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Add LetterMat

Design a 20x16 (50x40 cm) mat with no openings.

Click on the Openings Tab.

Click the Add LetterMat Opening button.

A LetterMat will be placed on the Editor where it can be edited.

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Edit LetterMat Opening

With LetterMat selected, click on the Properties Tab.

Replace ABC with Happy in the text field.

Select Photo2 from the font dropdown control.

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Click Letter Size and enter 2.5 (6.5 cm) for the height.

Click Keep Aspect Ratio (KAR). Keep Aspect Ratio (KAR) keeps the font height/width proportionate. For optimum results, always have KAR checked.

Min Height displays the smallest this particular LetterMat can cut.

Click on the LetterMat and snap it to the bottom Border and center it over the center border line.

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Explode Font and Make Fan

Keep the LetterMat selected.

Click on the Advanced Tab.

Click the Explode Font button.

The LetterMat is exploded into the individual letters that can be edited separately.

Under Horizontal Fan Distance field, click the Set Fan button.

Enter 1.5 for the Horizontal Fan Distance.

LetterMat is fanned.

Click on the center control handle of the fanned letters and drag it upwards.

See how the letters fan out more.

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