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Most embroidery is not a logo. It is a name on a jacket, a date on a christening blanket, a word on a cap. That does not need a designer and it does not need a digitizer – it needs a typeface that has been built for thread, and a height that the letters can survive.
TechniqueFlatSize43 mmStitches1 137Threads1Thread1.9 mType is drawn to be read, not to be sewn, and a stroke that looks fine on paper can fall under what a needle can place. A satin needs about 1.0 mm of width. Below roughly 5 mm of letter height most typefaces have strokes thinner than that, and the letters close up or break. Set the height first and choose the face second – not the other way round.
Each one behaves differently at small sizes: a face with even strokes survives further down than one with thick-and-thin contrast, and a script needs more height than a block. They are on screen, at your height, before you choose – so it is not a name in a list, it is the letters you are actually getting.
Letters that are correctly spaced on screen can touch once they have thread on them, because a satin adds width to every stroke. The workshop gives you letter spacing and line spacing as their own settings, so you can open them up until the thread has room.
You do not need a logo. Type the words, choose a typeface, and the same engine sews them – a name on a sleeve, a date inside a jacket, a line on a cushion.
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| Typefaces | Eleven, each with the smallest height it can carry |
| Smallest letter | 6 mm for most, 25 mm for the fine script |
| Lines | As many as you like – return makes a new line, and you set the letter spacing |
| Formats | The same seven, including the vector drawing |
| What it costs | $5 a file – no account, no subscription |
The smallest height is measured, not chosen: it is the point where the thread stops leaving bare fabric between the letters. Below it the size is simply not offered.
About 5 mm of letter height for most typefaces, because below that the strokes fall under the 1.0 mm a satin stitch needs. A face with even strokes goes lower than one with thick-and-thin contrast.
Yes – type it, pick the height in millimetres, choose a typeface and download the format your machine reads. It is the same stitch file a logo produces, just from letters instead of shapes.
Here it is $5 a file, flat, however many letters it is. There is no per-letter charge and no account needed.
Lettering is $5 a file, flat, with no account and no subscription. Studio and Shop plans include some each month. You see every stitch at your chosen height before you pay.
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