BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 Complete Addendum.

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The Easy Workbook
For the Pacesetter®
BES® Embroidery
Lettering Software.
BES® Embroidery
Lettering 2 Addendum
By Cynthia Hogan
© Cynthia L. Hogan/
Cynthia’s Embroidery 2010
All rights reserved
Lettering’s
Sew Easy
Addendum
By Cynthia Hogan
The Easy Workbook addendum for the Pacesetter® BES®
EmbroideryLettering Software 2
Pacesetter® BES® Embroidery Lettering2 Software copyright is the property
of Pulse Microsystems Ltd. and distributed by Brother International
Corporation.
Windows XP program is copyrighted by Microsoft exclusively.
Windows Vista program is copyrighted by Microsoft exclusively.
Windows 7 program is copyrighted by Microsoft exclusively.
Screen Shots are from the Pacesetter® BES® Embroidery Lettering Software.
© Copyright Lettering’s Sew Easy addendum
2012 by Cynthia L. Hogan/ Cynthia’s Embroidery
No part of this workbook may be reproduced in any media form without
prior written permission by the author.
No warranty is given for this workbook. Use the workbook in the good faith
that it is presented. No liability can be attributed to the author for the results
you receive.
If you need to contact me e-mail me at:
[email protected].
www.cynthiasembroidery.com
© Cynthia L. Hogan/Cynthia’s Embroidery 2012
All rights reserved
Table of Contents
Getting to Know the Design Workspace
Setting Program Defaults
Setting up a grid
Creating a New folder
XP Instructions
Window’s Vista Instructions
Window’s 7 Instructions
Setting up the Quick Access Toolbar
Selecting a Recipe for Embroidery
Selecting the Hoop size for Embroidery
Recommended Text Size
Entering Basic Text
Printing Templates for Embroidery
Using the Spell Check Function
Changing the Spacing of Lettering
Changing the Color of Text and Switching between Thread
Palettes
Changing the Style of Text
Using the Fit to Hoop Function
Circle Text
Changing the Direction of Circle Text
Vertical Text
Text on a Path
Arranging Text on a Path
Editing and Changing Text Path Properties
Using Two Color Fonts
Creating Small Text
Using Fonts with an O in front (Optional Fonts)
Entering Multiple Lines of Text
Matching the Lettering Color to the Design Colors
Matching the Lettering Color to the Design Color Method 2
Aligning Designs
Changing Stitch Types
Inputting Designs included in the Software
Merging a Zip file
Monogram Text
Pages 1-7
Pages 8-9
Pages 10
Pages 11-15
Pages 11-12
Pages 13
Pages 14-15
Pages 16-19
Pages 20-21
Pages 22-23
Pages 24-25
Pages 26-30
Pages 31-36
Pages 37-38
Pages 39-40
Pages 41-42
Pages 43-44
Pages 45-50
Pages 51-57
Pages 58-59
Pages 60-61
Pages 62-66
Pages 67-69
Pages 70-73
Pages 74-76
Pages 77-79
Pages 80-99
Pages 100-103
Pages 104-106
Pages 107-112
Pages 113-119
Pages 120-126
Pages 127-139
Pages 140-143
Pages 144-148
Monogram Text with Alternate Font Styles
Changing Text Colors within a Word
Changing Color of Multiple Words
Sequencing, Rotating and Flipping Designs
Italicized Text
Specialty Fonts
Using Blended Fonts
Using the Text Editing Tools
Resetting Lettering
Transforming Text – Envelope Text
Changing the Sewing Sequence
Distorting Text and Designs
Using True Type Fonts
Changing the Trim Type and Lock Type
Pages 149-153
Pages 154-155
Pages 156-157
Pages 158-167
Pages 168-169
Pages 170-179
Pages 180-182
Pages 183-187
Pages 188-191
Pages 192-194
Pages 195-196
Pages 197-204
Pages 205-208
Pages 209-210
Advanced Lessons
Changing Underlay Styles
Changing the Pull Compensation for Lettering
Changing the Stitch Type and Pull Compensation for Built in
Designs
Copying Parts of a Design
Removing Parts of a Design
Pages 212-217
Pages 218-221
Pages 222-226
Pages 227-239
Pages 240-246
Project Pages
Monogrammed Handkerchiefs
Terry Towels
Cap Embroidery
Canvas Tote Bags
Bottle and Can Koozies
Baby Bibs
Antique Linen Wedding Announcements
Linen Towels or Napkins
Fleece Blankets
Dog Collars
Pages 248-251
Pages 252-262
Pages 263-271
Pages 272-277
Pages 278-283
Pages 284-288
Pages 289-295
Pages 296-300
Pages 301-304
Pages 305-308
BES 2 Additional Pages
Getting to Know the Design Workspace
Color Match on Loading
Using the Browser Window
Adding a Basting Stitch to a Design
Color Sort Function
Using the New Appliqué Fonts
Using the New Foreign Language Fonts
Using the Drop Caps Function
Changing the Recipe after a design has been started
Changing the Connection Point for lettering
Using the Name Drop Feature
Pages 313-320
Pages 321-324
Pages 325-329
Pages 330-334
Pages 335-338
Pages 339-345
Pages 346-348
Pages 349-352
Pages 353-358
Pages 359-362
Pages 363-39
© Cynthia L. Hogan/ Cynthia’s Embroidery 2012. All rights reserved do not reproduce without
the author’s written permission.
