Font for Laser cutting
Font for Laser cutting
(OP)
Can anyone point me in the direction of a font I can import to windows that we can laser cut. The font letter has to be a continous double line start to end. i.e the letter O would need a break in it (much like the letter C but almost closed) otherwise the centre would just fall out upon cutting. Any suggestions people?





RE: Font for Laser cutting
Nice link for you:
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/stencil_fonts.html
there are a lot of stencil-fonts here
Regards,
Pekelder
RE: Font for Laser cutting
You may want to find someone who is a wiz at Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator has utilities that allow one to turn fonts into geometry and extract the outlines. These can then be exported as DXF. I've had this done before.
RE: Font for Laser cutting
RE: Font for Laser cutting
Or create your onw in CAD then process to G-codes. There are programs out there, maybe like MillWizard, ArtCAM or Cielle.
A guy at our factory created a font converter, but only for a select few fonts. Draw them up in CAD and process them.
Cameron Anderson - Sales & Applications Engineer
Aerotech, Inc. - www.aerotech.com
"Dedicated to the Science of Motion"
RE: Font for Laser cutting
I've found some that's usfull already from the http://simplythebest.net/fonts/stencil_fonts.html site that
Pekelder suggested.
Still always usefull to find others to add to the collection I'll have a look at myfonts.com thank very much.
RE: Font for Laser cutting
I don't have the luxury of a laser, I've go to use plain 'ole propane which obviously limits my minimum thickness which is why I have to modify the radius. If it's too small or the cuts are too close, the ends fuse together...Mike
RE: Font for Laser cutting
RE: Font for Laser cutting