How to download fonts to your Brother PE500

I have been obsessed with my new embroidery machine, but the fonts and images it came with weren't really my style. Luckily I am able to download more fonts from the computer. I had some issues figuring it out at first, but now that I've gotten the hang of it, I thought I'd show you.

1. First you must download fonts from whatever website you want. I used Apex Embroidery Fonts because their prices were reasonable and they had a great selection. If you have Brother machine they have a website designated just for their machines called ibroidery.com. I have never used it, but from what I've seen it seems pretty easy.

2. Once your fonts are downloaded, you will need to locate them under downloads in My Computer or Finder. They will usually just be zipped files with the name of the font or design on them. I save all of mine under a folder called embroidery fonts.

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3. Next you must make sure your machine is plugged into the computer using the USB cord provided with your machine. It will be under My Computer or Devices. Mine is named "brother," but if you are plugging it in for the first time it will probably be under No Name or RemovableDisk.

4. You will now go to your embroidery fonts and pick the letters you want. Unfortunately, the machine does not have enough memory to hold every letter, so you will have to drag them in when you need new letters. Drag each of the letters you want from downloads to your machine.

5. Check the machine's folder to make sure all of the letters you wanted were transferred over.

6. Now you can eject your machine from the computer if you want.
7. Go to the machine and click the button with the computer screen and USB symbol on it. It will take you to a new screen and all of the letters you uploaded to the machine should be there. You can browse through them using the arrow buttons on the panel to the right of the LCD screen.

Now you're ready to embroider!