theres a simple utility to generate stick font code in this file
http://www.luberth.com/plotter/Basicgcodesourceandexamples.zip
look for Text2cnc.bas
it could probably be translated to a script for use in Linux
Brian
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John Thornton wrote:
Jon,
Don't spend a lot of time trying to find this. I do it so rarely that if it
is handy
that would be cool if not that is ok too.
Well, it appears my Bobcad font is GONE! I still have the 5
letters I redid, but the main font file seems to be gone. If I
select the
On Friday 19 October 2007, ben lipkowitz wrote:
you could try autotrace with the -centerline option. it wouldn't give you
the z-depth for different widths with a conical cutter, but it might look
ok anyway.
Humm, when was that option added to truetypetracer? I've just been letting it
cut the
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for
generating toolpaths for making signs.
Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or
single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few
commercial packages that do this. We have been
Patrick Ferrick wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for
generating toolpaths for making signs.
http://timeguy.com/cradek/truetype
Regards,
John Kasunich
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At 01:45 PM 10/18/2007, you wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for
generating toolpaths for making signs.
Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or
single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few
commercial
you could try autotrace with the -centerline option. it wouldn't give you
the z-depth for different widths with a conical cutter, but it might look
ok anyway.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Patrick Ferrick wrote:
I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for
generating toolpaths
John Kasunich wrote:
Patrick Ferrick wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for
generating toolpaths for making signs.
http://timeguy.com/cradek/truetype
Well, at least the sample on the first page is not a stick
font. It has line width. For
Patrick Ferrick wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for
generating toolpaths for making signs.
Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a stick font or
single stroke font and I have found that there are quite a few
commercial
