of space. I was wondering if reducing the size to about 1" would mess up the design.

I also do the same as Marji suggested by starting eg. a word with the big letter of alpha, and then using the lettering on my machine, as I can do that in different fonts as well as different sizes. I also downloaded some of Bunnycups free fonts (plain) and use that sometimes. She also has other lovely free sets under heading "retired sets". Hope you can sort it out. God bless. Marietta

Water lilly I often reduce the size of some Alphas but I have Embird SW which automatically adjusts the density & stitches to the size I choose, but it recommends not reducing more than 1/3. there r lots of free alphas out there. I just DLed 2 complete sets free from Callipop one was i in. the other 3/4 in. If u do reduce try a test stitch first I always do this because it doesn't always reduce or enlarge well. This way u won't ruin what u r doing. *4U

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by waterlily 15 Apr 2009

Oh...I would deffinately test stitch first. I have ruined enough things and have learned that lesson. I will look up Callipop and check out the smaller alphas. Thanks so much!

Yes, you sure would be in a mess!! Even with Digitizer Pro, I wouldn't try reducing digitized alphabets too much. They are digitized to a certain size and you can't play with that too much. If you want a small alphabet, you need to find a small one to start with. They're out there, just have to look. See what SiCK's got, there's quite a few different digitized fonts there. Veronlka's newest alphabet on Amazing Embroidery is a small size, too. The Alphabets on Cute are designed to be Monograms, not really used as an alphabet to spell whole names, except for maybe the Goldfont one. Why not do a large monogram, then do the whole name underneath in your machine's alphabet? Best of luck to you, Marji

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by waterlily 15 Apr 2009

Thanks Margi! You have given me some good ideas and choices! I'll have to do some searching.

Sorry, can't help BUT I will put ya back to the top:)

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by waterlily 15 Apr 2009

OK...Thanks!

It surely will.
More than max. 5% zooming will bring frustration.
The design should be re-digitized then... and whoops the copyright theme is concerned, if one would be able to do so at all (I'm not...;-))
Better mark and rehoop. Hard job too.
CU

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by waterlily 15 Apr 2009

Thanks so much for answering. I had a feeling it would be a problem. My son once digitized a design that was quite large, and when he reduced it enougn to fit the hoop, the stitches were so dense that it stitched out horribly! I had a feeling that would pretty much be the case with the alphas. Oh Well...Guess I'll just be doing Monograms instead of an entire name.

Thanks again for answering!