Lettering Pro
by Walter Floriani
Lettering Pro III is an amazing piece of Floriani Embroidery Software that
offers an amazing range of ability and control with your keyboard lettering.
Of course it starts with the ability to add text to any existing embroidery
design or just create a beautiful lettering design on its own. But, for me, the
total control and manipulation of the text is really the highlight. I'd like to
outline for you all it has to offer.
You have more than 130 different fonts at your fingertips, everything from 2
color Puff to Wonton, from Arabic to Hebrew, you will indeed find the lettering
you're looking for.
The control of the lettering is equally as impressive. Sizing can range from
minute to gigantic with some lettering capable of approaching almost 12 inches
in height. You can space both in between lettering and line spacing by
percentages based on the height of your text. You can align with choices of
left, right and center. Your type is selected with the choice of Normal, for
straight line text, and Circle, for arched lettering. Of course you can also
accomplish a reverse arch by choosing the Reverse Direction box. Choose Italic
to put a slant to your creation and you can also Stairstep with full control
over the amount to do so. And those are just the text choices and controls.
You also have full control over the Stitch type with the selection from
Satin to Tatami or utilize some wonderful pattern fill choices to add a
unique look to your lettering. Of course the use of the Tatami (fill) stitch
or Pattern Fill choices are best utilized with large text and not
recommended for your smaller lettering. Of course there is also full Density
and Stitch Length control and a truly amazing amount of underlay choices and
total manipulative abilities with them. There's Pull Comp control by either
percentages or absolute values and includes Short Stitches, Commands and
Color Control of text lines.
Then there's the editing which will just continue to amaze you. You can place
individual letters anywhere you want in a design, fine tune your lettering
spacing, you can pennant, curve, form a convex or concave shape. Stretch, angle
or select from 11 different pre-done shapes with the Envelope Selection. The
editing is truly wonderful.
Our revolutionary "Save 2 Sew" feature for enhanced design runability is also
included in Lettering Pro software. Select from more than 40 material choices
and your existing embroidery design is automatically refined with my personal
recipes for Density, Underlay, and Distortion Control yielding a finer running
Embroidery Creation.
It is also amazing easy to learn and utilize.
Watch the Video to see how really easy it is to use and get a couple of
personal tips from me for better running lettering not included in this article.
Hugs
and Stitches to You All,
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