[amayausers.com] Re: Font
- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:19:05 -0500
Sharon...I had assumed that the bulk of my thread was 60 wt...
now I am not sure! It's so easy to confuse me lately...
but the 'lettering' I changed thread on is actually 'line art'-the
letters
are part of a logo and are not a 'typed font'- the letters are made from
nothing more than single line satin, maybe 6 or 7 line width. I'd
have to
check-it's pretty narrow. Using the ARC thread (still got a couple
spools
to use up) the lines were pretty ragged, so I grabbed a sample spool
from
Madeira that is labeled as #40...didn't change a needle or anything
in the
digitizing-and the 'letters' came out cleaner and bolder. So I
thought the
ARC thread was 60 Wt, and using a 40 (I thought heavier) made the
difference.
So if you can throw some quick and painless 'education' my way on
what in
the heck the threads are it would help!
I thought the lower the thread 'weight', the higher the needle number
used.
(30 wt thread, #80 needle, etc.)?
Roland R. Irish III
www.sunrisegraphics.org
signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sunrise Graphics
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Roland,
I have to ask, what weight thread are you sewing with normally? We
sew most embroidery with 40 weight thread but when we want very
small, crisp lettering, we drop to a 60 weight thread so it isn't
heavy and leaves nice, crisp tiny letters. We also use a smaller
needle such as a 65/9. Typically, we sew with a 75/11. Your
suggestion to use 40 weight for small, crisp lettering throws me.
Yes, for most of our lettering we do use 40 weight thread---I am
talking really small lettering like .18.
Sharon
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