Single line font

[Jam Laird]

Hi, i'm new to the forum and new to this software (I bought it on saturday) I am really happy with it but would love to know if anyone or anywhere has a single line font i can use.

I have got Stick 40 on the system but it's not really any good, I need something like Helvetica 1L or Gothic 1L

I am aware that these are available on V-carve but i just don't have the funds available yet to upgrade.

Any help or suggestions will be highly appreciated.

Regards

James

[capnl]

Hello James,

welcome to the forum and 'The Vectric Family'

take a look at
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/
my guess is that you can find more fonts then you have ever thought of

Have fun

Cheers
John

[Jam Laird]

Hi John, thanks for the quick reponse , I will go throught all the fonts later after work.

I will be upgrading to V-carve ASAP as I love this software.

Regards

James

[mezalick]

This was posted last year, it may help.

http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic. ... nts#p40915

http://www.ncplot.com/

[Jam Laird]

Thanks mezalick, that looks like it may do the job, I will experiment with it this evening and post my findings.

I'm very impressed with the amount of help available on this forum, thank you.

Regards

James

[bluumax]

There doesn't seem to be much out there for line fonts.
I think you have NCplot stick font http://www.ncplot.com/

tjskpvc Post subject: Re: Stick font
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:44 pm
I have used StickFont but found DeskEngrave to be easier to use.
Whatever works best for you - that's why Baskin-Robbins has 31 flavors!

DeskEngrave
http://www.deskam.com/products.htm

Both StickFont and DeskEngrave are FREE - so get both, while the price is right, and try them out.

From
http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic. ... stick+font

[Jam Laird]

Ok, so I have tried out ncplot, i'm not sure if i'm doing something wrong but I can only save the text with a "nc" type file extension which I can't open in Cut2D.

I have searched for hours on the internet but I just can't seem to find a single line font that I can download

Thanks to all for the help.

J

[dragonfinder1]

Good luck on your search for a single line font that will work in Cut2D. As far as I know, not many have found any that will work. One of the problems is that Cut2D doesn't like open vectors very well. When I want a line to appear as one line I have to make a rectangle .002" wide and close it.

As far as I can tell, there are no upgrades to Cut2D in the works. The upgrade to V Carve Pro is about $480 and that is what it is going to take to cut single line fonts. Not what you wanted to hear, but that is the reality of it.


Good luck on your search


Dave

[BrianM]

The problem for single line fonts is that the True Type font specification does not support open lines. True Type was designed as a font format for printing and all the outlines have to be closed vectors to meet the specification. The single line fonts supplied with VCarve Pro are a proprietary format we developed to allow use to support single line fonts. As far as I am aware there is no ‘standard’ file format for complex single line fonts which can include beziers, kerning tables etc in their definition.

Brian

[Jam Laird]

Cool, thanks everyone, I have found a Helvetica font which is closed vector and very thin so this will be ok for now (untill I can afford V-carve)

Just for information, I came across a company in germany called CNC plus and they sell a software cd with 17 true type single line fonts for £70 plus shipping but as I could not find any reviews or knew if it was compatible with Cut2D I thought the money would be better put aside for the upgrade.

Thanks again for all the help

J

[dragonfinder1]

Their web site shows 75 eu, that about $93 for us in the US. They might be worth that if they worked with Cut2D and Vcarve Pro. If you do decide to get them, please report back here.

Thanks

Dave

[Jam Laird]

Ok, if I get any more info or decide to buy it I will let you all know if it's any good.

Regards

J

[Paul A]

James,

Have a look at these.

http://www.featurecam.com/general/suppo ... _fonts.asp

[Jam Laird]

Wow, the Gothic one works very well, just a little bit of node editing needed but by far the best thing i've seen, I will be using this alot, thank you very much.

Regards

J

[dragonfinder1]

I found a place, http://www.digitaldesignware.com , that also has engraving fonts. They also have 17 fonts and I can't tell if they are the same. They also have one for DL and trial to see if it will work with your software. I did that and it will work with Cut2D, they are TT fonts. The down side is that it costs $104 US. So for my money I will get VCarve pro for an additional $376 US and get about 30 or so engraving fonts built in. It might be necessary to buy the fonts from digital design ware as well, but I'll wait and see.

Dave