Creating a Basic Character Set
To make a basic character set that is appropriate for general text, you need letters, numbers and some punctuation. As a minimum, consider digitizing the following characters:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n
o p q r s t u v w x y z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 spc ! " @
$ £ % & * ( ) - + _ \ = / ?
' ; # , . : 
Their positions and ASCII codes in the Font page are as follows:
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spc 032 |
! 033 |
" 034 |
# 035 |
$ 036 |
% 037 |
& 038 |
' 039 |
( 040 |
) 041 |
* 042 |
+ 043 |
, 044 |
- 045 |
. 046 |
/ 047 |
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0 048 |
1 049 |
2 050 |
3 051 |
4 052 |
5 053 |
6 054 |
7 055 |
8 056 |
9 057 |
: 058 |
; 059 |
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= 061 |
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? 063 |
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@ 064 |
A 065 |
B 066 |
C 067 |
D 068 |
E 069 |
F 070 |
G 071 |
H 072 |
I 073 |
J 074 |
K 075 |
L 076 |
M 077 |
N 078 |
O 079 |
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P 080 |
Q 081 |
R 082 |
S 083 |
T 084 |
U 085 |
V 086 |
W 087 |
X 088 |
Y 089 |
Z 090 |
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\ 092 |
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_ 095 |
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a 097 |
b 098 |
c 099 |
d 100 |
e 101 |
f 102 |
g 103 |
h 104 |
I 105 |
j 106 |
k 107 |
l 108 |
m 109 |
n 110 |
o 111 |
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p 112 |
q 113 |
r 114 |
s 115 |
t 116 |
u 117 |
v 118 |
w 119 |
x 120 |
y 121 |
z 122 |
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You can optionally leave out the lowercase letters to have an uppercase font. This is usually indicated by having UC in the font name. Monograms are complex (often multi-color) characters that are intended for stitching at large sizes. A basic uppercase character set is often appropriate for monograms.