She saw this, and then said those magical words. 'Honey, you can just...'
I know I can take the time to do it letter by letter, but then she's going to want another one, and another one, and...
Does anybody know of a program to do this kind of thing?
Merging and combining letters
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Dave Vigness
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Pete Cyr
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I do not
You could type up the words in MS word or similar software and copy each word into a vector graphic software like inkscape or Corel and arrange the vectors as desired
You could type up the words in MS word or similar software and copy each word into a vector graphic software like inkscape or Corel and arrange the vectors as desired
Location - VA
Equipment - Boss Laser 1630
Power - 100W
Laser Bed Size - 16" x 30"
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Full RDWorks Version - v8.01.18
First name - Pete
Equipment - Boss Laser 1630
Power - 100W
Laser Bed Size - 16" x 30"
Home Position - TR
Full RDWorks Version - v8.01.18
First name - Pete
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Jeffrey Aley
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I'd use Inkscape.
Pick a suitable font. Adjust the kerning. "Kerning" is a term for the space between letters. In this case, you want adjacent letters to touch, or even to overlap. I didn't experiment with the line spacing; I just typed each line separately and then moved them so they overlapped.
Then convert the object to a Path, (or is it Stroke to Path?). At this point, turn off the Fill (red circle) and turn on the Stroke (green circle) so you can see the outlines of the letters.
Do a Path->Combine, and then Path->Union. Lather, Rinse, Repeat
Export to your favorite laser format.
Pick a suitable font. Adjust the kerning. "Kerning" is a term for the space between letters. In this case, you want adjacent letters to touch, or even to overlap. I didn't experiment with the line spacing; I just typed each line separately and then moved them so they overlapped.
Then convert the object to a Path, (or is it Stroke to Path?). At this point, turn off the Fill (red circle) and turn on the Stroke (green circle) so you can see the outlines of the letters.
Do a Path->Combine, and then Path->Union. Lather, Rinse, Repeat
Export to your favorite laser format.
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Dave Vigness
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- Laser Machine Make or Type: Chine Red and Black
- Laser Power: EF RF2 80W
- Laser Bed Size: 20 x 26
- Home Position: TR
- Control Software: RDWORKS
- RDWorks Version: 8.01.54
- Ruida Controller: RDC6445
- Windows Version: 7
- Accessories: Power Switch for air assist / exhaust blower, Ma meter with switch for external digital, dual digital temp gauge, LED lights under gantry and and and.
Pics and a list here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
I design in Corel, and I have a similar thing for letter spacing, but I was hoping for a nice program / plug in of some sort. And i know she's going to want more of this kind of thing. I see a lot of letter nudging in my near future.
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Jeffrey Aley
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- Ruida Controller: RDC6442
- Windows Version: Win10 Enterprise
- Accessories: Spray bottle with water (for small fires)
Fire extinguisher (for big fires)
Umm, okay. I didn't have to "nudge" any individual letters. I just highlighted all the text and reduced the spacing until the letters overlapped a little. Took me maybe 3 minutes for the whole thing - and that was because I was trying to document all the steps.Dave Vigness wrote: Sun Nov 15, 2020 I design in Corel, and I have a similar thing for letter spacing, but I was hoping for a nice program / plug in of some sort. And i know she's going to want more of this kind of thing. I see a lot of letter nudging in my near future.
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sebastien laforet
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lightburn has an automatic merge feature for text... so basically you just have to set the letter spacing to 0 or less.
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Sébastien Laforet
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Primarily works laser for my wife (school teacher, so lots of boxes, letters, puzzles, ...) and miniature scenery (32mm scale : warmachine, infinity)
machine : Bodor BCL-0605 (60x50) with 100W laser with TR origin.
Live in France
Primarily works laser for my wife (school teacher, so lots of boxes, letters, puzzles, ...) and miniature scenery (32mm scale : warmachine, infinity)