Set the joining method for the font.

This is the standard joining method. The characters are joined along the 'baseline' on which the characters sit. Use Trim Connection on the Letter tab to insert trim commands that trim the long connecting stitches between characters while the lettering is stitched out.

Nearest point fonts use special logic in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery to determine the best way to join characters together. Nearest Point is recommended for faster stitchout of small fonts, where connection stitches will be left untrimmed. Choose Running Connection on the Letter tab to avoid the need for trimming with small characters. Each character has four versions to give different start (on the left) and end (on the right) points as follows:

When placing lettering, the correct character versions are automatically selected to give the shortest joining distances between each character. Here, the two Ms are connected in different ways (top left to bottom right and bottom left to top right):

Continuous fonts are typically used to give a flowing handwriting effect for script. When continuous fonts are used for lettering, no space is added between the lowercase letters. (The Gap setting is not used.) Therefore, select Continuous for Script fonts where the lowercase letters are joined. All other characters are connected the same way as baseline fonts.