variable by design
Custom typefaces are a brand’s best friend.
But not every product is alike, and Embroidery Station offers products that are unique, modifiable, and personal to each order. So how does one typeface communicate this ideal? The answer is through variability—Bobbins was developed as a variable font to portray the individuality of each embroidered good.
Weight Axis
The modifiable weight axis derives from the weight of sewing thread. When using stranded cotton embroidery floss, stitch weight—or the heaviness or lightness of stitch—changes with the number of strands used. Every type of stitch requires a different amound of strands, and the fabric density, needle eye aperature, & tension of the embroidery hoop all affect this choice as well. To match this concept model, the a weight axis was used in the development of Bobbins.
Width Axis
Also critical to the handcraft of sewing is stitch length—the physical size of the stitch. The width axis was derived from this effector. If your thread is quite heavy (say, six strands of floss in the needle at once) and your stitches are very small, your fabric may very well pucker, regardless of whether or not your tension on your stitches is correct: the humanist insets apparent at thicker weights in the font are a reflection of this.
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