Lettering, SuperDesigns and Frames
"I don’t remember which font I used when making an embroidery."
If lettering, a SuperDesign or frame has green handles it has not yet been fixed as stitches. Simply right-click and choose Properties or the desired stitch type from the context menu to see the font and stitch properties used to create it. Otherwise, view the settings; information on the font, SuperDesign, Motif or Frame used in an embroidery made in mySewnet™ Embroidery is stored in the Settings. Open the embroidery and click the Settings tab in the Home tab to view the settings. Alternatively, print a worksheet for the embroidery.
"I want to change the size of the lettering, but the control boxes have no effect."
For the following Lettering Shapes, there are no control boxes to change the size of the characters in the lettering:
Circle Clockwise
Circle Clockwise
Full Circle
Fit To Straight Line
Fit To Wavy Line
Instead, use Size, Height and Width in Letter Properties to change the size of the characters.
"When I try to change the properties of the lettering or SuperDesign I cannot access the Properties dialog."
You cannot change letter properties (e.g. the font or text) or SuperDesign properties (e.g. stitch type settings) when lettering or a SuperDesign has been fixed as stitches. If lettering or a SuperDesign is fixed as stitches it will have white handles. This can happen when it is adjusted in the Modify tab, when Fix as Stitches is used.
"I want to change the appearance of the font stitching, but the Stitch Type drop-down is not available."
If the Stitch Type area is grayed out (unavailable), this means that the area was designed with properties cannot be edited. For example, this occurs with Foam fonts that have special settings to ensure the embroidery foam is cut, and it also occurs with a few very complex fonts that have many different fill patterns in different letters, or multigradient fills, such as Acorn 6C UC 35-60mm in the Floral category.
"When I try to change the stitch properties the Stitch Type drop-down is grayed out (unavailable)."
If the Stitch Type area is grayed out (unavailable), this means that the area was designed with properties cannot be edited. For example, this occurs with Foam fonts that have special settings to ensure the embroidery foam is cut, and it also occurs with a few very complex fonts that have many different fill patterns in different letters, or multigradient fills, such as Acorn 6C UC 35-60mm in the Floral category.
"I have increased the Gap setting, but the lowercase characters are still touching each other."
For script fonts, the Gap setting has no effect on adjacent lowercase characters. Script fonts use a special 'continuous' joining method, which places lowercase characters adjacent to each other to give the appearance of handwriting. All the fonts in the Script category use this joining method, and you may also create new fonts with the QuickFont Wizard or the optional mySewnet™ Font Digitizing module that use this joining method.
"All the lettering appears in uppercase, even though I have typed lowercase characters in the Letters box."
You are using an uppercase font. In an uppercase font (with UC in the name), all the lowercase characters are identical to the uppercase characters.
"All the lettering appears in lowercase, even though I have typed uppercase characters in the Letters box."
You are using an lowercase font. In an lowercase font (with LC in the name), all the uppercase characters are identical to the lowercase characters.
"I have placed multiple lettering with different text in each item and I want to change the text that appears in some of them. However, the text in the Letters box stays the same when I select earlier pieces of lettering."
Select the desired lettering with green handles, then right-click on the lettering. The Letter Properties will appear and you may change the text.
Once lettering has been converted to embroidery (white or blue handles), no adjustments can be made with Letter Properties.
"When I use a Script font with the Full Circle line type, the characters are not arranged correctly."
Script fonts use a special connection method that allows adjacent lower case letters to be connected to each other, regardless of the Gap setting. This is not compatible with the way the characters are arranged by the Full Circle line type.
Circle Clockwise and Circle Counter-Clockwise are compatible with Script fonts.
"I have adjusted my lettering on the work area, but when I change the Letter Properties, the lettering changes shape a little."
The control boxes on blocks of lettering allow subtle adjustments directly to the shape of the lettering. However, the Letter Properties only allows the proportions of Height and Width to be adjusted. When the Letter Properties are changed, the previous adjustments may be partially lost when the Height and Width values are applied. Therefore, it is recommended to make all desired adjustments in Letter Properties before making final adjustments directly with the control boxes.
"In Letter Options I tried to edit the Stitch Type for my lettering, but the drop-down menu was grayed out."
If a font does not use an editable stitch type, the Stitch Type will not be available in Letter Options.
"In Letter Properties I tried to edit the Stitch Type for my lettering, but there was no drop-down menu."
Stitch types are not available in the Letter Properties dialog box. Right-click the lettering, and select the stitch type from the right-click menu.
"In SuperDesign Options I tried to edit the stitch properties for my SuperDesign, but the drop-down list was grayed out."
If a SuperDesign does not include an editable stitch type, the Stitch Type drop-down list will not be available in the SuperDesign Options dialog box.
"The selected Frame or Flourish cannot be seen completely."
Frames and Flourishes with running stitch that is vertical or horizontal are not always completely visible at zoom to fit. This varies depending on the font, size of lettering and envelope. Use the Zoom In feature, if desired, to verify that the stitching exists.
"In Font Manager one of the fonts in My Fonts shows a Minimum and Maximum size of 0.0 mm."
In the Font Manager dialog box a font that was created in QuickFont Wizard in mySewnet™ Embroidery or in mySewnet™ Font Digitizing, and copied to your My Fonts folder, may show a minimum and maximum size of 0.0 mm. This does not affect the use of the font.