Understanding the Design Workspace for BES® Embroidery Lettering 2
The BES Lettering program is set up in a friendly user workspace. All parts of the program are
reached from a Tab Menu. The Tabs are: Home, Arrange and View. When you are entering
text, monograms, adding embroidery elements and choosing hoops, you will be on the
Home Tab. If you wish to align, center or distort the embroidery, you do this on the Arrange
Tab. The View Tab allows you to change the program preferences and set what items you wish
to see on your screen such as Sequence and Properties.
Exploring the Home Tab
1. Open the BES Lettering program.
2. If you click on the b in the circle
, you will find all the pull down menus for
commands such as New, New Recipe, Save, etc…. You will also see a list of recent files
you have saved.
3. The Blue arrow is the Select tool
. When you wish to select a design element to
move it or adjust it, you will need to choose the Select tool
design element to select the item.
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and then click on the
4. Next to the Select tool are the Cut, Copy, Paste, Insert and Delete tools.
5. Next to those are the Input text tools. Normal
text to a selected path), Vertical
(straight text), Path
(inputs text in a vertical line), Circle
text to a circle top and bottom), and Monogram
specific text styles are available for monograms).
(fits the
(arcs
(1 – 3 letter monogram initials –
6. Next to the Text tools is the new Name Drops Tool
. This tool allows you to build
a design one time and substitute different names without having to recreate the design.
7. To the right of the text tools is the Add Design icon
. If you click on the Add
Design icon, you will see a pull down of the different design styles built into the BES
Lettering program.
8. Next to the Add Design icon is the Auto Baste icon
. If you click the Auto Baste
icon, a basting stitch will be place around the outside of the design.
9. The Color Sort icon
will combine like colors in a design. You need to be cautious
when using this tool as you can sometimes combine colors that should be embroidered in
the order that they were digitized.
10. The 3D icon
garment.
11. The Grid icon
allows you to view the embroidery in 3D as it would look on your
will show the grid on the design page to assist you with alignment.
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12. If you click on the Hoop icon down arrow
, you can select the hoop size for your
embroidery. When you click on the Hoop icon (not the hoop arrow) the first time, the
software will display the largest hoop for your embroidery format. It is a good idea to
select a hoop before beginning to design your embroidery. It allows you to keep the hoop
parameters in mind while designing your embroidery. Note: If you are in an open
session and you have already changed the hoop size, when you open a new page and
choose Select Hoop, the last hoop you used will be applied.
13. The Background icon
will allow you to change design page colors or set the
design page to a Fabric choice so you can see how your embroidery looks on different
fabrics.
14. The Ruler
allows you to draw across an area to measure the distance or stitch
length. The measurement will appear at the bottom left corner of the design window.
Ruler
15. The next area on the Home Tab has all the Zoom Tools.
16. You can use the slide bar to zoom in and out, or click the plus or minus signs to zoom in
and out. If you click on the Square zoom tool, it will bring the entire design into the
window, 1:1 zoom will show the item selected at a 1:1 ratio.
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17. These functions are also available from the Zoom pull down menu. The only one
different is the Zoom to Selection tool. This zooms in on only what is selected with the
Select tool or Text tool.
18. The Pan tool is the last tool on the Home page. This allows you to move to a different
location on the design page without changing the zoom. You simply left mouse click and
drag the window to the area you wish to view.
Exploring the Arrange Tab
1. Click on the Arrange Tab
.
2. Anything to do with arranging the design elements on the design page will be located on
this tab. All of these functions will be explored later in the workbook.
3. Distort will bring up different distortion patterns.
4. The alignment options are Left, Right, Top, Bottom, Horizontal Center, Vertical Center,
and Center. You may also Flip Horizontally and Vertically from this page as well as
Rotate Left and Right.
5. To perform any of the actions on this tab, you must select the items to be aligned and
then choose the operation to be applied.
Exploring the View Tab
1. Click on the View Tab
.
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2. This tab gives you control over what menus are visible in the Program.
3. The Windows are which items you wish to see on the screen. To increase your design
space you can turn off some of these items, however, I have found I like them all on for
ease of access. Below all items are checked. If we look at my Home Tab, we will see all
these items. Note: on the Arrange tab, you may see a green circle with the word
Windows beneath it instead of a Windows box. If that occurs, click on the arrow beneath
the word Windows and the items will then appear. The large screen shot shows you
where each item is on the design window.
