Thanks for the pointers.
Jim Combs
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> I have built up a router table with XYZ motion stages. My intent is to
> produce wood and
> Corian type signs. I have EMC driving steppers via a 1284 parallel port.
> It's working
> out very well. Now I am looking for fonts in the form of G code. Does
> anyone know of any?
>
> I have code to resize and move the G code to fit the work piece but I
have
> yet to
> find anything that would allow me to rip a True Type font into G-Code or
> just a source
> of G code fonts.
>
> I am trying to avoid purchasing an expensive CAD package just to have the
> ability to
> generate signs. Maybe there is a CAD for Ubuntu?
I have used Bobcad for this. Even an old version will work
fine. It can take any True-Type font on your system and use
that. I hacked up their internal vector font to clean up a
couple rough characters, but if you want filled-in fonts, the
True-Type ones work nice, they just take longer.
Jon
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