From: Barry S. <che...@ch...> - 2009-12-09 22:09:15
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Brad Collette <br...@we...> skribis: > I'm a complete newbie to the world of type design so forgive me if I'm > asking a stupid question. > > I'm trying to use a homebuilt CNC router to engrave text in wood, foam, and > acrylic. The problem, of course is that the router cuts the outline of the > characters. What I'd prefer is for the router bit to follow the center line > of each part of the character. > > My limited understanding of fonts is that what I need is a stroked font. > Googling from that point brought be to fontforge and this list. Fontforge > seems to have a pretty steep learning curve and before I tackle it, I'd like > to know if I'm barking up the wrong tree. > > So, can fontforge do what I need, namely design (or better yet convert) > stroked fonts? Will the fonts be usable by other software like inkscape? > Are there tutorials to get me started? Are there already open/free fonts > available for download? Fontforge has stroking ability, but you might find that inkscape is easier to use for that. |