Make a charted design out of your own text. Key the text you want with the pink letter keys. Erase a character with a double click on the written character. Under the button SPECIAL you will find additional special characters, symbols and accents. To make larger spaces between the words, use the one of the four space buttons situated after the question mark and before the enter button. Press ENTER to start a new line. Next to the enter button are keys that show a larger work area. This size has no effect on the printing. When printing, the text will cut off at page width. You have to set up your printer for 'portrait' or 'landscape'.

A cross stitch text in Amsterdam font has a basic height of five stitches (such as the m) and with leg (k) and tail (y) included the reach is nine stitches, the basic width is four stitches (o and n). These cross stitch letters automatically get a space of one grid.

If needed, cut your printed words and use this graphpaper to glue together your composition.