embroidery looks diffrent from file

[balloonguy]

Hi guys,
I am pretty new to embroidery. I have my digitizing done at https://www.digitizingusa.com/. The machine is an avance 1501c from coldesi. I have been happy with both companies and the support they offer. I am stuck on this on this one though. The letters on the actual shirt team 365, dry fit look very different froom the file on screen. I have tried more higher and lower tension on both the thread and the bobbin. I have gone in different speeds from 500 - 750. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I can make this look better?
Thanks.

[zanegun08]

I think that looks fine for embroidery, but I think a lot of embroidery just looks "fine"

Tech shirts with lots of text always just look fine, if you want it sharper do it as screen print or transfers.

But with that aside, if your machine has sway or swing (stitch compensation) to make it sew thinner I think that could be helpful

Also saw this post just today https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-lXt5uOTs/ that illustrates using the same digitizing and a different needle, so could try a smaller needle as I think if the text looked less bold then would get better results.

I had similar problems a while ago where the digitizer sew outs was way thinner than the ones we would do, and it was the compensation setting at the machine level that made the difference.  I'm sure it could be compensated for in the actual digitizing as well.  But thinner needle could be what could make the difference.

[balloonguy]

I will try a smaller needle. I think the smallest I have is 75…I may order some 55 to try them out.
Thanks for the idea.

[Homer]

those shirts blow to sew. Smaller needle, like a 9, and double your backer.

[balloonguy]

okay- 55’s came in today. I think it looks a little better but Iam getting thread breaks every 100 stitches or so. Am I supposed to adjust other settings to use these smaller needles.
Thanks again.