Putting third party PES letters (i.e. not EmbroideryWare letters) in an arch

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Jim B Staff asked 8 years ago

Hello! I am currently trying to merge font letters that I purchased (PES files) to read “Beagan Racing” but I am wanting the words to be arched.. if that makes any sense. I will have a race car in the middle and “Beagan” on top and “racing” on the bottom. I am just unsure of how to get the letters to curve in a circular way. Can I do that on Embroidery Ware using fonts that I purchased already?

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Jim B Staff answered 8 years ago

Arrange your letters in a row the size you want in the order you want. Select all the letters.  Choose “copy stitches” in the “edit” menu.
Next draw an arch shape.  Change the type to “stitch pattern”. Make sure the arch is “selected” and choose “paste stitches to stitch pattern”.
This will apply the stitches to the arch shape.  Make sure the arch does not have any sharp corners or the stitches my distort in funny ways.