Getting the Right Logo Size

Posted by Tim Geiger on September 10, 2009 under apparel, embroidery, screen printing | Be the First to Comment

When designing your logo to be printed on a shirt, one of the hardest questions to answer is what size you would like your logo.  Most chest size and sleeve logos are 3 to 4 inches wide.  Full front and full back logos can be 9 to 12 inches wide.  The size you choose depends on your logo and the product it is going on. 

A great way to help visualize the size is to print your design to the size you think you might want the final version to be.  If you cannot print that big, use a photocopier to enlarge to the desired size.  You can even enlarge a business card size logo to 12 inches wide through several enlargement cycles.  If the design has to be larger than the output paper then enlarge and print portions onto 2 or more sheets.  You can cut out the appropriate parts and tape them together.  Once you have a reasonable representation of the logo at the desired size, place it on the garment and see what you think.

Going through this process, and then viewing against the garment, will give you a good feel for whether the size you chose is appropriate.  If you like the results, great!  If you don’t, then try a different size.  This is much smarter than creating a run of t-shirts or golf shirts and then deciding that your logo should have been a different size.

Here some examples of silk screen t-shirts and embroidered polo shirts that would be great with a logo.