![]() To solve this issue, I have written an Inkscape extension (Attached, a 70 kB ZIP file) that allows the user to render simple text strings, using one of several Hershey-designed (public domain) engraving fonts. Preparing toolpaths for creating text with an extrusion-based 2D or 3D fabricator Preparing graphics a printed circuit board with minimum trace width requirementsĨ. Preparing a file to be drawn by a pen plotterħ. Preparing a file to be engraved by a rotary engraving toolĦ. Preparing a file to be milled by a CNC routerĥ. Preparing a file to be fed to a paper or vinyl cutterĤ. Preparing a file to be fed to an embroidery machineģ. Preparing a file to be printed on a vector-mode laser engraverĢ. Here are some examples cases (and, just ones that I have personally come across!) where lack of engraving fonts support is an inconvenience in Inkscape:ġ. The fabrication tool resolution is non-negligible, so that the stroke width is an important part of the character shape ![]() ![]() The fabrication time depends on the total path length (e.g., pen plotter, vinyl cutter, milling machine)Ģ. Engraving fonts are ones where the visible portion of any given character is the *stroke*, not the *fill*.Įngraving fonts are commonly used when producing text-containing files that will eventually be fed to fabrication tools, when either of the following two conditions is true:ġ. ![]() ![]() Inkscape does not presently support single-stroke or other stroke-based fonts, also known as engraving fonts. ![]()
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