Our team of skilled digitizers consistently produce crisp, clean, legible letters as small as 5mm, thatʼs less than .25” tall! We can even go as small as 3mm using run stitches. Here are some examples:
To ensure legibility we recommend the smallest size for satin stitch lettering in ALL CAPS is 5mm and the smallest size for run stitch letters in ALL CAPS is 3mm.
*TOP NOTCH TIP* If you want only the best lettering in your designs we suggest not going any smaller than 6mm (.25in) for satin stitch lettering, and try to avoid run stitch letters all together. If your customer has a design with small text discuss the modifications below. These could save you and your customer a lot of time and frustration in the long run, and best of all ensure top notch results!
Ideas for modifying small text:
- Enlarge the text
- Split text into multiple lines
- Simplify the font
- Modify the style (all caps/lower caps/proper case, etc)
All About Outlines
We hear it from our customer’s all the time, they have a client who insists on matching the original art exactly, even if that means putting an outline around small text. But when outlines on small text go bad, things get ugly! Over the years we have developed some techniques for outlining small text, check them out below.
We offer three different types of outlines:
*SALES TIP* When discussing small text and outline possibilities, it helps to have embroidery samples handy. Keep the samples simple, feature one line of text in multiple sizes, fonts, with and without outlines, and styles (all caps vs. lower caps vs. proper case, etc).
