just began using this embroidery program and am curious as to whether or not you can create text yourself. You know, like custom text I suppose. I'd like to be able to draw in my own text.

Are you looking to create your own fonts?  There is a function in Sierra Embroidery Office called Lettering that will make fonts out of designs you create.  It is standard in ART-80 and optional in other digitizing levels.  Can you tell me the software version and level that you are using?

 

I am digitizing a school logo that includes a cowboy on horseback with a giant M in the middle of it.  The cowboy and horse have no detail, it's just a filled in outline, one color.  Should I put some type of border around the fill stitch area?  It would have to be small (thin) so it's not really detectable so it would match their picture.  I just think that a fill stitch would look better with a little border but I'm not sure what is the norm.  What do you guys normally do with your fill stitch areas?

Thanks,