Palette ON
Properties Window ON
Sequence View ON
Simulator ON
Status ON
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4. Below, the Sequence Window has been turned off by removing the checkmark.
Sequence View OFF
5. Below, the Palette has been turned off, so you do not see thread color options:
6. In the Window below, only the tools are visible, everything else has been turned off on
the View Tab.
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7. To turn any view back on, click on the View Tab and then turn on the options you wish to
have visible on the design window. The checkmark indicates the item is active on the
screen. The most common problem BES Lettering users have is that they
accidentally turn off the Properties window and the Sequence View.
8. Next to the Windows view options, there is another square with design information.
9. When you have a design on the screen, you can turn on this information to view these
embedded commands.
10. Put a checkmark in front of Entry/Exit. When the design is selected, the design will show
entry and exit points for the color segments
Green and Red squares
show entry and exit points
for color areas, Green entry,
Red exit
11. Put a checkmark in front of commands and you will see the command information for
thread changes and thread trims.
Thread Change
Thread Trim
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12. Placing a checkmark in front of Stitch Points, shows the needle insertion points are for
each stitch.
Stitch Points
13. The last item on the View Tab is the Program Preference icon. This is where you set up
your personalized program defaults. We will explore this menu in greater detail in a
future lesson.
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Color Match on Loading
In BES® Embroidery Lettering & BES® Embroidery Lettering 2, you can match the colors of a
design to the Threads that you have in your stash. For example: if you have a design that is
digitized in Robison Anton Thread Colors and you want to embroider the design in Brother
Thread Colors, the software will automatically change the design to the thread palette that you
select. This is called Color Match on Loading.
1. Open BES® Embroidery Lettering or BES® Embroidery Lettering 2.
2. Click on the View Tab
.
3. Click on the Preferences icon
.
4. Place a checkmark in front of Color match on loading and then click OK.
5. Click on the Thread Chart button
at the top left of the Sequence View.
6. Choose the Thread chart to use (Brother, Madeira, Floriani, etc.).
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7. Click on the file pull down menu
, and choose Open.
8. Locate a design you wish to use and then click Open.
9. The design’s colors will be changed to match the selected Thread Chart. The design
pictured is a free download from my website. The design was created in PE-DESIGN
and digitized using Brother colors.
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10. If you look in the Sequence View window, you will see the design has been converted to
Floriani Thread colors.
11. If desired you may then add lettering.
may also select Direct Print.
choose Print and then Print Preview. Note: you
13. You can Print the design template and the thread colors from here. Page one is the design
template, Page two is the color information page.
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14. Click Print
.
15. You can Print both pages by choosing “All”. Page one by choosing “Pages” and then
typing in 1 to 1 or Page 2 by typing in 2 to 2 in the Pages box.
16. Save the design in the desired format.
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© Cynthia L. Hogan/ Cynthia’s Embroidery 2012. All rights reserved do not reproduce without the
author’s written permission.
Using the Browser Window
BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 comes with a Browser window that allows you to view designs in folders
and the information about them (stitch count, size, and number of colors) before Merging them into the
design window. The browser window will also allow you to view designs inside of zipped files without
unzipping first.
1. Open BES® Embroidery Lettering 2.
and choose Browser.
3. On the left side of the window, click inside the square in front of a folder to place a checkmark
inside the square. This allows you to view the designs inside the folder. Multiple folders may be
selected to view if you wish. Note: the folders on your computer as well as the designs will be
different than mine.
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4. The designs in the folder(s) will be visible. You will see the design name, size, stitch count and
the number of colors beneath the design image.
5. To Merge a design into the design window, click on it and then click Merge.
Click on the design in
the Browser window
and then click Merge.
6. The selected design will appear on the design page.
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7. You may also merge multiple designs into the window.
8. Click New Page
on the Quick Access toolbar.
and choose Browser.
10. On the left side of the window, click on the Plus sign next to the drive where your designs are
stored and then click inside the square in front of folder to place a checkmark inside the square.
This allows you to view the designs inside the folder. Multiple folders may be selected.
Click here
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11. To merge multiple designs, click on the first design to merge, hold down the control key on the
keyboard and select the other designs you wish to merge. The selected designs will be
highlighted in blue.
12. Click Merge.
13. All the designs will appear in the design window.
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14. The browser window will also allow you to Open the design files. If you wish to Open the
design files instead of choosing Merge, choose Open. Each of the designs will open its own tab.
Click on the designs
with the control key in
the Browser window
and then click Open.
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Adding a Basting Stitch to a Design
BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 comes with an automatic basting stitch function. Adding a basting
stitch to designs secures the backing to the garment and helps keep designs from shifting. It is a
good idea to add a basting stitch to all designs.
2. Click on the file pull down menu, b in the circle
choose New Recipe.
, and from the menu that appears,
3. Click on the Hoop icon down arrow
and choose Select Hoop
.
4. If you are working with a multi needle machine, place a checkmark in front of Multi
Needle to show the multi needle hoops (this is only available with the pes format).
