Printing and embroidery: what actually differs
Printing works from a design file: you type the name, choose the font, the size and the colour, and see it on the piece in the studio, and what you see is what is transferred onto the fabric. Embroidery is built from thread: the word is worked stitch by stitch, so the result sits a little proud of the fabric and carries the texture of thread.
Which is why the same name comes out differently in each. Printing can carry very small things: a mark beside a letter, a thin stroke, a small number, a detail inside a shape. Embroidery depends on the thickness of the thread itself, so the smaller the detail the harder it gets, and in return embroidery is raised, with the texture of thread, which is exactly what some people like about it.
There is a third difference, in colour: with printing you pick the colour in the studio and see it on the piece before ordering, while with embroidery the colour is whatever thread is run. And if the name carries a logo or artwork in more than one colour, or a gradient, printing is what carries it in full colour.
How to see the difference yourself, before you order
You do not have to imagine it: open the studio on the piece you care about, type your name, and see it on the piece itself. The font, the size in centimetres, the colour, the placement and the arc are all in your hands, and an Arabic name with marks shows those marks on the letter where they sit. If you already have a logo or artwork, upload it as an image and set its colour, or flatten it to a single colour.
And the room the name has is not a guess: every piece has a printable area measured in centimetres, and those are the same figures the studio turns into the print file. They are all below.
A name with marks: how the diacritics come out
An Arabic name is sometimes written with its marks and sometimes without: محمد or مُحَمَّد, أحمد or أَحْمَد. The difference is something you see with your own eye rather than a detail on paper، a mark changes how the name is read and how it looks in a photograph.
The design studio has a marks bar that puts the mark you choose on the letter you have selected: fatha, damma, kasra, shadda, sukun, and the three tanwin forms. There is also "suggest marks": you press it and it offers a vocalised version of the name, the suggestion is shown to you on its own for review, and you decide. Use it as it is, adjust it yourself, or leave it. Nothing is written on your name without you seeing it and agreeing to it.
And printing reproduces those marks as you saw them: the print file is produced from the very design you agreed to, and the mark is printed with the letter it belongs to, so no step in between quietly drops the diacritics. A vocalised name arrives the way you saw it on screen.
That is the difference that matters to anyone whose name carries its marks: a mark is the smallest thing in the whole name. A small sign beside a letter. If you decide to have a name embroidered, make the marks your first question before you confirm: a small sign beside a letter needs an execution that can hold its size.
The printable area on every piece
These are the areas measured on the pieces, the same figures the print file is produced from. Where one piece has more than one measured area, both rows are shown with the products each belongs to. Rather than quoting one for both:
To see that area for yourself: each of these pieces has a studio you open, type your name into, and see it inside that area at its real size. Adjusting it until it is right before you order.
And everything sold here is printed
Here is every piece, with the way the name is executed written on it, read from the catalogue itself:
Thinking about embroidery? Ask these first
Embroidery is neither wrong nor right, it is a different choice, and what decides it is the look you want and how much detail the name carries. Before confirming anything worked in thread, these are the questions that matter:
- the area the name has on the piece, in centimetres, and whether the execution can hold its detail: the marks, the thin strokes, the small numbers.
- how many colours the name or the logo carries, and what can be done in a single thread colour.
- the turnaround and the price for embroidery in particular. Those depend on the work, and are not the published print price.
- and if the name is Arabic with its marks, ask to see a sample of the name before it is executed.
If you need the name embroidered, send us the details. The piece, the quantity, the name, and we will tell you how, and the details are agreed before you book. Send the details
Questions that come up
Does the printing cost extra on top of the piece?
No. The published price of a piece is its price with the design and the printing included. There is no extra charge for the name or for the design. the full price list
Can I see the name before it is printed?
Yes. You see it in the studio on the piece at its real size, and after the order is confirmed we call you to confirm the name once more before it is printed.
Can I print a logo or artwork instead of a name?
Yes. Upload the logo as an image in the studio, set its size and position, and choose its colour, or flatten it to one colour if that is what you want. If you have artwork in many colours, leave it in its colours.
What if the order is a whole class with different names?
Printing is what suits large numbers: every name is printed from one design, in the same font and colours, each name in its own place. If you are kitting out a class or a school, send us the quantity and the details and we will arrange the design and the delivery with you. whole-class orders
Which pieces can be printed on?
The stoles and the caps, and in a full set the gown as well. The detailed guide for each piece: a graduation stole with a name, a graduation cap with a name, a graduation gown with a name, a graduation set with a name.
Does the stage change the printing?
Yes. Nursery/KG stole only. Primary and preparatory full set (3 pieces). Secondary and university same pieces in school/faculty colours. The full guide is in one page: Graduation stage guides
Delivery and payment
We deliver to every governorate in Egypt (27 of them), and you pay upfront by Vodafone Cash or InstaPay. We start on your order as soon as the money arrives.
delivery across Egypt, the fees and the payment
Made in 24 to 48 hours from the confirmed order, and we call you to confirm the order and the name before anything is printed.