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Backstitch Tall Cross Stitch Font

A narrow, condensed version of Backstitch Simple: taller letters that take up less width.

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Backstitch Tall alphabet chart

Capitals and numbers at the Small size, where each letter is 9 stitches tall. Each line is one or more backstitches between grid holes, with a bold grid line every 10 stitches. This is exactly what the text generator produces.

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Backstitch Tall cross stitch alphabet chart: A to Z and 0 to 9, each letter 9 stitches tall

Small, Medium and Large

The generator has three stitch sizes. Medium and Large are the same letters with every line doubled or tripled, so the shapes stay identical and simply stitch up bigger. The generator starts at Medium.

Backstitch Tall cross stitch letters at the Small size, 9 stitches tall — Small - 9 stitches tall

Backstitch Tall cross stitch letters at the Medium size, 18 stitches tall — Medium (generator default) - 18 stitches tall

Backstitch Tall cross stitch letters at the Large size, 27 stitches tall — Large - 27 stitches tall

Size	Letter (stitches)	Height on 14-count	Height on 18-count
Small	9 tall	0.64 in (1.6 cm)	0.50 in (1.3 cm)
Medium	18 tall	1.29 in (3.3 cm)	1.00 in (2.5 cm)
Large	27 tall	1.93 in (4.9 cm)	1.50 in (3.8 cm)

How much text fits in a frame

Planning a verse, poem or recipe? These are the approximate characters per line (counting spaces) and the number of lines that fit on 14-count Aida, leaving a 1 in border all round. Allow about six characters for an average word and its space.

Frame	Small	Medium	Large
5 × 7 in	8 per line, 6 lines	4 per line, 3 lines	2 per line, 2 lines
8 × 10 in	16 per line, 10 lines	8 per line, 5 lines	5 per line, 3 lines
11 × 14 in	24 per line, 15 lines	12 per line, 7 lines	8 per line, 5 lines

Where Backstitch Tall works best

Backstitch Tall squeezes each letter into less width, so a long caption, a name that has to fit a narrow band, or a verse down the side of a design fits where Backstitch Simple would run out of room. The taller letters also read as more formal and elegant.

It has capitals and numbers; lowercase is stitched in capitals.

Stitch your own words in Backstitch Tall

Type a name, date or a whole verse into the cross stitch font generator, pick a size and thread colour, and it builds the chart for you, ready to print as a PDF or open in Pattern Keeper. Backstitch Tall is free for everyone.

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Choosing between styles? The cross stitch fonts guide compares them and covers sizing and cursive lettering.