What Will Your Logo Look Like In Embroidery? Logos designed for letterhead, business cards, or the web are usually only two dimensional. Embroidered logos are three dimensional. Because that third dimension is achieved by using thread, sometimes it is necessary to make minor changes to achieve the best results. (See below for further explanations.) Submit Your Logo for Evaluation It is easy to submit your logo! Simply choose a product and click on the 'Select...' button next to the Design field. This will open the Design Library. Click on the 'Submit a new design' link at the bottom of the page and follow the on-screen instructions to upload your design. For best results, the designs should be of the highest resolution possible, and in a vector-graphics format. Other formats we accept include Corel Draw, Adobe PhotoShop, PNG, JPG, BMP and PostScript. So, if you have any questions about the size or complexity of your logo,  please give as a call at (856) 371-1071 and our friendly Customer Service crew will be happy to walk you through the process. Our Design Specialists will review your design and confirm that it qualifies for set-up and embroidery, or offer recommendations on how to achieve better results for your embroidered logo. Embroidery Fee The embroidery fee varies based on the size and complexity of the design. When you are selecting a design in the Design Library, the embroidery cost is shown for each item. As an example, a 10,000 stitch design will add about $8 to the cost of an item. If you are submitting a new design to be digitized, there is a one-time digitizing fee of $50 that will be added to your first order (Setup Fee). Setup Fee All embroidered logos are measured in stitches. The bigger and more complex the logo, the longer it takes to digitize. We define a standard-size logo as generally having less than 10,000 stitches. Most of our customers' logos actually require far fewer than 7,500 stitches, so odds are very good that your logo is standard-size. Logos that are not standard-size are subject to an additional fee, but don't worry; our Logo Specialists will evaluate your logo, absolutely free, to help you determine what works best for you and your organization. If your logo is not already in a vector-graphics format (like Corel Draw), there will be a one-time setup fee of $50 for each logo to be digitized. Printing vs. Embroidery Most logos we receive were originally designed for printing on letterhead or business cards. Printing is a much more flexible medium than embroidery. In print, letters can be much smaller and colors can be blended more intricately than in embroidery. Embroidery, however, has the advantage of being three-dimensional; it has texture, as well as length and width. Embroidered logos have character, durability, and, often, great beauty. Because we frequently receive logos designed primarily for printing and convert them to embroidery, we often need to "tweak" a logo to achieve the best results for embroidery. We do not charge for that. It's just our way of making sure that your embroidered logo looks good. Our Logo Specialists will work with you to convert your printed logo into an embroidered masterpiece. Minimum Letter Size The biggest challenge in embroidery is lettering. Because of thread and needle thickness, letters cannot be smaller than 1/4 inch tall. Most printed logos have text that is smaller than that, and sometimes we need to do a little "reformatting" to keep the overall size appropriate for a shirt. Logos with excessive detail also often need to be simplified a bit to achieve consistent, reliable quality, time after time. We'll keep you informed of each "tweak" and "reformat". We'll ask you to approve every change. We'll work with you to get your logo "just right". Overall Size Restrictions There are several problems with embroidering a logo that is too large or too complex. One strand of embroidery thread doesn't, by itself, weigh very much. Tens of thousands of threads, however, can really put a strain on any fabric. As a result, a shirt with an excessively large, extremely complex logo will sag and be uncomfortable to wear. It may look fantastic hanging in the closet, but that's not what our shirts were designed to do. We sell some of the best quality, most comfortable shirts in the industry. We want you to enjoy wearing them. Larger, More Complex Logos Take More Time Of course, large, complex logos require more time to convert into embroidery-ready art. Digitizing a gigantic, complex logo is the equivalent of creating a tapestry, point by point. It can take most of the day for one artist to make that single conversion. In addition, once that logo goes into production, it will take a significant amount of time to embroider it and to trim the finished product. Please understand, that due to the many additional hours of skilled labor and machine time it takes to process large logos, we are forced to charge additional fees for digitizing and running them. Our Logo Specialists will ensure that you are aware of any additional charges before we start to process your order.