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Using Inkscape with Cutters/Plotters Make handwritten text for cnc plotter
  1. #1
    Idk_what_is_going_on Idk_what_is_going_on @Idk_what_is_going_on

    Hello! I want to make GCODE for handwritten text.

     

    I want to make something like this:

     

    https://i.imgur.com/02aJcWL.jpg

     

    But i got something like this:

     

    https://i.imgur.com/lxg7knY.jpg

     

    (my cnc just outlines the letter a few times, instead of drawing it 1 time)

     

    What i can to do?

  2. #2
    Martin Owens Martin Owens @doctormo🌹🧀

    I'm not sure if it's possible. You can make a single path that follows the handwriting, but it won't have thickness.

    If it were me, I'd hand craft the paths using the pen tool by tracing over the existing image of the handwriting.

  3. #3
    Windell Oskay Windell Oskay @oskay

    The text in the first image was indeed created by tracing over the text with a pencil-like tool (though in a different program).

  4. #4
    brynn brynn @brynn

    Welcome to the forum!

    I wonder if the centerline trace would help here?

    Generally, for this type of text, you would use something called Hershey text or Hershey fonts.  But it would not be custom handwriting.  It would be a script type of font.

    But centerline trace, which is a special kind of auto-tracing....if it would work in this situation (I'm not sure)....would trace the actual signature.

  5. #5
    Windell Oskay Windell Oskay @oskay

    Hershey Text is an adequate solution for converting text to stroke-based paths, but not for signatures and the like.

    Centerline tracing can work, but it will almost never give satisfactory results. For example, the letter "x" will be written by humans as two crossed strokes. Outline tracing it will result in a single outlined shape with four lobes. Centerline tracing *may* result in two crossed lines, but it could also result in  "<" + ">" or "V" + "Λ", as it does not have any intelligence about what the output is supposed to be.

  6. #6
    brynn brynn @brynn
    😀

    Thanks for clarifying for me 🙂

  7. #7
    Ellen Wasbø Ellen Wasbø @EllenWasbo
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    I've been creating my own single line fonts using inkscape. Here is also a bit information on regular fonts and single line fonts. http://cutlings.wasbo.net/designing-fonts/