Good morning Roland! The higher the number on thread, the lighter weight or thinner the thread is. There are few companies who even offer 60 weight thread---Madeira being one of them---and then in select colors like primary colors. It has been a few years since we purchased 60 weight thread from Madeira and then only in the primary colors. Almost all Poly thread is 40 weight. If I were to take Arc, Isacord or Madeira and sew with them, I probably could not tell the difference. If I used the 60 weight in comparison to 40, I could. Arc didn't carry 60 weight. Bobbin thread is 60 weight. Be careful you aren't looking at a color number instead of weight--ha ha--I did that once! If you are doing a letter in line art and you used a 60 weight thread, I am guessing it got buried into the fabric so the 40 weight would fill in the hidden stitches better. If there was any texture to the fabric like Pique, that is a given. If you are doing really small lettering, however, like below a quarter of an inch, the 60 weight is great because it keeps the small openings of the letters open....did that make sense? Did that help at all? Have a good day! Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: Roland R. Irish III To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:19 AM Subject: [amayausers.com] Re: Font 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 116 Main St Claremont, NH 03743 603-543-1324 Check out our 'instant' catalogs http://www.plasticpromotions.com/?ID=SS850825D http://www.healthypromotions.com/?ID=SS850825D http://www.thewritepromotion.com/?ID=SS850825D On Jan 18, 2010, at 3:33 PM, theboards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: This message was posted by Rod or Sharon on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/1143.html#000002 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 =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================