How do I prepare a logo for vinyl cutting or a sign?

Updated on 11 October 2026

Drop the logo into the Homotope workshop, pick Logo or Black and white with one colour per vinyl, enter the real width of the piece in “Drawing width (mm)”, run “Ready for cutting?” at your blade diameter, then download the DXF at that width, or the SVG.

JPG · 900 × 640 px

Engine SVG

900 × 640 px noisy compressed JPEG logo and the SVG produced by the engine, Logo preset, “Number of colours” set to 5, untouched: the JPEG noise and blocks are gone, the ring stays a circle and the small capitals stay legible.

×6 detail: the handle of the cup: a closed counter, ready to weed without tearing. Drag the slider to compare; hover over the image or hold your finger on it to move the magnifier.

Try it with your image Open this example in the workshop

Steps

Drop the PNG or JPG into the workshop.
Logo for a colour logo, Black and white for single-colour lettering; in “Advanced”, “Number of colours” is your number of vinyls.
Check the “Mode” under “Advanced” › “Export”: “cut”, each colour as closed shapes that meet without overlapping.
In Export, choose DXF and enter “Drawing width (mm)” (200 by default): it is the real width of the file, and of the check.
Open “Ready for cutting?”: “Tool diameter (mm)” to your blade (0.2 by default), “Minimum island (mm²)” (1 by default).
Download the DXF, one layer per colour, or the SVG, to scale in the plotter software.

Nothing leaves your computer: see vectorize without uploading.

What the check sees at the real width

The check reads the DXF at the size of the piece (“At this scale, 1 px = … mm”): a logo that works on a shop window can break on a sticker. It flags, grouped by type:

blocking: open contours, overlaps, self-intersections, double cuts;
to check: details finer than the blade (a serif, the dot of an i), tiny islands lost while weeding, contours overloaded with nodes.

A click shows the point on the preview. “Simplify for cutting” removes the islands and reduces the nodes in a separate DXF: the workshop result does not change.

Signs, shop windows, vehicles

For letters cut out of a panel, see lettering to DXF for a plotter or CNC; for a printed banner, enlarging a logo without quality loss. On a Cricut or Silhouette, the Cricut guide covers the import.

Production exports (DXF, EPS, PDF, separations): 2 free per month with an account, unlimited with Pro; without Pro, 1 credit each beyond those 2. A new account gets unlimited production exports for 7 days, once. The preview and the “Ready for cutting?” check are free; the conversion runs in your browser and the server only counts the export. The details: how much vectorizing costs.

Every cutting trade: the production page.

Frequently asked questions

Which width should I enter?

The real width of the piece, in millimetres: the vinyl on the window or the sign. The DXF is written at that width and the check measures details at that scale.

Is “Ready for cutting?” paid?

No, the check is free. Only “Simplify for cutting”, which writes a separate DXF, counts as a production export.

What do I do with a “Detail too fine”?

It is a strip narrower than the blade: it tears while weeding. Enlarge the piece, thicken the line or use a finer blade.

SVG or DXF?

The SVG is free, except transparent background and recolouring (Pro); the DXF, at the real width and one layer per colour, is a production export. Use the one your plotter software reads.

Guides and conversions

Try it with your image