Choose the hoop size for your project. For this exercise, choose the 130 x 180 mm hoop
and place a checkmark in front of Rotated 90 or 180 x 130mm for the multi needle (5 x7
inch) and click OK.
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5. Click on the Add Design icon
and select Add Border Design.
6. In the Properties window, click to the far right side of the Border 001 to bring up the pull
down menu.
Click here
7. Click on Border 013 (or a border you would like to embroider).
8. Left click on the design page to place the border design on the design page at its digitized
size.
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9. Click on the Normal Text tool
and then click on the design page to activate the Text
tool.
10. Type in the text on the design page or in the Properties window in the Text box and click
Apply. (you may also left mouse click away from the lettering to enter the text).
11. If you wish to choose a different font style, in the Properties window, click to the far right
side of the currently selected font to bring up the font pull down menu.
Click here
12. Scroll through the fonts and left mouse click on your preferred font style. If you scroll
with the up and down arrows on the keyboard, you will be able to see a preview of the
font. Click Apply.
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13. Click on the Select tool
.
14. Click on the lettering, place the cursor over the Center x and move it to the approximate
final position above the design. Concentrate more on the spacing than centering.
15. Click on the Select tool down arrow
.
17. Click on the Horizontal Center icon
18. Click on the Center icon
19. Click on the Home Tab
and then choose Select All.
to Center the lettering with the design.
to move the design to the Center of the design page.
.
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20. Click on the Auto Baste icon
to add the Basting Stitch to the design.
, and choose Save as.
22. Name the design and then save it as a .bf file. (Remember this is the native file and it
allows you to make changes if you find you need to after embroidering the design.)
choose Save As.
24. This time save the design in your machine format.
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Color Sort Function
BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 comes with a Color Sort function that allows you to change the
color order so that like colors embroider at the same time instead of different times. The
function is very nice when you put in multiples of the same design. Instead of having to rethread
the machine, you can choose Color sort and it will reduce the color changes in the design.
and choose New Recipe.
3. Select a recipe for the project.
4. Click on the Hoop icon down arrow
.
5. If you are working with a multi needle machine, place a checkmark in front of
MultiNeedle to show the multi needle hoops (this is only available with the pes format).
Choose the hoop size for your project. For this exercise, choose the 100 mm x 100 mm
(4 in x 4in) hoop.
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and select Add Accent Design.
7. In the Properties window on the right side of the screen, Accent 001 will appear.
8. Click to the right side of Accent 001(click on the number) and a pull down menu of
designs will appear.
Click here
9. Use the side scroll bar or the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard to scroll through
the designs.
10. Left mouse click on the design you would like to add to the design page. For this
exercise left mouse click on Accent 017 the feather.
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11. The design will appear in the accent area.
12. Left mouse click on the design page to add the design at its digitized size. The design
will be in the design space.
13. The accent design tool will remain active until you select a new tool or the Select tool
.
. The feather design will automatically select. Place the
cursor over the center x of the design and hold the control key down on the keyboard.
Hold the left mouse button down and drag the design to the right. Release the mouse
when the design is in the desired location and then release the control key. This will
create a duplicate of the design.
Original design
Design being duplicated
Duplicated design
15. In the Sequence window, you will see there are now two designs. If you embroider it as
is, you will have multiple thread changes.
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16. When you have multiples of the design in the design window, click on the Color Sort
icon
.
17. You will receive a message of how many colors the color sort reduced. Click OK.
18. In the Sequence Window, you will now see three color segments instead of six. This
shows you which color segments were combined by the software.
19. You may save the design or add lettering to it if you desire.
20. To Save the design, click on the file pull down menu
and choose Save as.
choose Save As.
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New Appliqué Fonts
BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 comes with two new fonts that are digitized specifically for
Appliqué. These are different than using an O font (optional font) that has an appliqué style in
that all the stitches are sequential for the entire text segment, not each letter. Therefore there will
be only three colors in the design regardless of the number of letters. A color is assigned for
appliqué placement, appliqué trim and then the covering stitch. The two fonts are Swizzle
Appliqué and Wishes Appliqué.
3. Select a Recipe from the pull down menu.
4. Click on the Hoop tool arrow
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.
inch) or and click OK.
6. Click on one of the Text tools for this exercise, click on the Normal Text tool
.
7. Click on the design page to activate the Text tool.
8. In the Properties window, click to the far right side of the currently selected font to bring
up the font pull down menu.
Click here
9. Scroll through the fonts to select a font. To view a preview of the fonts, use the up and
down arrows on the keyboard to scroll.
10. Left mouse click on the font Swizzle Appliqué.
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11. In the Properties window, in the Text box, type in the text “Happy” and then click Apply.
12. At the time of the writing of these lessons, the font style defaults to a size that is not
recommended. Therefore the font size needs to be changed.
13. The minimum size for this font is 1.77in. The program defaults the size to .79 inches.
14. In the Height box, highlight the size, type in 1.77 and then click Apply.
.
to center the design on the design window.
