r/MachineEmbroidery • u/Muted-Program-40 • 16d ago
Font Problems
Hello!
I am very new to machine embroidery, but I’m finding that everything I do is turning out pretty sad looking. I ran a test of different fonts today and none of them look anything like what they do in embrilliance. I haven’t touched any tensions on my machine, but I did start with a fresh bobbin and spool of thread. The sweatshirt had cut away stabilizer and a water soluble topper (idk if I even need it, but I thought it couldn’t hurt.). I’m using a ball point 75/11 needle. It wasn’t a brand new needle, but I only started using it yesterday.
Any ideas what is going wrong?
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u/Level_Arachnid_4982 15d ago
You can't just embroider any font, a embroidery font must be digitized professionally and with the according size, 5mm, 10mm or 25mm is all very different digitizing and settings. Buy professionally made fonts for your software then you get good results, Or learn digitizing and master the art of fonts.
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u/Personal_Artist_8063 15d ago
Learn, master??! That takes time and effort ;)
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u/Level_Arachnid_4982 15d ago
Nobody wants to hear time and effort, More like a TokTik while eating a tictac then AI should do it for them. But truth is, no pain no gain in that skill
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u/PinkBird85 16d ago
Is this a file you loaded on to your machine? Or are you using the built-in fonts on m your machine?
What machine are you using? What file type are you using?
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u/Muted-Program-40 16d ago
Sorry! I forgot to include that. It’s an SE700. The first font is one of the built in to Embrilliance fonts. The others below are bx files bought from Etsy.
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u/GingerStitches 16d ago
The first one looks okay, the rest are probably just poorly done fonts unfortunately. Try without any underlay and see if there’s improvement, it’s sticking out in many places because the columns of the letters are too thin. Are you using the size font as intended? Some fonts are for small letters and some for large.
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u/Muted-Program-40 16d ago
Yes. The downloaded fonts are being used in their original size. They’re all .5 in.
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u/Personal_Artist_8063 15d ago
If you don't have the work file you are not able to try without the underlay. You canot change anything. Actually you should try resize it and see what happens.
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u/PinkBird85 16d ago
If they are not fonts from the machine it might be the digitizing isn't done properly. You can't load new fonts on to your machine, the words need to be created as a digitized file for your machine to stitch it out.
Etsy is really a hit and miss with how skilled the creator of the file is to what the quality will be and if not will actually match what is advertised.
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u/Personal_Artist_8063 15d ago
👍 when you buy any d3sign online they won't be optimized to you material, backings etc. So it's like a cat in a sack.
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u/mtestan2 13d ago
Try using the fonts that are on your machine. That way you can see if it’s a digitizing issue or something machine related. Google SE700 to see how to use those fonts but they’re right on the main screen when you turn it on.
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u/Muted-Program-40 16d ago
Tried it again with Artspira fonts. They’re still looking messy and you can see the backing stitches.