Hello, Mama Kass has just posted in the Embroidery / How Do I? forum of AmayaUsers Discussion Boards under the title of Cleaning up True Type font ?????. This thread is located at http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5862-Cleaning-up-True-Type-font Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** Sometimes gaps also occur where two perpendicular columns meet, e.g. "T". Overlapping doesn't always help here because the stitches on the second column to be stitched will pull apart the stitches on the first column regardless of where they intersect . I have solved this by applying a small section of underlay to the first column where the joint occurs so that the underlay stitches lay parallel to the stitches of the second column. The underlay effectively disguises where the stitches pull part. Rod Springer gave me some good general digitizing advice which I think is what Juli is referring to in her #1 above. In order to avoid the fabric scrunching at the tips of pointed pieces (which is actually the fabric being pushed away by too many stitches rather than puckering), try to digitize so that the stitches run across the tip of the point rather than following around the edge of the point - think capped end rather than fan-shaped ends. *************** =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================