I have a customer for whom I have designed a logo, that wishes to have it embroidered on some shirts and hats. When the logo was taken to a local embroidery shop, I was told that the smallest lettering size that could be reproduced was 5mm (that works out to a little more than 3/16” tall. Trouble is that makes the overall logo way too large for the shirts and hats.
Anyone have experience with this? Can it be done smaller? The ideal maximum size for the lettering I would like would be no larger than 1/8” tall. The text portion is staight helvetica medium typeface.
Thanks
-------------------- Gary Winebarger Art & Sign Conover, NC Posts: 88 | From: Conover, NC USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I had a look at my hat and it has some embroidery lettering that is just a hair over 1/8inch like you want. My guess is the embroiderer that you have spoke to may just be limited more by his equipment and maybe you could shop it around to other companies that maybe run better equipment. But you do have to remember text that small is only visible from about 3 feet or less. I think lettering that small would mean a lot of thread breaks and trouble for the embroidery shop just like if someone wanted vinyl lettering that small. What is the smallest you can cut and weed with your plotter successfully?
-------------------- Steve Eisenreich Dezine Signs PO BOX 6052 Stn Forces Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 2C5 Posts: 774 | From: Cold Lake | Registered: Mar 2000
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Unless they (or you) have the design proessionally digitized, they are telling you the truth. Most machines are very limited on the size and styles of fonts. I work with a embroidery shop and I run into this all the time. There are so many variables in sewing (remember, it is making stitches to resemble the design or lettering) When I design a logo, I send it to a digitizing co. in Texas, they e-mail the digitized version back, and it sews great. When you get something digitized, remember it is a art form, no two people will do it the same, so shop around for the best. I sent my logo as a test, I figure if they can make it sew out good, they are worthy of my business. (my logo ended up with 12 colors, one of them a metalic thread which is hard to sew if it is not digitized right, and approx. 15,000 stiches.) I have it on caps and polos, and it does get a lot OOOOHs and AAAAHs, then they want there stuff to look that good.
-------------------- Michael Clanton Clanton Graphics/ Blackberry 19 Studio 1933 Blackberry Conway AR 72034 501-505-6794 clantongraphics@yahoo.com Posts: 1738 | From: Conway Arkansas | Registered: Oct 2001
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I'm just putting together a shirt order for a customer. I sent the logo to a place that specializes in digitizing art for embroidery. They told me the same thing, a 5mm capital letter is as small as they'll go. This means that the lower case letters that fit a capital at 5mm is the smallest they'll digitize with confidence that it will look great and the customer will be happy.
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