Monograms and names, stitched from real letterforms.
Type the name or initials and get a machine file built from the font's actual outlines, not a traced picture of text. That is the difference between lettering that reads cleanly at 3 inches and lettering that blobs.
A real conversion, not a 12 to 24 hour digitizer queue
Against $10 to $25 per design when you send artwork out
Every machine format plus an operator run sheet, one ZIP
Includes DST, PES, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, the preview, and a run sheet with size, stitch count and thread colors in stitch order.
Built for the work on your rack
Left-chest logos, names, cap marks and badges: the everyday jobs that eat a digitizer's day and a shop's margin. Flat, bold artwork is where this shines.
Left chest fit
Logo digitizing
Customer logos at left-chest size, colors matched to real Madeira thread shades, underlay laid first so fills sit flat.
True letter outlines
Monograms & lettering
Names and initials built from real letter outlines, so the holes in an A or an R stay open instead of sewing shut.
Cap profile included
Caps & chest marks
Bold marks for caps and pockets, with a cap fabric profile that adjusts density and pull compensation for structured fronts.
Tatami fills
Team & club badges
Round and shield badges for teams, clubs, work crews and events, with solid fills and satin on the narrow parts.
Artwork in. Embroidery out.
Flat artwork goes in, finished embroidery comes out. Every pair below is the artwork beside its sew-out. Run your own design through the converter above and compare.
How it works
From a customer's logo file to the machine in about a minute, most of it the download.
Upload the artwork
PNG or JPG, then pick the finished width, your hoop, and the fabric the design will run on.
Hoop fit & preflight
The design is fitted to your hoop before stitching, and anything under 5 mm is refused up front instead of failing at the machine.
Stitches generated
Underlay, tatami fill, satin on narrow shapes, and 0.3 mm of pull compensation so circles stay round on your fabric.
Download & run it
Every machine format plus a run sheet in one ZIP. Check the stitch-by-stitch preview, load the file, sew.
ThreadFile vs. sending it out
Service prices from published digitizing packages, checked October 2026.
| Feature | ThreadFile | Human digitizing service |
|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | About 10 seconds | 12 to 24 hours, quoted |
| One simple logo | $9, or free in beta | $10 to $25 per design |
| 20 designs a month | $24 flat, unlimited | $200 to $500 at per-design prices |
| Machine formats | 6 formats in one ZIP | Usually 1 or 2 of your choice |
| Sew-out preview | Stitch-by-stitch, before you run it | Sometimes, on request |
| Too-detailed artwork | Refused up front, with the reason | You find out at the machine |
Honest limits: human digitizers still win on photographs, gradients and very fine detail. That is exactly what the Shop + Cleanup tier below is for.
Pay per design, or go unlimited
Checkout opens shortly. Until it does, conversions above are free during the beta.
Single design
One logo, every format, run sheet included. Cheaper than the cheapest human digitizer, ready before your machine warms up.
- ✓ All 6 machine formats
- ✓ Stitch preview + run sheet
- ✓ Hoop fit + 5mm preflight
Shop
Unlimited conversions for one shop. Two outsourced designs a month cost more than this.
- ✓ Unlimited conversions
- ✓ All 6 machine formats
- ✓ Every fabric profile
- ✓ Stitch preview + run sheets
Shop + Cleanup
Unlimited conversions, plus three designs a month hand-checked and cleaned up by a human digitizer.
- ✓ Everything in Shop
- ✓ 3 human-cleaned designs / mo
- ✓ For the logos automation should not touch
Questions, answered straight
Why do traced letters stitch badly?
Tracing a picture of text loses the letter's true edges and fills its counters. Building from font outlines keeps stems, curves and holes exact, so satin edges land where the type designer put them.
How small can lettering go?
Letters under about 5 mm tall close up on any machine, so the tool refuses sizes that cannot work instead of selling you a file that fails.
Which fonts are included?
A bold sans for team and shop lettering, a regular sans, a serif bold for classic monograms, and a mono bold. More styles are on the roadmap.
Ready to stop waiting 24 hours for stitch files?
Drop your customer's logo into ThreadFile right now, free during the beta. In about ten seconds you will have the file, the preview, and the run sheet.
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