Fonts with uniform-width lines for small signs?
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Fonts with uniform-width lines for small signs?
I need fonts with uniform-width lines and curves for small signs with text height smaller than 1-1/2 inches. Even the Arial font has variable-width lines and curves such as letters a, b, d, g, h, m, n, etc. The curves are thinner where they join straight lines so the 1/8-inch diameter router bit can't cut all the way around the letter and there are gaps between lines and curves. The black lines in the image show where the lines and curves are thinner in the letter "a".
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You could set font to single line font, and cut using profile, On .... I think this should work fine . you could try google single line fonts to find more to add to the fonts file (C:\WINDOWS\Fonts)
this won't necessarily give you equal width but will enable you to cut with 1/8th inch bit .
good luck hope this helps ... Just noticed this is in Cut2d .. I do not know if it has these options This is how I would do it with VCP , hopefully you can do the same ...
this won't necessarily give you equal width but will enable you to cut with 1/8th inch bit .
good luck hope this helps ... Just noticed this is in Cut2d .. I do not know if it has these options This is how I would do it with VCP , hopefully you can do the same ...
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Hello Jeff,
I think you will have a hard time finding a perfect fit with fonts, and I find I usually have to do some editing to make them workable. Even using double line fonts by making them into single line fonts can be done but it gets time intensive. I hope you get a reply with a quicker work around or some fonts that solve the problem, but I would think if not you may just have to make the sign layout and do some node editing to enable using the same toolbit on all the letters. If there is a better way someone will post it here, and we will be watching.
I think you will have a hard time finding a perfect fit with fonts, and I find I usually have to do some editing to make them workable. Even using double line fonts by making them into single line fonts can be done but it gets time intensive. I hope you get a reply with a quicker work around or some fonts that solve the problem, but I would think if not you may just have to make the sign layout and do some node editing to enable using the same toolbit on all the letters. If there is a better way someone will post it here, and we will be watching.
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Hello Jeff,
I f you are trying to pocket cut text that is smaller than your bit diameter Cut2D will only cut the part of the text that it will fit into. I have done small signs with text 1 inch tall such as arial font; ended up cutting on the line with a small end mill (0.05") then cleaning what was left by hand. (small chisels and sanding) If you are going smaller and need micro bits I would suggest checking out this site - www.bitsbits.net - they are inexpensive and wide range of sizes and types.
I hope this info helps,
Happy Cutting!
I f you are trying to pocket cut text that is smaller than your bit diameter Cut2D will only cut the part of the text that it will fit into. I have done small signs with text 1 inch tall such as arial font; ended up cutting on the line with a small end mill (0.05") then cleaning what was left by hand. (small chisels and sanding) If you are going smaller and need micro bits I would suggest checking out this site - www.bitsbits.net - they are inexpensive and wide range of sizes and types.
I hope this info helps,
Happy Cutting!
HAPPY CUTTING
Mike
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Hi Tony,
We mainly do profile cutting all the way through and mainly in alloy so we can't really go smaller than 3mm or 1/8 inch diameter profile tools, so rather than node editing each letter in Vcarve we found it quicker just to offset the letters which sometimes only requires a 0.25mm - 0.5mm offset to let the tool fit in.
Just love the Vcarve software though, my wife who is not that computer literate managed to work it out in a matter of hours to be able to give customers quotes with the image generated by Vcarve.
Neil
We mainly do profile cutting all the way through and mainly in alloy so we can't really go smaller than 3mm or 1/8 inch diameter profile tools, so rather than node editing each letter in Vcarve we found it quicker just to offset the letters which sometimes only requires a 0.25mm - 0.5mm offset to let the tool fit in.
Just love the Vcarve software though, my wife who is not that computer literate managed to work it out in a matter of hours to be able to give customers quotes with the image generated by Vcarve.
Neil