Bas Vellekoop Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) The title says it all Working on a ring that is going to be laser-cut. On the ring i want to put some text. The fonts I use all have double lines, so it is twice the cost. Anybody knows a font thats free, single line, and works well with text along path? Edited March 10, 2017 by Bas Vellekoop Quote Link to comment
0 rDesign Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) @Bas Vellekoop- a quick Google search for "engraving fonts single line" or "single stroke fonts free" brings up several options. Here is a link to one of the search results. HTH. Edited March 10, 2017 by rDesign Quote Link to comment
0 Bas Vellekoop Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 yeah I know, but using it in text along path and then converting it to a polygon makes it double lined. I tried to convert it to lines or 'ungrouping' it but this is not allowed. Quote Link to comment
0 ford519 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 did you ever find anything? some fonts here... http://imajeenyus.com/computer/20150110_single_line_fonts/index.shtml the guys says that he uses Rhino, so maybe switch to Rhino for the project Quote Link to comment
0 RDS Casa Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Hello, was a easy solution to this found? This by @DomC is fantastic, and has tons of uses beyond the one shown here, but also it does seem a medium complicated solution to a simple problem. Did anyone find a single line font that does convert to single lines not double lines? All the ones I have tried are result in double. Thanks Quote Link to comment
0 DomC Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Hello If you have a Truetype Font, it has always two curves. Even it it called single line font. So direct converting a truetype font will result in two curves. What you could do, is to produce a font map like the above script in a software which integrates real vector fonts and export it to dxf/dwg. Import it in Vectorworks and modify it to the structure the marionette script needs to catch the characters. I use that for exporting it to my little milling machine. Edited December 21, 2018 by DomC 1 Quote Link to comment
0 RDS Casa Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Thanks, this is exactly what I need it for, sending to milling for part identification. Quote Link to comment
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Bas Vellekoop
The title says it all
Working on a ring that is going to be laser-cut. On the ring i want to put some text.
The fonts I use all have double lines, so it is twice the cost.
Anybody knows a font thats free, single line, and works well with text along path?
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