17. In the Sequence View window, there is one object with a plus sign on its left.
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18. Click on the plus sign to expand the segment a second plus sign appears, click on the
second plus sign to view the colors in the embroidery.
19. The first color is the placement stitch (this tells you where to lay your appliqué fabric).
The second color is another running stitch that tacks the appliqué fabric to the garment.
After this color embroiders, you will remove the embroidery from the machine and trim
the fabric close to the stitch line. The third color is the final color and is the covering
stitch. You may watch the design embroider by clicking on the Simulate Sewing button
in the stitch simulator at the bottom of the window.
and choose Save as.
21. Name the design and then save it as a .brf file. (Remember this is the native file and it
choose Save As.
24. The Wishes Appliqué font works in the same manner. However, you do not have to
change its size unless you wish as it defaults to a size within its parameters.
25. To change the font to Wishes Appliqué, click to the far right of the currently selected font
style to bring up the font pull down menu. Select the Wishes Appliqué font and then
click Apply.
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26. Notice that the height changes to 3.15 inches. This is within the parameters of the font
size.
.
to center the design on the design window.
and choose Save as.
choose Save As.
Changing the Fill type for the Covering stitch
With both of these fonts, you can change the covering stitch fill type to add interest to the
lettering.
2. Click on the 3D icon
.
to view the design with the current stitch type.
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3. Click on the Zoom icon down arrow
and choose To Selection.
4. In the Properties window, there is a Fill Type area and a Pattern selection area. Click to
the far right of the word Satin to bring up the Pattern menu.
5. Left mouse click on one of the patterns to change the covering stitch and then click
Apply.
6. The other method of changing the covering stitch is in the Fill type box, to click to the far
right of the word Standard to bring up its pull down menu. Change the type to Carved
and then click Apply.
Click here
7. The carved Pattern menu will appear in the Pattern window. Click to the far right of
Carved 001 to bring up the pull down menu.
Click here
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8. Scroll through and select a pattern and then click Apply.
9. For Appliqué style lettering, you may need to change the Emboss Scale for the stitch
change to be visible. In the picture above, the Carved pattern is not visible. Place a
checkmark in front of Emboss Scale (the default setting has Emboss Scale checked).
10. Highlight the Scale (%) and then type in a lower percentage value. For this exercise, type
in 30 and then click Apply.
and choose Save as.
choose Save As.
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Foreign Language Fonts
BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 comes with foreign Language fonts. These are the Greek, Greek
Block, Greek Mixed, Hebrew, and Russian Fonts. The keystrokes for the individual fonts can be
found in the BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 manual and in the help menu. This lesson will
address the Hebrew font as it reverses direction automatically when typed. The Greek Mixed
font style is an Optional font (font with an O in front of it. You can follow the directions in the
printed Lettering’s Sew Easy on pages 80 – 99 to change the Options for the Greek Mixed font.
Hebrew Traditional Font
4. Click on the Hoop tool arrow
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.
6. Click on one of the Text tools for this exercise, click on the Normal Text tool
.
Click here
10. Left mouse click on the font Hebrew Traditional.
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11. In the Properties window, in the Text box, type in the text “CINDY” and then click
Apply. Note: This font is an upper case font.
12. Although the lettering was entered left to right in the Properties window, the software
will automatically generated it right to left on the design page with the Y first and the C
last.
13. You may save the design or add lettering to it if you desire.
and choose Save as.
choose Save As.
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Using the Drop Caps Feature
BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 has a Drop Cap feature that increases the size of the first letter in a
text segment. The letter can be offset to the top or bottom of the text segment.
3. Select a recipe for the project.
4. Click on the Hoop tool down arrow
.
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6. Click on the Normal Text Tool
.
7. Click on the design page to activate the tool.
8. In the Properties window, click to the far right of the currently selected font to bring up
the font pull down menu.
Click here
9. In the Properties window, type in your text in the Text box.
10. Click Apply at the bottom of the window, to see the lettering without drop caps. This
step is not necessary each time, but will allow you to visualize what happens when Drop
caps is applied.
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11. In the Properties window, locate Drop Caps on the left side. The default setting is None.
Click to the far right side of the word None. The drop down menu will appear.
Click Here
12. Select Base Line and then click Apply.
13. Click in the Drop caps percentage box. Hold the left mouse button down and then
highlight the number 150, type in 200 and then click Apply to view the change. (This
step is not necessary unless you wish to change the size of the first letter. You can
increase or decrease the number.)
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14. In the Properties window, locate Drop Caps on the left side. Click to the far right side of
the word Baseline. The drop down menu will appear. (Note if you had not selected
baseline, the word to click would be None.)
Click Here
15. Change the Drop caps type to Top and click Apply.
16. Click in the Drop caps percentage window. Hold the left mouse button down and then
highlight the number 200, type in 125 and click Apply.
17. Notice that the first letter is not as large.
and choose Save as.
choose Save As.
