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When selecting a font to use,
be leery of “fancy fonts.” You want the lettering to be readable after it is
converted to circles. When in doubt, have someone who
doesn’t know the words you’ve used attempt to
read the rhinestone design on your monitor or from a printout of the design. If they cannot easily
decipher the words, then try a more basic font.
If you plan to do a lot of rhinestone applications, create and cut a template with small patterns (~ 15
–
20 circles) in different sizes so that you can test brush your rhinestones to find out the optimum size to
use when designing. A difference of just 0.1 or 0.2 mm can affect how easily the stones will brush into a
pattern right side up. If the size is too small, the stones will tend to not fall in. If the size is too large,
then the ones that land right side up will tend to get flipped over by the brush. Also, stones can vary
slightly in size from one manufacturer to the next and also from one color to the next. Further, the size of
the cut holes can vary slightly from one template material to the next.
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In this example, the initials from a high school will be outlined. As mentioned previously, the first step is to
size the width and height of the design. Make sure there is enough space between the letters so that the
circles will not overlap. Also, you may want to resize the lettering vertically, leaving the width the same. This
will better fill a T-shirt, allow more circles to be applied, and will improve the readability of the design:
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To apply a rhinestone outline, first make a backup copy of the shape. Then select the shape and go to
Effects>Rhinestones
:
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After inputting the initial settings, click on
Preview
and your selected design will be outlined with simulated
stones:
Text is 6” wide but
only 3” tall
Text is still 6” wide but is
now
4.0” tall and will show
up better on a shirt
Click on
OK
when done.
Click on
Preview
to
see effects of settings
Select a
Stone Size
but larger
than your actual stones
Stone Size
will update based on
what you select in upper window
or you can enter a size directly
Option to
Fill
shape
versus outline
Number of stones based
on current settings (must
click on
Preview
first)
Select the shape of the
stones to be used
Select a spacing for the
design: usually between 0.5
and 1.0 mm
This setting is used to
improve spacing
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