Joining Point

Baseline Fonts

This is the simplest font type. Stitches for these characters should start on the extreme left of the character and end on the extreme right, while also trying to keep the start and end points on or near the baseline. Space is added between the characters in mySewnet™ Embroidery. Choose Trim Connection when using baseline fonts in mySewnet™ Embroidery.

Nearest Point Fonts

Nearest point fonts use special logic in mySewnet™ Embroidery to determine the best way to join characters together. Space is added between the characters in mySewnet™ Embroidery. Choose Running Stitch Connection between characters in mySewnet™ Embroidery to avoid the need for trimming with small characters. Each character has four versions to give different start (on the left) and end (on the right) points as follows:

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Bottom Left to Bottom Right

Top Left to Top Right

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Bottom Left to Top Right

Top Left to Bottom Right

In mySewnet™ Embroidery, the correct character versions are automatically selected to give the shortest joining distances between each character. Here, the two Ms are connected in different ways (top left to bottom right and bottom left to top right):

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Continuous Fonts

Continuous fonts are typically used to give a flowing handwriting effect for script. When continuous fonts are used in mySewnet™ Embroidery, no space is added between the lowercase letters. (The Gap setting is not used.) All other characters are connected the same way as baseline fonts.

All the lowercase letters in a continuous font should start and end at the same height above the baseline to ensure they connect correctly in mySewnet™ Embroidery.

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