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Changing the Recipe
You have created your design in BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 and have decided to place it on a
different fabric, what can you do? In BES® Embroidery Lettering 2, you can change the recipe
for individual pieces after they have been added. It will not change the main recipe, only the
pieces you choose to change. This can also be done to existing brf files.
3. Select the Fleece Recipe from the pull down menu.
.
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Click here
9. You may use the side scroll bar or the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard to look at
the designs.
exercise left mouse click on Accent 002.
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11. Click on the design page to insert the design at its digitized size.
12. Click on one of the Text tools, for this exercise, choose the Normal Text tool
.
Click here
15. Select the Wishes font.
16. In the Properties window, in the text box, type in the text. For this exercise, type in
“Happy Birthday” and click Apply.
17. In the Properties window in the Height box, highlight the current height and then type in
.7 and click Apply.
.
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20. Click on Horizontal Center
21. Click on Center
and choose Select All
.
to center the design elements with each other.
to move the design to the Center of the design window.
22. To change the recipe of this design, with all elements selected, right mouse click on the
design. The right mouse click menu will appear.
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23. Move the cursor over Apply style. The recipe selection menu of fabric styles will appear.
24. Left mouse click on the desired fabric type.
25. This will change the underlay and pull compensation for the selected items to the desired
properties for the fabric selected. IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL RECIPE.
ANYTHING PLACED ON THE DESIGN PAGE AFTER THE CHANGE WILL STILL
HAVE THE ORIGINAL RECIPE PROPERTIES.
Original
Fleece recipe
properties
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Changed to
Pique recipe
properties
26. You will still see the Recipe at the bottom reading the original recipe (Fleece).
and choose Save as.
choose Save As.
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Changing the Connection Point for Lettering
There are times when you don’t want to have the lettering trim between letters or wish to make
the trim length longer to make manual trimming easier. BES® Embroidery Lettering 2, there is a
new function called Connection Point in the Properties window. This allows you to change the
connection between the letters to: As digitized, Closest or Furthest.
.
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6. Click on one of the Text tools for this exercise, choose the Normal Text tool
.
Click here
10. To select a font, left mouse click on the font name.
11. In the Properties window, type in your text in the Text box and then click Apply at the
bottom of the window. The text will appear on the design page.
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12. Click on the Zoom tool down arrow
and then choose To Selection. This will zoom
the lettering to fill the screen and allow you to view the current jump stitch placement.
Using Zoom To Selection will also release the zoom tool so you do not have to worry
about selecting another tool.
13. Notice the dashed lines between the letters. These are the current jump stitches.
14. In the Properties window, scroll down until you see the Connection type box. It will be
above the word Fill.
15. The default Connection type is Closest. If you would like to change the connection type,
click to the far right of the word Closest to bring up the pull down menu.
Click here
16. Change the Connection type to As digitized and then click Apply. Notice the change in
placement of the jump stitches.
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17. Change the Connection type to Furthest and then click Apply.
and choose Save as.
choose Save As.
21. This time save the design in dst format to preserve the jump stitch codes.
Changing the Connection type for the lettering gives you more control over your embroidery.
You can change when needed. As you can see above, changing the Connection type to
furthest, will provide longer jump stitches that will be easier to manually trim as well as
sometimes forcing the embroidery machine to trim. (Trimming between lettering is machine
dependent. Not all machines have this setting. The Brother single needle embroidery
machines which trim between letters trim at a minimum distance of 5.0 mm. Anything
below that distance will not trim. Therefore changing the Connection type to furthest will
most likely force the machine to trim between the letters.) If you are planning to preserve the
jump codes, be sure to save the lettering design as a dst file.
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Using the Name Drops Feature
BES® Embroidery Lettering 2 has a new feature called Name Drop(s). The Name Drop(s)
feature allows you to set up an embroidery pattern with a name and then substitute other names
without having to realign each name. There is a limit to the function; you can only have one line
of text when you use Name Drop(s). If you have 2 text segments, the function will be grayed
out. Therefore if you need upper and lower text, you will need to use the Circle Text tool to
enter the upper and lower text or Preserve one of the Text segments as stitches. This lesson will
demonstrate how to use the function with Normal Text and with Circle Text. If your program
does not operate in the same method, download the latest update from www.brothersews.com .
Simple Single Line Name Drops
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.
Click here
the designs.
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11. Left click on the design page to insert the design at its digitized size.
.
13. Click on the design page beneath the design to activate the tool. (You may click
anywhere on the design page, but for this exercise, we will place the text beneath the
design.)
Click here
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16. Select the font Brandon.
17. In the Properties window, type in the text “Julie” in the Text box and then click Apply at
the bottom of the window.
18. In the Properties window, in the Height box, highlight the size and type in a size of .4.
Click Apply or Press Enter on the keyboard.
.
.
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22. Click on Center
24. Click on the Name Drops icon
25. A new window will appear.
.
.
