How to create a bridge so the letter does not drop off

[Carol Pilgrim]

I am trying to cut the name INDY in an ornament. The letters are thick. When i come to the D i know I need to make a bridge so the whole thing doesn't drop out in the middle.  I need to leave the middle of the D attached to the wood and cut out the rest if that makes sense to you. I am doing something wrong because i can't do it right. I will also need to do it with an A but i know to cut the across part of it short and not go all the way. Any advice for the D?  I am visual and cannot figure it out today. Thanks. 

[Carol Pilgrim]

I think i just figured it out so I am going to try this. Use a stick and a half moon shape beside it to split the D 

[preprius]

Last week I was sifting thru font that are based from stencils.  My letter problem was an "R". 

Using dafont website and selected stencil. I type both the uppercase and lower case "R" and quickly (5 sec) stepped thru pages of fonts. There were a few of methods making bridges. 

[don in brooklin on]

The easiest way is to use a stencil font or use it as a model to how a character looks. I have at last minute used white out too.

[Bill WIlson]

Here's a visual of a couple examples from Google Images;

   

 

[Dave Monk]

A lot of times when I find a font I like I just use a pencil and make a bridge.