroidered Comparison
The next step is the true test of your settings! Create lines of letters using each font so
you can see how the different settings make the lettering change!
First Font
1.
Select Hoop
. Set the hoop for a 360mm x 200mm – Horizontal Position. Click OK
to Hoop Selection.
2.
Refresh MyFonts by selecting any other Category in the Font settings box in the Letter
tab.
3.
Select MyFonts in Category.
4.
Select Comic Sans MS_R_S_7_50.
5.
Change Size to 20mm.
6.
Click in the Letters box. Type in the Font name, using dashes (-) as
separators instead of underscores (-). Type: Comic Sans MS-R-S-7-50
7.
In Line Type, select Horizontal Line
8.
Click Apply to create the letters.
9.
Click and drag the letters to about 2 grid squares below the top edge of the hoop.
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Second Font
10. Change the font to Comic Sans MS_B_S_7_50.
11. Size will default to the smallest setting, 7mm. Change Size to 20.
12. In Letters, change to the new font name.
13. Leave Line Type at Horizontal Line
.
14. Click Apply to create a second set of letters.
15. Click and drag until it’s about a grid square below the first set of letters.
Third Font
16. Change the Font to Comic Sans MS_R_F_10_120.
17. Change Size to 20mm.
18. Change the Letters to the new font name.
19. Click Apply.
20. Click and drag up until it’s about a grid square below the second set of letters.
Fourth Font
21. Change the Font to Comic Sans MS_BI_F_10_120.
22. Change Size to 20mm.
23. Change the Letters to the new font name.
24. Click Apply.
25. Click and drag the letters down until they are about 2 grid squares from the bottom of
the stitch area.
The last set of lettering is too wide for the hoop.
Finalize and Save
26. Right click over the lettering and select Properties. Change the Size to 18mm. Click
OK.
27. Select each of the other sets, one by one, and change the Properties so Size is 18mm.
28. Select the Design tab in the Control Panel.
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29. Select all the sets of lettering (Control and A, or in the Menu select Edit /
Select All
).
30. Click the drop down tab on the Center in Hoop icon
in the top toolbar.
.
Select Align Center
31. Click the Center in Hoop drop down again, and select Distribute Vertically
.
32. Click Combine All
33. Click ColorSort
.
.
34. Click Center in Hoop
.
35. Click Save As
. Browse to the folder of your choice, and name the design
LetterComparison. Select .vp3 in Save As Type.
36. Click Save.
Stitch
37. Hoop one or two layers of tear-away stabilizer, such as 140002783 INSPIRA® Fastand-Easy Tear-Away, under a medium woven fabric and stitch the letter sampler as a
reference for fast QuickFont
designing!
Create multiple fonts with the same Open® or TrueType® font with differing Underlay
settings, different densities (add the density to the end of the Font name in the Font
Name page in the QuickFonts wizard), and different pattern textures to use as a
reference guide when creating additional new fonts!
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Removing Unwanted QuickFonts
1.
Open Windows Explorer.
2.
Browse to ProgramData/ VSMSoftware/ 5DEmbroidery /
Fonts/ MyFonts.
3.
Select and delete the unwanted fonts, along with the
accompanying image preview file that has the same name.
DO NOT OPEN or change folders containing the installed
system fonts, or your Letter fonts may become corrupt,
requiring reinstallation of your software.
4.
Close
Windows Explorer.
5.
Refresh the folders in the Letters tab by clicking any other
Category, and then returning to MyFonts. The MyFonts list
should reflect the deleted fonts.
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