AutoFont User Guide for Embroidery Font Creation

AutoFontTM User Guide for Embroidery Font Creation

AutoFontTM converts...

Letters

To

Lettering

? Automatic Alphabet generation for EDS III

? Convenient controls ? Powerful editing tools ? Compatible with TrueType fonts

Part Number 110333-01, Revision B

Melco

Embroidery Systems A Saurer Group Company

1575 West 124th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80234 United States of America E-mail: publications@

? Copyright 1997 by Melco Embroidery Systems

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior written approval of Melco Embroidery Systems. Melco reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes in it at any time without obligation of Melco to notify any person or organization of such revisions or changes.

All precautions have been taken to avoid errors or misrepresentations of facts, equipment, or products. However, Melco does not assume any liability to any party for loss or damage caused by errors or omissions.

All trademarks and trade names used within this publication are the property of their respective owners.

Printed in the United States of America

Revision A, March 1997 Revision B, May 1997

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started

Welcome to AutoFontTM System Requirements Installation

Creating a Shortcut Technical Service

2. Exploring AutoFontTM

Starting AutoFont Layout Window Quick Start

Create an Alphabet (ALP) File Insert Text Fonts

3. Basic Features

Getting Help Resizing an Object Using the Ruler Reshaping Objects Changing Views Tree View Controls Pull Compensation Moving an Object Duplicating an Object

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4. Menus and Buttons

File Menu

4-1

Edit Menu

4-2

View Menu

4-3

ALP-File Menu

4-4

Text Menu

4-7

Help Menu

4-8

Index

Quick Reference Guides

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1. Getting Started

Welcome to AutoFontTM

Thank you for using AutoFontTM, an automatic embroidery-font design system, which integrates blocking and editing capabilities into one easy-to-use product.

AutoFont provides you with the powerful tools you need to create high-quality embroidery designs:

? Convenient controls ? Basic file operating tools ? Powerful editing methods ? Automatic alphabet generation ? Automatic blocks and stitches viewing ? Rich TrueType fonts sources ? Easy Undo system AutoFont works with most TrueType fonts. Some TrueType fonts, due to the nature in which they were created, are too complex to process correctly. The following fonts have been known to cause processing errors in AutoFont: Zingnates, Sports, Jumbalaya, Patriot, and Sandown.

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for your computer to run AutoFont are:

? A 486/66 processor ? 16MB of RAM ? A hard disk with at least 20MB free disk space ? An 800x600-resolution video card and monitor ? A windows-compatible mouse ? Microsoft? Windows? 95 ? EDS III version 3.20 or later To improve overall AutoFont performance, you may want to consider upgrading your system hardware.

The AutoFont system is not designed for use on Windows 3.x operating systems.

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