You bought beautiful embroidery alphabets. Now they’re tucked inside ZIP files and download folders, and remembering what you own means opening them one by one.
Let Unzip2Stitch catalog your supported alphabets and show them in a free visual font library—automatically.
See the lettering. Browse available sizes. Check the characters. Choose what you want to use without manually mapping each letter to a keyboard key.
From download folders to fonts you can see
A folder name can tell you which alphabet you purchased. It doesn’t always remind you what the letters look like or which sizes came with it.
Unzip2Stitch brings supported alphabets into a visual library, with previews of their actual lettering and information about available sizes and characters.
See what you own before buying it again.
Your original files stay where you keep them. Unzip2Stitch catalogs them; it does not move, rename, or upload them.
Does my alphabet need a BX file?
No. Unzip2Stitch types with supported stitch-file alphabets, such as individual PES, JEF or DST letter files.
Your alphabet can come from any digitizer, regardless of which digitizing software created it, provided it is supplied in a supported stitch-file format.
Unzip2Stitch automatically recognizes supported alphabets and groups their letters and available sizes. You don’t need the digitizer to make a BX package, and you don’t need to assign each letter yourself.
If your purchase includes both BX and individual stitch files, use the supported stitch-file version.
Unzip2Stitch can catalog BX files, but it cannot use BX files for typing.
Find designs and fonts without leaving your artboard
Once you’re creating a project, you can reach your designs and alphabets in two ways:
- Use the Design and Text tools on the left side of Creatorspace.
- Use the floating Designs / Fonts menu.
Search for a design from within the artboard. If you don’t remember its name, select Open my Library to browse visually.
Choose an alphabet, type your name, and see how it looks alongside your design. Browse different letterforms without opening separate alphabet folders.
Choose a size your digitizer supplied
Embroidery lettering is made of stitches. Its size affects how those stitches sew.
Choose from the alphabet sizes supplied and tested by your digitizer, following their guidance for the intended stitch results. Unzip2Stitch shows the available sizes so you can choose one that suits your project.
Check that the complete layout fits your hoop’s stitch field, including the lettering.
Adjust the space between letters
A name may look better with a little more room between its letters—or a little less.
Use the letter-spacing control to adjust the spacing while viewing your project. You can also select Reset to the font’s own spacing to return to the original setting.
Prepare your production sheet
When your layout is ready, the production sheet gives you a reference to keep beside your machine.
Review the design preview, dimensions, stitch count, colors, and hoop information. Follow the color-by-color sequence to see what stitches next and prepare your threads.
Print the sheet or save it as a PDF. Test the project on comparable fabric and stabilizer before stitching your finished item.
What’s free, and when do I need the full studio?
The Free Lettering Edition gives you the visual font library and typing with supported stitch-file alphabets.
The Full Unzip2Stitch Studio lets you combine lettering with an existing embroidery design and prepare the complete project, as shown in the fish-and-Jonny example.
Your designs and alphabets are purchased separately from their creators.
Want to follow a complete project? See how to add a name to an embroidery design.
Your fonts. Your choice. More possibilities with what you already own.