Hi, I am looking for ways to convert ttf. standard fonts to single stroke fonts for my pen plotter. If I use standard fonts then text is with empty side and doesn't resembles handwriting (my purpose is to use my plotter to get as close result to handwriting as possible) Maybe someone can point me in right direction. Thank you!
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http://forum.cr8software.net/thread/76/single-line-font-conversion-question
That's exactly how it's done. In FontLab, design the font as single lines. Before you export, clear the mask layer, copy all outlines to mask layer, paste mask to outline. Drag each end point and drop it. I did one project where I tried to keep the closed shapes as single stroke but when the a laser plotter drew it, the lines didn't match. Double up everything.
It's weird, I could have sworn I researched and wrote more about this very topic, either on my blog, the FontLab blog, or the FontLab web site (as a FAQ or something). But darned if I can find it right now.
https://blog.fontlab.com/type-design/how-to-make-stroke-only-fonts-in-fontlab-studio-5/