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Leonard Martin Struttmann

Sun, Mar 26, 2023 5:42 PM

Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the uppercase
characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)?

I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are poorly
designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show up in the
font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use <UNCON__.FFT>" the
letters do not render correctly.

Are there any others that do minimal bridging?

If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like Ariel
and add the bridging manually.

Thanks!

Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the uppercase characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)? I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are poorly designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show up in the font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use <UNCON__.FFT>" the letters do not render correctly. Are there any others that do minimal bridging? If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like Ariel and add the bridging manually. Thanks!

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larry

Sun, Mar 26, 2023 8:53 PM

On Sun, 2023-03-26 at 12:42 -0500, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:

Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the
uppercase characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)?

I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are
poorly designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show
up in the font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use
<UNCON__.FFT>" the letters do not render correctly.

Are there any others that do minimal bridging?

If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like
Ariel and add the bridging manually.

So far, I have only located one, but it's not free.

https://www.myfonts.com/collections/stencil-allround-font-letterwerk

I think there's real need for such a font. If I needed one, I would
probably use a font editor that has the ability to modify an existing
font.

I'm going to check out FontForge.
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge

On Sun, 2023-03-26 at 12:42 -0500, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote: > Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the > uppercase characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)? > > I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are > poorly designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show > up in the font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use > <UNCON__.FFT>" the letters do not render correctly. > > Are there any others that do minimal bridging? > > If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like > Ariel and add the bridging manually. > So far, I have only located one, but it's not free. <https://www.myfonts.com/collections/stencil-allround-font-letterwerk> I think there's real need for such a font. If I needed one, I would probably use a font editor that has the ability to modify an existing font. I'm going to check out FontForge. <https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge>

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Leonard Martin Struttmann

Sun, Mar 26, 2023 9:07 PM

Ooo! That's an idea. I forgot about FontForge. It's been over 10 years
since I've used it (when I was still working!).

On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 3:54 PM larry lar3ry@sasktel.net wrote:

On Sun, 2023-03-26 at 12:42 -0500, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:

Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the
uppercase characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)?

I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are
poorly designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show
up in the font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use
<UNCON__.FFT>" the letters do not render correctly.

Are there any others that do minimal bridging?

If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like
Ariel and add the bridging manually.

So far, I have only located one, but it's not free.

https://www.myfonts.com/collections/stencil-allround-font-letterwerk

I think there's real need for such a font. If I needed one, I would
probably use a font editor that has the ability to modify an existing
font.

I'm going to check out FontForge.
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge

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Ooo! That's an idea. I forgot about FontForge. It's been over 10 years since I've used it (when I was still working!). On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 3:54 PM larry <lar3ry@sasktel.net> wrote: > On Sun, 2023-03-26 at 12:42 -0500, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote: > > Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the > > uppercase characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)? > > > > I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are > > poorly designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show > > up in the font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use > > <UNCON__.FFT>" the letters do not render correctly. > > > > Are there any others that do minimal bridging? > > > > If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like > > Ariel and add the bridging manually. > > > > So far, I have only located one, but it's not free. > > <https://www.myfonts.com/collections/stencil-allround-font-letterwerk> > > I think there's real need for such a font. If I needed one, I would > probably use a font editor that has the ability to modify an existing > font. > > I'm going to check out FontForge. > <https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge> > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >

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jeremy ardley

Sun, Mar 26, 2023 9:16 PM

On 27/3/23 04:53, larry wrote:

So far, I have only located one, but it's not free.

https://www.myfonts.com/collections/stencil-allround-font-letterwerk

I think there's real need for such a font. If I needed one, I would
probably use a font editor that has the ability to modify an existing
font.

I'm going to check out FontForge.
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge

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There is a free font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Allerta+Stencil

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Jeremy

On 27/3/23 04:53, larry wrote: > > So far, I have only located one, but it's not free. > > <https://www.myfonts.com/collections/stencil-allround-font-letterwerk> > > I think there's real need for such a font. If I needed one, I would > probably use a font editor that has the ability to modify an existing > font. > > I'm going to check out FontForge. > <https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge> > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email todiscuss-leave@lists.openscad.org There is a free font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Allerta+Stencil -- Jeremy

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Curt McDowell

Mon, Mar 27, 2023 6:59 AM

I've been winging it semi-automatically, just by striking a vertical
line through the center of affected characters, with decent results in
3D printing. To do this, I took an available third party font metrics
library and customized it a little.

Code is on Github here https://github.com/curtmcd/OpenSCAD_Lib; just
open stencil_text.scad to see a test demo.

module Stencil_Text(message, font, size, slit_width_pct=8) { ... }

Regards,
Curt

On 3/26/2023 10:42 AM, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:

Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the uppercase
characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)?

I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are
poorly designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show
up in the font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use
<UNCON__.FFT>" the letters do not render correctly.

Are there any others that do minimal bridging?

If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like
Ariel and add the bridging manually.

Thanks!

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I've been winging it semi-automatically, just by striking a vertical line through the center of affected characters, with decent results in 3D printing. To do this, I took an available third party font metrics library and customized it a little. Code is on Github here <https://github.com/curtmcd/OpenSCAD_Lib>; just open stencil_text.scad to see a test demo. module Stencil_Text(message, font, size, slit_width_pct=8) { ... } Regards, Curt On 3/26/2023 10:42 AM, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote: > Does anyone know of a TTF stencil font that only bridges the uppercase > characters that need bridging (A, B, D, O, P, Q, and R)? > > I've already tried the font UNCONFORM/UNCONFORM ROUND but they are > poorly designed and do not play well with OpenSCAD. They do not show > up in the font list. If I explicitly call it out by using "use > <UNCON__.FFT>" the letters do not render correctly. > > Are there any others that do minimal bridging? > > If not, I guess that my workaround will be to just use something like > Ariel and add the bridging manually. > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email todiscuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

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