[amayausers] Re: Font Question

  Cheryl,

  I have disliked The Copperplate font for this reason. This type of font is 
difficult to size up or down and always promises troulble, especially on 
something like T shirt material.

  Short of heavy editing of the font itself, try this. Go to a 4 density, turn 
off short stitches, eliminate any underlay you have added--like the centerwalk, 
change the stitch length to 16 or 17, add as much pull compensation as you can 
but not so much as to distort the letters and in OS go into the "Settings" tab 
and select "Settings by color", ativate it and on the respective color/needle 
that is sewing the lettering set your machine speed to 900, the column width to 
53 and here you can also set your material thickness too , try a 4 or 5.....too 
high and looping will start to occur--need to experiment with this one. 

  I often go into each individual letter, convert to wireframe editing nd 
adjust/eliminate a ton of end  points, straighten out lines, adjust 
overlaps..etc.....just a peice of cake....eh?

  Good luck

  Rod Springer

  Embroidery Cottage
  Rod & Sharon Springer
  Melco Amaya Tech & Trainer
  Design Shop Pro+ Digitizing

  Boise, ID  83713
  208-938-3038
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Cheryl Rotter 
    To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:09 AM
    Subject: [amayausers] Font Question


    Hi all,

    I am hoping someone might be reading who can help me out. I am using a 
Cooperplate font at .25 inches tall on a cotton knit medium weight t shirt. 
Double backing. I cannot get the cooperplate to look right. Code sheets 
indicate that is the smallest possible size. Density is 3.5 with a center walk. 
It will sew at 3.5 but maybe that is too dense??? The lettering looks uneven, 
almost puckered. I always thought if it will sew out, use the lowest density 
possible? Should I try a lower density?. My test sew outs were done on 2 layers 
of cutaway backing sheets and it looked great, but add the royal blue T shirt 
material with white thread. EEE GADS, a nightmare. Any ideas?  I also added 
double solvy on top last night before giving up, it improved a little but still 
that bunched puckering look. Thanks for any help

     

    Cheryl Rotter

    Team Sports Ink

    5111 Grumann Dr. Ste #1B

    Carson City, NV 89706

    775-884-3550

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