Single line lettering/writing possible?

Is it possible to cut lettering as just a single line instead of an outline of the letter? Basically kerf width letterring. This would be very useful for a small signature.

 

You would need to find a font that matches what you are looking for, which would be a line font, or if your doing a signature you could take an image of it and import it in and vectorize it.

 

Anyone know of a "line" font? Im surprised cad would know it's a line font and not try to outline it with a tool path.

 

You would use an online toolpath for it

 

Ah. That's the answer. Thanks! Never used anything but male tool path.

 

Can you import new fonts into cadlite? The install fonts window appears to be somewhat locked for looking in other folders for other fonts.

 

It will be limited on what types of fonts you can install/import to it.

 

Signtorch has a stick font single line font that I use often. It's cheap and easy to use.
Online tool path !

Larry Cameron
RusticMetalArt
NZ

 

Thanks. Would you happen to have a link?

 

http://www.signtorch.com/store/dxf-stick-font-1
THIS SHOULD GET YOU THERE
Larry Cameron
NZ

 

If you have TM CAD you can use any font. All you have to do is type your word then go to the scan tools and select center line.
Then delete the letters and you have a line font. Select the lines and create an online tool path and your golden.

 

Wish I could do that. I have cadlite.

 

Download any true type font you want www.dafont.com is what I use then go to File tab, then install, then install fonts

 

Do you have cadlite? My install fonts menu is very limited at best. I can't even change the "look in" folder. It's locked. When I click "search now" the fonts I have in a folder on my desktop are not listed.

 

Ya I do have Cadlite, when you do those commands then hit search now, it should pull up all the fonts on your computer, then click install now. each time you download a new one to your computer you do the same thing. it will re find all the existing and the new

 

Hmm. For some reason it just doesn't work for me. The fonts I've downloaded are ttf file extensions, I've put them in a folder on my desktop and on my external hard drive (where I keep all my torchmate stuff) but when I perform the search it never sees them. Always comes up with the same 495 fonts found. I've even tried to locate the folder where all the fonts are kept so I can drop mine in manually but it appears to be deeply buried. Thanks for the replies. I'll keep messin with it.

 

I got it! I found another post stating the fonts have to be dropped into the C/Windows/fonts folder. After I put them there the search found and installed them. Crazy it wouldn't find them otherwise.

 

If you have the TM fonts, I have used the font below with success. It is Deco_ei

 

Download your font and throw the file in the windows font folder. Then go to install new fonts on torchmate. I have cadlite too. No issues

 

I like it. I'd like to find a cursive line font.