Re: Source for Single Line Egraving Fonts???

Hi Chris, Daniel,

I just reran cncfonts.exe again after copying it into a work directory,
in order to see WHAT fonts it supplies. It put two CNC engrave fonts
into my work directory, and after viewing the list of fonts in "fonts"
under control panel, Vector now sees them! DeskEngrave now sees them!
I'm a happy camper! Vector's cncfonts program obviously installed
them! I just found the "Install New Fonts" function you describe, Dumb
'ol windows thinks my Elven fonts are installed already. Wrong! But I
will go around and delete copies that windoz98 might see.

Daniel,
The two Vector fonts appear to be "single line" as you search for. Also
Stick40.

Now for my Elven fonts...

Alan KM6VV
P.S. Saw "lord of the Rings"! Great! Gotta read the books again!


Chris L wrote:

>
> I thought you always had to use the "Install New Fonts" option from the menu bar
> before they would show up anywhere.
> Sorry if this has been mentioned, I did not follow this thread too well. I have
> quite a few stick and line fonts with my SignLab but they are not ttf. I can
> create fonts from scratch too but not save them as ttf.
> What I do have I can engrave all day long untill I am Blue in the face ! I guess
> thats why I paid over $2k for this stuff.
> (no "exploding" them either!)
>
> Bummer I guess?
>
> Chris L
>
> Alan Marconett KM6VV wrote:
>
> > 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