My Sierra embroidery software shows I can use two color block at 2.56" tall.  I typed in the name HOLBROOK at 1.76" tall.  The screen shows stitches missing (not filled) and when I stitch the name the stitches are missing (varied, spotty, not filled correctly)  What is wrong?  It defaults to satin which is what  I want; changing to a fill stitch would be too many stitches. I shouldn't have to change this to a fill stitch when the parameters indicate 2.56".

 

If your satin stitch is wider than .50 inch then it needs to be converted to Fill stitches or it will be nothing but jump stitches. also a satin stitch border will work better on a fill than a satin.

My guess would be that you need a fill in letters that tall or the columns would be too wide. I use tatami 70 or what ever that name is and it comes close to looking like a satin.

You can convert text to segments, hide your border color encase all the background colors and convert to fill try tatami 50?? should only be around 22,000 stitches.Can you use a different font that stitches straight across rather than on a slanted angle used for a fill???

If you still have a problem then send it to me and i will help you.

or you can use simply a beautiful way to get a nice effect using in property's, quality control, choose abs split max stitch length, put max stitch length by 6 or 7 and the abs split distance by 4. for me it looks nicer for large names. and don't forget to increase a bit more density and to use proper underlay.

You can also use a random split which gives a beautiful look.  It is also located under quality control.   Quality control is a great tool and is one that i believe that many people often overlook.