I would like to try to make some single line fonts. I use some of the existing fonts out there for engraving on a CNC router, and I’m just not totally satisfied with any of them. In particular, I’d like to try to make a font comprised entirely of lines and arcs, to get an efficient and legible lab…

[image] Max3: can anyone recommend a program that isn’t part of the Adobe universe that I can use to make single line fonts? I’ve used FontForge before. It’s open-source, cross-platform and free. Font design is a tedious task though! I don’t know if you’re aware of this but Rhino 7 already c…

Hi Max, I had a go at this a while back using Fontlab, but relied on a loophole that allowed the creation of fonts with unclosed curves. An upgrade closed the loophole (and the curves!). It proved to be a frustrating quest and in the end I got too busy to reach a successful conclusion. There’s som…

Hi Jeremy - [image] jeremy5: Memory may fail me, but I seem to recall that it will be necessary to work with McNeel to include your single line font in a list of such within the configuration of Rhino. I’m not sure what you mean by that. Rhino will use fonts that are installed in Windows. -…

Here’s where to get a springloaded pen holder that just chucks straight into a CNC collet. https://cosmos-industrial.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=30&zenid=lmvmrpjvlb2emcl6nfbitpbja7

I know about the Rhino single line font, I have the MecSoft font, too. They’re both useful for labeling, I just wanted something that’s all lines and arcs for that purpose. There’s a 100% straight lines font built into the Grasshopper Ngons plugin, too.

Hi Max, I run into the same thing as my cutter only uses vector and I have to explode all the fonts I cut. I think the best bet is to forgot about a font and just build a library of curves/alphabet and save as a file or a block(if block explode on import to get your letters). I know it sucks labe…

I use this in Rhino 7 Windows: [image] New beta plug-in for fabrication friendly font geometry Rhino for Windows Dear All, I’ve been working on a code library that is aimed at generating 2D font geometry suitable for milling and cutting processes. The first ve…

How to create single line fonts from scratch?

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jeremy5 (Jeremy) October 10, 2021, 12:54pm 5

Hi Wim,

See Font and Single Line Font Requests - #6 by stevebaer

Regards
Jeremy

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How to create single line fonts from scratch?

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