Most production logos are a mix: running stitches for travel and fine detail, satins for letters and borders, fills for larger areas.
Run stitch (walking stitch)
A run is a single line of stitches. It outlines, travels, and handles detail that is too thin for a satin. Bean (triple run) thickens a line without turning it into a column. Fine veins, small underlines, and placement lines in applique are runs.
If a logo’s “stroke” is thinner than a legal satin, Amazing Punch converts it to a run or bean instead of a hairy satin that will collapse.
Satin stitch
Satin columns are the gloss on letters, borders, and badges. They need a minimum width to look like satin and a maximum width before they snag or look loose. That window is why tiny type cannot be “just a smaller satin.”
Pull compensation lives here. Columns that look perfect on screen sew skinny on pique unless the punch adds width. Caps and shirts get different satin maps.
Fill stitch (tatami)
Fills cover area: mascot bodies, big badge interiors, jacket-back fields. Stitch angle and density decide whether the fill looks even or shows a moiré. Large fills on stretch fabric are where puckering starts — applique or a lighter density is often the production answer.
Amazing Punch does not auto-fill a whole logo at one angle. Objects get angles that support the shape and hide travel. That is stitch type as architecture, not as a software default.
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