Cross-stitch version of my zhowfrakt font, made for a personal project. I hope some grandma likes it. :D

'Patty Polk did this and she hated every stitch she did in it.'

My outcome for a UWE project focusing on analogue technologies/processes. My interpretation of this brief caused me to research stitch samplers - especially those made by young children in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which were often charmingly wonky and resentful of being made to create such intricate samplers. My font aims to playfully display the instances of human error and irregularities that are present in hand stitching/embroidery, as well as to replicate as convincingly as possible the look of stitched type.

Outcome for UWE 'What The Font' project, focusing on analogue technologies/processes. I aimed to combine the irregularities and fluidity of traditional cursive handwriting with the texture of cross-stitch and embroidery.

Small font I made for cross stitch purposes

Charted from historic French cross stitch booklet Maison Sajou no. 364. The pattern was found at http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2011/05/sajou-no-364.html

Charted from historic French cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 604. The pattern was found at http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/12/sajou-no-604.html

Charted from historic French cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 604. The I and W have been added. The pattern was found at http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/12/sajou-no-604.html

A blackletter font charted from historic French cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 6. The J and W have been added (at least, I think the letter in the original was an I, so I made a J to match). The spacing of the white dots and the top left flourishes on most of the letters are weirdly inconsistent.

The pattern was found at http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/12/sajou-no-6.html

Charted from historic French cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 6. The M, N, X and Z have been modified from the original and the W added. The pattern was found at http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/12/sajou-no-6.html

Charted from historic French cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 3. The pattern was found at http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/07/pattern-maker-xsd-file-sajou-no-3.html

Charted from historic French cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 2.  I created the missing W from two Vs. The pattern was found on http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/07/pattern-maker-xsd-file-sajou-no-2.html

Charted from historic French cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 4. The samplers generally don't include I or W so I created the I from the centre of the T and the W from two Vs. The pattern was found on http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/08/sajou-n-4.html

Charted from historic cross stitch book Maison Sajou Miniature Album no. 4. The samplers generally don't include I or W so I created the I from the base vertical element and the W from two Vs. The pattern was found on http://patternmakercharts.blogspot.com/2009/08/sajou-n-4.html

Small caps moved from Miniscule to Majuscule and new minuscule created.

I loved the original created by zephram and I want to create a few fonts that build on it and be slightly more me. Almost no changes to the Majuscules and numbers.

One more pixel font.

See more:

https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/426077/jungen_werther

https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/2d-typo/digital-stitch/

https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1214404/ugly-sweater

https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/235495/peteroque_1

https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/79317/country_1

https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/576589/s ajou_ii

https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/426077/jungen_werther

https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/gallofonts/cross-stitch/

https://www.volcano-type.de/fonts/categories/display/stich_me

This type face is based off of the word decorate and the adjective decorative. Within the development of this design I took inspiration from embellishment and a craft style of working which is how the cross stitch came to light. This type is lowercase, it is meant for smaller bodies text. It will work best in a 12 or 14pt body as if the type is too small it will be difficult to see the detail. Though CrossStitchNS is probably not suitable for headers it would be perfect for texts such as invitations. I hope you enjoy this font as much as I enjoyed making it. x