Text to DST Generator
Turn a word into a machine-ready DST embroidery file. Type your text, set the height, and download a clean single-color running-stitch design — free and instant.
Your generated design will preview here.
How it works
Text to embroidery in 3 steps
Type your text
Enter a short word and choose the height in millimeters.
Generate the DST
We trace each letter's outline into evenly spaced running stitches.
Preview & download
Check the preview, stitch count and size, then download the .dst file.
Features
A simple, honest lettering tool
Type and stitch
Enter any short word and get a clean single-color running-stitch outline of the letters, traced from the font glyphs.
Exact size in mm
Set the text height in millimeters and the design scales automatically, preserving the letter proportions.
Instant & free
Generation is deterministic and runs in milliseconds — no AI, no login, no waiting. Download the .dst straight away.
Preview before you stitch
See a true-to-thread preview, stitch count and exact size right here before sending the file to your machine.
Text to DST questions
It converts a short text string into a machine-ready DST embroidery file. Each letter is rendered as a single-color running stitch that traces the outline of the glyph, scaled to the height you choose.
Yes. Generating and downloading a DST from text is completely free and does not require an account.
Version 1 produces a single-color running stitch that follows each letter's outline. It does not yet create satin columns or fills — those are on the roadmap.
Enter the visual text height in millimeters. The design scales uniformly to match that height while preserving the aspect ratio of the letters.
Yes. The output uses the standard DST orientation, so it renders upright in the EmbroidAI viewer, in other embroidery software, and on the machine.
Yes. DST is the most widely supported embroidery format, so the downloaded file works with virtually any commercial or home embroidery machine and design program.
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