Roland EGX-20 Manuale Utente

EGX-20 USER'S MANUAL

You can change text to stroke fonts and carry out engraving.
Line width when engraving varies according to the cutter width and engraving depth.

At the toolbar, click 

, then click the text string.

The character cursor appears in the text string.
Alternatively, at the toolbar click 

, then click the text

string.
Points appear around the text string.

At the toolbar, click 

.

Alternatively, from the [Format] menu, select [Make
Stroke].

The [Select Stroke Font] dialog box appears.
Click the drop-down arrow to display the menu, then
select a stroke font.

After you have selected the font you want, click [OK].

In the [Font Select] dialog box as well, you can specify a stroke font by selecting a font whose name starts with
"Plot."
See --> p. 21 "Selecting the Font"

You can convert text strings to graphic shapes (polygons). This makes it possible for you to modify the shape of characters, to
create logos, for example.

At the toolbar, click 

, then click the text string.

The character cursor appears in the text string.
Alternatively, at the toolbar click 

, then click the text

string.
Points appear around the text string.

From the [Shape] menu, select [Convert to Polygon].
The text string is convert to a shape.

When the text string is displayed with points, clicking 
on the toolbar displays points at the vertices of the
polygon.

Alternatively, click 

  on the toolbar, then click the

polygon. Points appear at the vertices of the polygon.

You can change the shape by dragging the points.
You can also insert and cut away vertices by moving the
pointer to a line or point and right-clicking.

Example of Converting a
Stroke Font to a Polygon

This menu appears when you
move the pointer to a line or
point, then right-click.

Stroke font