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	Since the generated letters are just ordinary SVG objects with Ink/Stitch satin stitch annotations, you can do anything you like with these objects. E.g. manipulate individual letters by making them fatter or having them follow a curve. To do this, please have a look on the [[InkStitch - embroidery patch]] (section 4).		Since the generated letters are just ordinary SVG objects with Ink/Stitch satin stitch annotations, you can do anything you like with these objects. E.g. manipulate individual letters by making them fatter or having them follow a curve. To do this, please have a look on the [[InkStitch - embroidery patch]] (section 4).
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Manipulate letters

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|is_part_of_module=InkStitch
|do_not_show_sub_page=No
|page_previous=InkStitch - QR code embroidery
|page_next=InkStitch - design letters
|status=draft
|last_modification=2018/06/05
|objective=Create letters with the lettering module,
Adjust size of the generated digitized text,
Manipulate letters
|difficulty=intermediate
|prerequisite=Inkscape,
InkStitch - basic use‎‎,
InkStitch - satin columns
|see_also=Computerized embroidery
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== Introduction ==

Lettering is probably the most popular stitching activity for beginning home users. As of Spring 2019, Ink/Stich does include a simple digitized font available under '''lettering''' in the Ink/Stich menu.

Most embroidery machines do include some lettering facilities and all serious embroidery packages include a lettering module. As of Spring 2019, there is only one included lettering font, but that should change in the future.

In addition, InkStitch allows - like a professional embroidery program - creating letters from SVG fonts. See the next two articles, i.e. [[InkStitch - design letters]] and [[InkStitch - Geneva-simple typefaces]]

See also the [[InkStitch - embroidery patch]] tutorial. It explains how to create rounded text from either simple text with fills or from digitized fonts as described here.

== The lettering module ==

For Ink/Stitch 1.25 (Mai 2019). Version 1.26 allows selecting from several fonts now and also transform the size (i.e. instructions below need some updating)

=== To create letters ===
* Menu Extensions -> Ink/Stitch -> Lettering
* Type your text in the popup menu
* Apply and Quit

[[image:inkstitch-lettering-1b.png|none|800px|thumb|Lettering with Ink/Stitch 1.25]]

You now can see a group of letters. Each letter is also a group. Open Menu Objects -> Objects to check this.

=== Adjusting letter size ===

By default, the letters produced are rather big, i.e. a capital letter is about 20mm high (font size 79pt bold). You can probably safely scale this down by 50%, e.g. use a letter size of 10mm.

* Menu Object->Transform
* Scale tab
* Tick ''Scale proportionally''
* Scale to 50%

[[image:inkstitch-lettering-2.png|none|600px|thumb|Reduce size of lettering with Ink/Stitch 1.25]]

=== Manipulate letters ===

Since the generated letters are just ordinary SVG objects with Ink/Stitch satin stitch annotations, you can do anything you like with these objects. E.g. manipulate individual letters by making them fatter or having them follow a curve. To do this, please have a look on the [[InkStitch - embroidery patch]] (section 4).

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