Re: Source for Single Line Egraving Fonts???

Hi Randy,

Thanks, I've had no problems using the free DeskEngrave (thanks Carl) to
generate Gcode for text. What I'm having problems with is getting my
new Vector CNC fonts and two Elven fonts to be recognized by ANY app I
have!

I can see other recent fonts, including stick40 and some Solid Edge ANSI
and ISO fonts.

Best Regards, and Happy New Year!

Alan KM6VV


Randy Gordon-Gilmore wrote:

>
> At 01:37 PM 12/31/01 -0800, Alan Marconett KM6VV wrote:
>
> >them! I have DeskEngrave, but it doesn't see them! I put them in with
> >other fonts I've found under winows/system and windows/fonts, but they
>
> Well, I'm using Win98 and just copied the .ttf files into the
> \windows\fonts directory to install them. First in DeskEngrave you need to
> to into Create - Set Parameters and set your depth, feed, Z clear height
> and most importantly Dec. Places (otherwise there aren't any coordinates in
> the G-code. Then it's Create - Select Font (it doesn't matter what point
> size you choose) and then set the height in the box in the main window, set
> Origin X and Origin Y (the bottom center of the text when Alignment - Cen
> is chosen) type the numeral in "Enter Text Here" and then to File - Save as
> G-Code. Then into the text editor to tweak it. I keep DeskEngrave open
> because it gives a scaled preview of the cutter path starting from 0,0 and
> that gives me a clue of how it plans to cut (digs and all--once it puts the
> cutter down it doesn't lift it until each letter/nubmer is done, expecting
> a "normal" outlined TrueType font.)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy