Embroidery adds thread on top of the leather. It gives you colour, fine detail and small type, and it holds up well on the wrist patch and the thumb. The cost scales with stitch count and the number of thread colours.
Embossing presses the logo into the leather with a heated die. There is no added material, so the mark wears with the glove and reads as part of the hide — a good match for premium lines and single-colour brands.
For most programs the answer is both: emboss the primary mark where the leather is firm, and embroider the secondary mark or player name where the leather flexes.
Whichever route you choose, send vector artwork and confirm the die or the stitch file before production. That single step prevents most of the sample rounds that eat into a launch schedule.
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