An Alphabet e-Pattern is a printable PDF document computer file made up of pages with the alphabet, numerals and punctuation in a specific font style.

These printable alphabet patterns can be printed on any paper with your own printer just like you would print any other document. Cut the printed alphabet patterns out and use them as templates to trace, or use the negative cutout as a stencil, or use the paper alphabet cutouts themselves for your craft project. For example, they make great applique alphabet patterns.

The great thing about Alphabet e-Patterns is that you can use the PDF file to print the alphabet patterns for your own use as often as you need or want fresh patterns. Printing the letter patterns on card stock or heavy paper will make tracing easier and enable you to reuse the same patterns numerous times. Once printed, you can also trace them onto plastic template sheets, cut them out and use forever! Be sure to save your Alphabet e-Pattern file in a safe place.

Alphabet e-Patterns includes all 26 letters of the alphabet in upper and lower case (unless the font only has one case, which will be noted on the details page for that font), numerals 0 through 9, and punctuation.

Alphabet e-Patterns come in different sizes. The size you purchase is the measurement of the uppercase letters from top to bottom. For example, a 2-inch pattern means that the uppercase letters measure 2 inches high. Save money by purchasing Value Paks which include all sizes available for a specific font.

A PDF is a document file that you can read on your computer and print on paper with a computer printer. PDF is short for Portable Document Format, a document format developed by Adobe Systems. PDF allows online publications to appear exactly as they do in print, and uniformly from one web browser to another.

Viewing and printing a PDF document requires a software program called Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded free from Adobe, however most computers have Acrobat Reader already installed. If you do not have it installed, go to https://get.adobe.com/reader/.

To view and print the Alphabet e-Patterns, double click on the PDF file. Adobe Acrobat Reader should start automatically and you should see the document displayed on your screen. To print the alphabet patterns, go to the File menu and select Print. You can print the whole alphabet or only the pages that have the characters you need.

Your patterns can print out in the wrong size if you use the page scaling option in the Adobe Acrobat Reader print dialogue box. Be sure that "None" is selected for this option.