Horizontal baselines

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Use Lettering / Monogramming > Lettering to create embroidery lettering using embroidery alphabets, Keyboard Design Collections or TrueType fonts, or edit selected lettering.

Both Free Line and Fixed Line baselines form straight, horizontal baselines. Free Line does not have a fixed or predetermined length – the baseline extends as long as you keep adding letters.

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Fixed Line has a fixed length. If the text extends beyond it, lettering size and/or spacing is reduced according to the chosen reduction method. This option is intended, in particular, for cap or pocket production.

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When you choose Fixed Line baseline, other advanced options become available. For a precise fit, adjust the baseline length in the Baseline Length field.

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With fixed-length baseline, lettering is ‘reduced’ to fit if the baseline is too short to accommodate all letters at their nominal width and default spacing. Select the reduction method you want to use. Various methods are available:

Fixed line method

Purpose

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Space and width

Letter width and spacing are reduced proportionately if the baseline length requires it.

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Space and size

Letter width, height and spacing are reduced proportionally if the baseline length requires it.

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Space

Letter size and width stays the same and letters are spaced evenly along the baseline. Letters may overlap if the text is too wide.

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Width

The width of each letter is reduced and the original spacing kept.

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Size

Letter width and height is reduced proportionally but the original spacing remains.

Tip: If you change baseline length by reshaping lettering or by changing the Baseline Length value, lettering reduction will be recalculated. The same applies if you change any lettering attribute which could affect its length, such as nominal width, nominal height or number of characters.