Roland, Turn the short stitches OFF. Stitches that are too short will contribute to the number of thread breaks. If you have the 2005 version of Design Shop, it also helps to set the Column Width Adjustment Min Width to 10 pts. What stitch length are you using for the fill pattern? Janel Harris Dimensional Designs http://www.dimdesigns.com -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish III Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:01 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: small letters-short stitch on or off? I've spent the last half hour going through the amaya posts for the month-I know this was just talked about and didn't write it down... trouble with small (under 1/4") letters-lots of thread breaks...do I turn short stitches 'on' or 'off'? I did find the font automatically put in underlayment AND second underlayment so I removed it and left only centerline, that helped but not enough. Reduced 75% of the breaks. Have a fill behind the lettering-reduced the undelayment on that-had lines too close on the underlayment so that the fill had a 'cordoroy' look and the lettering was terrible. Changed the fill pattern also. So I'm hoping the last couple problems are from having 'short stitch' incorrect. Roland