26. Click on the blank column at the far right to bring up the Preview icon and then click on
it to view the name drop in the window beneath the balloons.
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27. There is a green plus sign at the bottom of the window. Click on the plus sign to add
another name.
28. The current name will be in the text field and will be highlighted. Type the new name;
“Sally”.
29. Click on the plus sign to add another name and then type “Hannah Marie”.
30. Click on the Preview button at the far right of the Name Drops window. A preview of
the design with Hannah Marie’s name will be in the Name Drops window.
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31. If you wish you may add more names by clicking on the plus sign and typing in the
name.
32. When all the names are typed in, the Name Drops need to be saved. In the Output
directory box, you will choose the location to save the designs. Be sure to take note of
where you save the designs. If you wish to change the output directory, click on the file
folder with the magnifying glass
on it. You can’t create a new folder in the
Browse for Folder window, you will need to choose a folder already on your computer or
create a new one in Windows Explorer before clicking on the Browse button. Browse for
the folder, click on it and then click OK.
Default output
will go to the
user’s desktop
Folder added on
my desktop and
output directory
changed
New directory
33. In the Base filename box type in a name for the files. The files will have the base name
and a number after them. For this exercise, type in “Name Drop sample 1”.
34. The Next item that needs to be decided is whether you want to “Open all the files that are
created”, “Open the first file only”, or “Do not open the files”. For this exercise, choose
Open all files so you can see the process.
35. Beneath the Open files area is the Save formats area. It defaults to brf format. If you
wish to make any changes to the lettering, you will always select brf. You can add the
format for the machine by clicking on the gray browse button
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.
36. If you click on the browse format button, you may place a checkmark in front of the
format for your embroidery machine type while leaving the brf format selected. For this
exercise, place a checkmark in front of Brother/Baby Lock/Bernina (PES v9). This will
output all file types saving you a step. Only the pes file will open onto the design
window. Note: you may select multiple file types at the same time or one type. We are
selecting two types so you understand the process and can see the results.
37. Click Save. The files will be created. (There is a green progress bar that will appear
while the files are processing.) When the process is finished the bar will disappear.
Progress bar
38. When the process is finished, click Close. Across the top of the window, you will see
tabs for the designs. If there are more created than the screen can show, there will be a
down arrow at the right of the tabs area with the other files listed.
Pull down arrow indicating
additional files that were created.
39. Click on the down arrow to view the files. Each file will have a name and number. The
numbers will be different for each file.
Click on this arrow
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40. Left mouse click on one of the designs to view it in the design window. For this exercise,
click on Name Drop sample1003.pes.
41. The designs are already saved to your computer as part of the name drop process, so you
may close them all.
Name Drop(s) with 2 lines of Text
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.
Click here
the designs.
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.
Click here
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16. Select the font Brandon. If it is the currently selected font style, you may skip this step.
17. In the Properties window, type in the text “Happy Birthday” in the Text box and then
click Apply at the bottom of the window.
19. Notice that the Name Drop button is active at this point.
20. Click on the design page twice at the bottom of the design to reactivate the Normal Text
tool and type in a name on the design page. Left click outside of the text area to enter the
text or click Apply in the Properties window.
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.
23. The bottom text should automatically be selected. Place the cursor over the Center x of
the lettering and then hold down the left button and drag the name into the approximate
desired position beneath the balloons.
24. Click on the Happy Birthday text and move it into the approximate desired position
above the balloons.
.
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.
28. Click on Center
.
30. Notice that Name Drops icon is now grayed out. Click off the design.
31. The only part of the design that I want to have Name drops applied to is the Name at the
bottom. Therefore I need to make a change to the Happy Birthday segment to change it
to a design instead of text. This is called Preserve as stitches.
32. Click on the Happy Birthday text segment.
33. Right mouse click on the segment and choose Preserve as Stitches. This changes the text
to a design instead of text.
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34. Notice the Name Drops icon is now active.
.
another name.
37. The current name will be in the text field and will be highlighted. Type in another name;
“Cindy”.
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39. If you wish you may add more names by clicking on the plus sign, typing in the name
and then changing the alignment to Center.
Default output
will go to the
user’s desktop
Folder added on
my desktop and
output directory
changed
New directory
and a number after them. For this exercise, type in “Name Drop sample”.
Open all files so you can see the process. The files will save to the computer even if you
choose not to open them.
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.
44. If you click on the browse format button
, you may place a checkmark in front of the
exercise, place a checkmark in front of Brother/Baby Lock/Bernina (PES v9),
Janome/Elna (JEF) and Viking (HUS). This will output all file types saving you a step.
Only the pes file will open onto the design window. Note: you may select multiple file
types at the same time or one type. We are selecting multiple types so you understand the
process and can see the results.
45. Click Save. (There is a green progress bar that will appear while the files are processing.)
When the process is finished the bar will disappear and the files will have been created
and saved.
