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Shardsee Font Embroidery Design
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Does it fit your hoop and machine?
Works with Brother · Janome · Husqvarna · Pfaff · Bernina · Tajima and most home machines.
See all 7 file formats
- DST
- EXP
- HUS
- JEF
- PES
- VIP
- VP3
Geometric check against standard hoop sizes. It does not certify a specific machine model.
You get separate files, one per glyph (letter, number or symbol). No words or names come ready-made: you place the letters in your embroidery software.
Digital machine-embroidery files only — no physical item will be shipped
Details for Sample: Shardsee Alpha Lower a 2 Inch · 24 × 33 mm: 703 stitches · 1 colour stop · 1 thread
in stitching order · read from the embroidery file
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Letters, numbers and symbols in the pack
Pick a glyph to see its measurements in each native size.
Glyph guide (print or save as PDF)Glyph names come from the file names and have been checked visually. Each drawing is a digital view of that glyph's file in the chosen size, drawn to a common scale for the size; it is not a photo of the stitching.
Uppercase
26 glyphsLowercase
26 glyphsNumbers
10 glyphsSymbols
7 glyphsTry your name
Coming soonIt will tell you which letters of your text exist in this font and size, and which are missing. It will not create a file or a stitch-ready word.
Space reserved for a future feature.
Native sizes and real measurements
The size is the label in the file names. Each glyph has its own measurements: «1 Inch» does not mean every glyph is 25.4 mm.
| Size | Height of uppercase | Height of lowercase | Height of numbers | Height of symbols | Max. width and height* | Files per format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Inch | 25.0–33.5 mm | 16.0–29.9 mm | 17.9–20.1 mm | 1.7–23.3 mm | width up to 35.7 mm · height up to 33.5 mm | 69 |
| 2 Inch | 49.9–66.8 mm | 31.8–59.6 mm | 35.7–40.0 mm | 3.4–46.7 mm | width up to 71.3 mm · height up to 66.8 mm | 69 |
| 3 Inch | 74.8–100.0 mm | 47.6–89.1 mm | 53.5–60.1 mm | 4.8–69.8 mm | width up to 106.8 mm · height up to 100.0 mm | 69 |
- Size
- 1 Inch
- Height of uppercase
- 25.0–33.5 mm
- Height of lowercase
- 16.0–29.9 mm
- Height of numbers
- 17.9–20.1 mm
- Height of symbols
- 1.7–23.3 mm
- Max. width and height*
- width up to 35.7 mm · height up to 33.5 mm
- Files per format
- 69
- Size
- 2 Inch
- Height of uppercase
- 49.9–66.8 mm
- Height of lowercase
- 31.8–59.6 mm
- Height of numbers
- 35.7–40.0 mm
- Height of symbols
- 3.4–46.7 mm
- Max. width and height*
- width up to 71.3 mm · height up to 66.8 mm
- Files per format
- 69
- Size
- 3 Inch
- Height of uppercase
- 74.8–100.0 mm
- Height of lowercase
- 47.6–89.1 mm
- Height of numbers
- 53.5–60.1 mm
- Height of symbols
- 4.8–69.8 mm
- Max. width and height*
- width up to 106.8 mm · height up to 100.0 mm
- Files per format
- 69
* The widest and the tallest glyph in a size can be different glyphs: these are not the measurements of one piece. Stitch box of the DST files, unscaled.
Not included
According to the files, this pack does not include: ñ, á, é, í, ó, ú, ç, ü, ß, space, punctuation (, ').
How to use the letters
- Download the pack. One ZIP with every glyph, in every size and in the 7 formats.
- Open the glyphs you need. In your embroidery software, in the size and format for your machine.
- Place them to form the word. You line them up and space them. The pack has no ready-made words and no installable font (TTF or BX).
Embroidery thread colours & stitching order
Read stop by stop from the embroidery file in your download.
Showing: Sample: Shardsee Alpha Lower a 2 Inch · 24 × 33 mmChange
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Colours taken from the machine palette stored in the PES/JEF file: each thread is the nearest colour of that chart, not the exact design colour.
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Chart for the selected size: Sample: Shardsee Alpha Lower a 2 Inch
Machine time
Multi-needle machine: about 1 min
A range, not a promise: stitches ÷ effective speed, plus one pause per colour change. Adjust it to your machine.
Adjust speed and pauses
Multi-needle machine: Effective speed (spm) 700–950 · Pause per colour change (s) 3
Hooping, stabilizer and threading are not included (typically 5–15 min). Nominal speeds from manufacturer specifications (e.g. Janome MC500E 400–860 spm). Effective speed is lower.
Before you start & guidance for your fabric
- Load the file for this size and check the machine reads the right format.
- Choose a hoop the design fits in with margin; do not scale the design to force it.
- Prepare the threads in the order below; some colours come back later in the sequence.
- Hoop fabric and stabilizer together, flat and without stretching.
- Use a fresh embroidery needle; stitch a test on a scrap of the same fabric if in doubt.
Guidance for your fabric
The heavier the fabric and the denser the design, the heavier the stabilizer. Cut-away is the safer choice for knits and high stitch counts; tear-away suits stable wovens.
Needle: an embroidery needle (75/11 or 90/14) with rayon or polyester embroidery thread; a metallic needle for metallic threads. Size depends on thread and fabric, not on the stitch count.
General guidance from stabilizer and needle manufacturers' guides (OESD, Sulky, Madeira, SCHMETZ). It does not replace a test on your own fabric. No tension values are given: they depend on your machine.
Formats & technical data for this sample
- DST
- EXP
- HUS
- JEF
- PES
- VIP
- VP3
DST header count: 706 · Jumps: 3 · Longest stitch: 5.2 mm From the file
What is verified and what is an estimate
- Size, stitch count, stitching order and stitches per block are read from the embroidery file you download.
- Colours are read from the file when it carries them; otherwise they come from a machine palette and are marked as such.
- Machine time, hoop and fabric guidance are estimates or general rules with their assumptions shown.
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See plansSamples: measurements, hoop and stitches
33–57 mm · 703–1,835 stitches · 4×4 in
Each row is one glyph from the pack, not a size of the pack. All the glyphs and sizes are listed above.
| Design / size | Millimeters | Inches | Hoop | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample: Shardsee Alpha Lower a 2 Inch | 24 × 33 mm | 0.93 × 1.3 in | 4×4 in | 703 |
| Sample: Shardsee Alpha Lower a 3 Inch | 36 × 49 mm | 1.4 × 1.94 in | 4×4 in | 1,136 |
| Sample: Shardsee Alpha Upper A 2 Inch | 57 × 51 mm | 2.22 × 2.01 in | 4×4 in | 1,835 |
About this design
Shardsee Font Embroidery Design: a full alphabet for names, monograms and short phrases. The letters are built to join without the finishing stitches overlapping.
Sizes and stitch counts
The pack includes 207 designs in 3 sizes (1 Inch, 2 Inch and 3 Inch): each character is a separate file, and measurements and stitch counts vary from one character to another. The samples on this page show individual characters, not the whole pack.
Formats and machines
The download includes 7 formats, among them PES, DST, JEF, EXP, HUS, VP3, so it runs on Brother, Janome, Husqvarna, Bernina and Pfaff with no conversion.
Before you stitch
Stitch lettering last if you are combining it with a motif: that way any hooping shift shows up in the artwork, not in the name.