When I first got this thing out, I thought it was ridiculously large for what it needs to do. But I've since warmed up to it a lot. The large wheel and lever design make this thing pretty dang fast once you get the rhythm down. Mind you, this is 100% manual loading, so it's not going to be for super-high volume use. I knocked out 150 cards putting 12 digits on each one in about an hour using it the very first time. the method here does induce a little bit of warp in the cards, though not extreme.There are 2 font sizes, but it should be know that even using the smaller font, character spacing is still the same so 12 digits will be just as long if you measure the string length regardless of which size you use.If you just need to do a few cards a day like myself, this will work great. If you are doing hundreds a day, look for something more automated.