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I'm using single line fonts (CamBam and OrachTech) on the Mac and I can use them without problems in other applications. But when I use them in Fusion they show up as normal outline fonts. How to fix that?
Thanks for posting! I tested out the CamBam font today, as well as a single-line CNC vector font, and found that neither was shown accurately or exploded as a single line font in Fusion when I tested on my Mac. They did explode as single line fonts, however, on my PC.
Because of this inconsistency, I have logged a report (FUS-32414) with our development team to look further into this issue. We are aware of the current limitations when working with text in Fusion 360 and will be looking at improving text in Fusion in a future update.
In the meantime, the easiest workaround (if you do not have access to a Windows machine) would be to use an Engraving toolpath, which will use a single line/pass for cutting the letters whether or not the text is exploded. Why would you prefer to not do so? The other option, for now, could be to draw centerlines in the outline fonts and use the manually sketched entities to drive your CAM toolpaths.
For what it's worth I was using the CAMWorks font that came with our old CAM software and it failed to explode. I can send it to you if that would be helpful. My own experiences with it are not optimal and I have found minor discrepancies in its geometry in SolidWorks.
Is there an update to this issue? I've tried a number of different ways to engrave text, trace text, mill text. None of them are working, despite finding some excellent tutorial this continues to be a pain in the bum and I've not found a work around that is consistent.
I believe if a line is defined as a single line in Inkscape it should be brought into Fusion as a single line - the information should be maintained in the SVG. It may be something particular to the font you are using in Inkscape - is the font showing up as a single line there?
I did find this video today, which may help you get single line fonts out of Inkscape. Hopefully this helps! I would think that Inkscape may also not be seeing the CAMBAM font as a truly single line font. If this does not work, feel free to share the SVG file from Inkscape with me (by attaching it to this forum thread) - I am happy to have a look.
I've been thinking of trying some of the single line fonts from One Line Fonts, Has anyone tried them in Fusion 360? How about on the mac? The regular weighted fonts are designed at 1/4" in height with 1/32" (.032") milling tool. When using different heights you simply adjust the tool size accordingly. This sounds like exactly what we all need.
At the risk of being OT... I download the sample font from
onelinefonts.com and tried the three included versions. The OC version looks promising but some of the letters miss segments on the trace. Further research revealed that some adjustments may need to be made to the software for the font to work correctly.
3. OC- The 'OC' format for open curve uses bezier curves & traces only once. It requires that the software provider make a simple adjustment to ensure that the 'OC' font files are rendered correctly. Enroute 6, FeatureCAM 2014, Make the Cut, Rhinoceros, Solid Edge ST9, SolidWorks 2014, Visualmill, Text Sketcher, WoodWOP2014, Hundegger, & Impact currently have a "single line font" feature that will correctly draw this font format.
Justin from OLF reached out via email. I was mistaken, the font I was using was the universal, not the OC. Too many fonts for my brain. In any case he wanted a pic of the letters ABCDabcd123 for reference. Maybe this can get dialog open. I was amazed how quickly he responded to my query.
Now here is the rub. The universal font appears to post a whole bunch of segments rather than arcs, but if I understand the OC version correctly that would be corrected if the fonts were made native. I've attached my g-code for reference.
Yeah, thinking it's a TTF issue. I've tried, using FontForge, to make a single line font to keep cutter from jumping around in toolpath with no success. I think TTF always assumes block characters (likely why the CamBam font fills holes in letter/numbers) and likely why the SVG text files are working for others and not TTF text.
At very least, Autodesk has a feature called, "Overkill" in other software that finds duplicate items and removes. Can y'all at least add that? I've attached my model. Check out the CAM toolpaths on my model to see why this is a problem for machining. I didn't 'clean' the first Trace operation toolpaths. I cleaned (removed double entities) the second toolpath.
Any progress on this issue? I have just come over from another platform and am pretty disappointed in the inserting text abilities. I make panels that require engraving, the text needs to be centre justified above cutouts etc and then single line engraved. I used to do this with the CAMworks font, but as mentioned earlier in this thread it does not show up, nor does there seem to be a quick way to place text properly. Any ideas?
In order to improve the performance of redisplay, you could take allthe ligature patterns that start with the same character, and useregexp-opt to produce one regular expression matching all of them, ie use
Per the upstream Fira Code instructions, you have to install the Fira Code Symbol font to use the mechanism being used here. The Fira Code Symbol font is a separate font that has the Fira Code ligatures, but puts them as regular characters in the font so that Emacs can access them. (You may note that the original Fira Code example referred to "Fira Code Symbol" rather than "Fira Code" in the set-fontset-font call.) Without that font, this mechanism won't work.
If somebody does create one, you'll need to make sure that the constant base that you use (#X10001 in your post), and the order of the elements of jetbrains-ligature-mode--ligatures, both match the (theoretical future) JetBrains Mono Symbol font.
RandomWiki BB 10001 was created during a type design initiation workshop given by Lucas Descroix (Bonjour Monde) in February 2023. In order to get an interesting conceptual distance the students first gathered words and images, then explored abstract rhythms by hand.
Utilizing the different weights of your typeface is a good way to provide variety without overdoing it. Weights are the various thicknesses available within a typeface, such as thin, light, Roman, bold, extra bold, etc.
Back in the letterpress days, typesetters chose individual typefaces and letters and manually spaced them out to best suit the reader and the final output. Now, we can code these choices right into our websites, but many of the same best practices still abide.
This option is the easiest to set up and guarantees the fastest and least disruptive method for loading fonts. Tahoma and Garamond make for a good sans-serif and serif combination while providing a break from the Arial + Times combo.
With this approach, you can load the fonts into your theme directly, but there is a chance for some slowdown. Chrome and other browsers introduced font fallbacks, but when that fallback font is swapped with your Google Font, cumulative layout shift can occur.
Typeface offers a very flexible and easy to use tagging system that lets you keep even the largest font libraries under control. Nest tags, combine tags, invert tags and filter tags; spend less time searching, more designing.
The new Multi Tagging panel allows you to attach multiple tags (to multiple fonts) at once, fully keyboard-controllable with fast fuzzy search. Neatly organising your fonts will be an absolute breeze.
So how do we ensure that we are using the proper fonts to support our marketing messages? To understand how to use typography, we must first have a clear understanding of how typefaces are perceived by society. Type falls into three overarching categories: serifs, san-serifs and scripts. Below is a brief definition of each typeface, an explanation of each font categories perception, and a few of my favorite typefaces.
This refers to a small line tailing from the edge of each one of the letters. Fonts like Times New Roman have short projections at the top and the bottom on each character; these short projections are the serifs.
Once you have answered these questions you can effectively assign a font family that supports your overall communication goal. Remember that the typography you choose, the font weight you select, and the color that you assign can either support or detract from the message you are trying to communicate. So choose your typography elements wisely for your next piece of marketing collateral.
For the second half of this post I interviewed a close friend, designer, and talented typographer Jordan Fretz. In his current role Jordan develops logo concepts and typography designs for clients of Jackson Marketing Group. Recently I sat down with Jordan to discuss the typography creation process as it pertained to a motorsports logo that he created for Jackson Marketing Group. Below are the contents of the interview:
Fretz: As I was working on the typography for the logo, I was trying to think through common elements that would resonate with the motorsports enthusiast crowd. Things like engines, tires, and apparel. Then I stumbled upon the idea of using a racing helmet for the typography.
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