46. When the process is finished, click Close.
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47. Across the top of the window, you will see tabs for the designs. If there are more created
than the screen can show, there will be a down arrow at the right of the tabs area with the
other files listed.
Down
arrow for
more files
49. Left mouse click on one of the designs to view it in the design window. For this exercise,
click on Name Drop sample006.pes.
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may close them all.
Name Drop(s) using Circle Text
, and choose New Recipe.
.
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and select Add Accent Design (you may choose any
of the design elements or Merge a design if desired).
Click here
the designs.
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12. Click on the Circle Text tool
.
13. Click on the Design Page above and to the left of the design to activate the Text tool.
(You may click anywhere on the design page to activate the tool, clicking above and to
the left places the circle in its approximate final position).
Click here
16. Select the font Daily.
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17. In the Properties window, in the Upper Text box, type in the upper text. For this
exercise, type in “Beach Days”.
18. In the Properties window, in the Lower Text box, type in the lower text. For this exercise
type in “Sally”.
19. Click Apply.
20. In the Height box, highlight the current size and then type in .5 and click Apply.
.
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.
24. Click on Center
.
.
28. In this Window instead of a single piece of text that can be replaced, you have 2 text
fields, Upper Text and Lower Text.
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29. Click on the Plus sign to add a name drop field.
30. Beach Days will be highlighted. If you wish to change the text to something else, type it
in the Upper Text box, for this exercise, we will only change the Lower text box. Double
click on the Lower text in the 2nd row to activate the name Sally.
31. Type in a new name, “Julie” in the Lower Text box.
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32. Click on the plus sign to add another Name drop row. The Upper Text box in row 3 is
now the active text “Beach Days”. This time, type in a new line of text, “Myrtle Beach”
in the Upper Text box.
33. Double click on the Lower text, “Julie” in that row to activate the Lower Text box and
then type in “Hannah”.
Default output
will go to the
user’s desktop
Folder added on
my desktop and
output directory
changed
New directory
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.
exercise, place a checkmark in front of Brother/Baby Lock/Bernina (PES v9). This will
output all file types saving you a step. Only the pes file will open onto the design
window. Note: you may select multiple file types at the same time or a single type. We
are selecting two types so you understand the process and can see the results.
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Pull down arrow
42. If you wish to view another file from the list, click on it and it will open in a tab slot.
may close them all.
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Advanced Settings
There a couple more settings that may be changed in the Name Drop Process. These are Font
style, Font size and Alignment.
.
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Click here
the designs.
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.
12. Click on the design page beneath the design to activate the tool. (You may click
anywhere on the design page, but for this exercise, we will place the text beneath the
design.)
Click here
15. Select the font Brandon.
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16. In the Properties window, type in the text “Julie” in the Text box and then click Apply at
the bottom of the window.
.
21. Click on Center
.
.
.
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44. Double click in the Align box on left to bring up the pull down menu.
45. Click on the down arrow and change the alignment to Left. By changing the setting to
Left, all the names which are added will be left justified. If you wish to change the
Alignment to right justification, you would follow the same process and choose Right
instead of left.
another name.
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25. The current name will be in the text field and will be highlighted. Type in another name;
“Sally”.
27. If you wish you may add more names by clicking on the plus sign and then typing in the
name.
28. The current font is Brandon, if you wish to change the font style, double click on the
word Brandon in the top row. The pull down menu will activate, click on the pull down
arrow to view the font styles.
Double click here
29. You may scroll through the fonts with the up and down arrows to view a preview of the
font style, or use the Scroll bar to simply select the font style. Left mouse click on the
desired style.
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30. Click Preview to view the change.
31. If you wish to have the same font for all the name drop files, change the font in each row
in the same manner.
32. To change the Height, double click in the height box for each name and then type in the
new size.
33. Click Preview to see if you like the size.
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34. When all the names are typed in and the desired changes made, the Name Drops need to
be saved. In the Output directory box, you will choose the location to save the designs.
Be sure to take note of where you save the designs. If you wish to change the output
directory, click on the file folder with the magnifying glass
on it. You can’t create
a new folder in the Browse for Folder window, you will need to choose a folder already
on your computer or create a new one in Windows Explorer before clicking on the
Browse button. Browse for the folder, click on it and then click OK.
.
exercise, place a checkmark in front of Brother/Baby Lock/Bernina (PES v9).
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41. The designs are already saved to your computer, so you may close them all.
There are some things to keep in mind when changing the font style and name. The lettering will
stay in the same location, therefore if you make the lettering too large, it may cover part of the
design. You may also inadvertently size the font too large or small for correct stitching unless
you have written down the font parameters before beginning name drop. You will not receive an
error message when this occurs. It is my recommendation that you set up the pattern with the
size and font that you desire and ignore the Font Style and Height columns in the Name Drops
window. This will ensure that your patterns will embroider correctly.
Font size changed to
1.25, notice how the
lettering covers the
design. If you look at
the Daily font, the
Maximum height for
satin is 1.38 inches.
This is not visible during
the name drop process.
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