The Lettering System of MacStitch

Data Input and Export:

• Read and write embroidery machine code to floppy disk : Tajima, Melco, Pfaff, Toyota, Fortron, Barudan, ZSK; Direct connection with serial interface to : Toyota embroidery machines: Expert 820, 820A, 850, 851, 860; Fortron and Barudan;
  
• Coloured output to printer and plotter up to DIN A 0; Data : 1:1 or fit to papersize
• All embroidery files contains and shows: number of stitches, colours, size, customer, date and type.

Writing and Typing:

• Type generator: Single line and multiple lines; Freely scalable, kerning, justify left, justify center, justify right;
  circle text; left-right skewed; mirrored; rotated; character spacing, line height and character width adjustable; multicolour fonts;
• You can create letters directly in the working area in combination with existing files.
• Letter hight, width, size, extension and density free adjustable;
• 37 embroidery fonts : Arabian, Bauhaus, Brush, Carneval, Cassanova, Childsplay, Comic, Courier, Formula, Helvetica, Hobby, Honda, Kaufmann Bold, Lolly, Lubalin Caps, Mandarin, Marjohnett, Machine, Mini 6 Platt, New York, Panda, Old English, Quartz, Quest, Revue, Rounded Block, Saddel, Script, Serifenschrift, Shelley, Sports Block, Sports Script, Sports Outline, Stencil, Tour light, Western Style, Zürich Calligraph;
• Satinstitch width and density free adjustable; underlay stitches; Runningstitch fonts;

Editing:

• Blockoperations: copy, move, cut, bigger, smaller, clean up, skew, mirror - all directions, rotate (accurate to one degree); All operations live on screen or with fixed parameters.
  Stitch streams : cut, hide and show, reverse;
  
• Special functions : color, stop, needle change, thread-cutter, drill, jump stitches, using at different criteria;
• Single stitches : insert, move, multiple move, delete, multiple delete, show handles;
  
• Broaden and shorten satin stitches; also usable to foreign embroidery files.

Shape function:

• You can create shapes with satin-running-fillstitches. You can create the following shapes : triangle, quadrangle, multiple edge, rounded rectangle, 8 different wappons, stars, lily, cross, cloverleaf, waves; All these shapes can be generated in any height with different stitch lenght and density;
  

Specials:

• Ruler function; Overview, Coordinate view; Edge view; Magnetic guidelines; 32 way zoom; Crop; place start-and endpoint;
• Embroidery frame can be shown - free definable
• Free definable Backgroundcolour.
• Multi-Undo and Redofunction
• 32 way zoom;
• Flying tools palllet;
• Up to 7 designs can be opened simultaneously.
• 3-D view on screen, Stichlagen sichtbar
• Slow-Motion (verlangsamter Stickablauf)
• Single stitch pass through
• All Edit- and Typefunctions in one user interface.
• Keyboard shortcuts for all available fuctions.
• Electronic manual.