This subject is: “Raised Fonts / Thin lettering questions”
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Mike S (XXX212)
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Saturday, May 30, 2009 @ 2:03:41 PM
Whenever I try to do any lettering, the letters seem thin and unprofessional looking. It is more noticeable on smaller letters. If I´m embroidering with black thread on a white shirt, you can see quite a bit of white in the lettering stitches, especially on the corners and curves in the letters. I´ve tried changing many different parameters but can´t get a final product that I´m satisfied with. I´m using letters that are .6 inches high, 7 lines / mm density, I´ve tried doing multiple layers with the short stiches option, but nothing seems to work well.
What is the optimum setting for getting full lettering? Also, how do I get a raised letter effect, I want to run my fingers over the stitch and feel it raised 1/8 of an inch, like many embroidered hats have. I want the stiches heaped rather high. I´ve increased the density to 8 lines / mm but only seems to pulverize the fabric. What is the best way to get this raised stitch effect?
Thanks,
Mike
Daniel (XXX095)
Replied on
Saturday, May 30, 2009 @ 6:39:06 PM
Open a design window, and look in the Home tab of your ribbon for the Materials menu, then open Materials Library. It´ll show you a chart with some guidelines for what settings to use on small text. These are guidelines, but they should certainly give you a starting point.
If by "raised" you mean foam lettering, forget about it, this will NOT work on small lettering. Then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, like a good beer drinker will say.
Although he wrote it for an earlier version of our Embroidery Office product, Sierra´s preferred guru Ian created an article for successfully digitizing for 3D foam where you can see some of the key factors for that kind of application: http://www.technologysouth.com/learning/type.asp?iType=20
