[quarky42]

Does anyone have any TTF fonts that they've added and used with PathPilot successfully that they would be willing to share and/or link to? I'm specifically interested in creating a thread where people share (of what they are willing to) fonts that have been tested and appear to work in the PathPilot Conversational Engraving Wizard.

I tried adding 3 TTF based fonts to PathPilot 1.9.2 but it doesn't like any of them. (I'm sure there are inconsistencies in these particular fonts that it doesn't like. If I felt like learning FontForge and editing every character, I could probably fix it, but not going to worry about that now.) Right now I'm trying some CAD/CAM generated engraving code, but next time I use the Conversational Wizard, I'll try loading a couple of system fonts and see how it likes it.

[JohnToner]

Oh yes, please. The fonts in PP are hideous. Don't even ask me about their choice of colors - grey and greyer. The few colors are washed out and generally blah.

[tbev]

Does anyone have any TTF fonts that they've added and used with PathPilot successfully that they would be willing to share and/or link to? I'm specifically interested in creating a thread where people share (of what they are willing to) fonts that have been tested and appear to work in the PathPilot Conversational Engraving Wizard.

I tried adding 3 TTF based fonts to PathPilot 1.9.2 but it doesn't like any of them. (I'm sure there are inconsistencies in these particular fonts that it doesn't like. If I felt like learning FontForge and editing every character, I could probably fix it, but not going to worry about that now.) Right now I'm trying some CAD/CAM generated engraving code, but next time I use the Conversational Wizard, I'll try loading a couple of system fonts and see how it likes it.

Did you ever figure this out?

[quarky42]

Did you ever figure this out?

The first three fonts I tried didn't work, at all. I rebooted the controller and tried again. Still didn't work. Later on, I came back to it and tried again at a much larger size (0.22" if I recall) and all of a sudden they worked. The first 3 fonts I tried didn't render in the GUI like the fonts do and they wouldn't post (no error message) My guess (and only a guess) was that I was trying to do them too small OR maybe the particular letters I chose the second time didn't have problems and the first time they did.

So, with that being said, Your mileage may vary. Next time I get back in the garage I'm going to try engraving font test pieces again with a new tool and I'll play around again and see if I can tease out what exactly caused the "no error / no file save dialog" condition.

Go ahead and try TTF files, just be prepared to play with it a bit. It really could have been my inexperience, possibly.

[popspipes]

Check out these free ones: Fancy > Comic fonts | dafont.com

There is all kinds of stuff here............

I use a lot of these in Rhino for medallions etc.
I would use the pathpilot feature but it doesnt have a center option for the Y axis.

[quarky42]

Check out these free ones: Fancy > Comic fonts | dafont.com

There is all kinds of stuff here............

I use a lot of these in Rhino for medallions etc.
I would use the pathpilot feature but it doesnt have a center option for the Y axis.

Thanks, popspipes. I can find all sorts of fonts. I had a perception that the first 3 fonts I tried "didn't work"... on the second try I realized that there was some error condition that wasn't being reported and all 3 font files that I tried adding to the conversational wizard worked fine at a larger size. I was originally thinking that maybe the conversational wizard / Pathpilot was very picky about its fonts, but instead it looks like maybe there was just some combination of factors that was giving me problems the first time.

[tbev]

Your just adding the TTF files to the font folder in pp?

Is there any particular things to look for in a TTF for that works more often?

Thanks for the info this is really cool I hope I can get it to work.

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[quarky42]

Your just adding the TTF files to the font folder in pp?

Is there any particular things to look for in a TTF for that works more often?

Thanks for the info this is really cool I hope I can get it to work.

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Just added them to that directory. I did try to resolve some errors in font forge. It's a font editing program.

Fonts can have all sorts of inconsistencies, so I expect your mileage may vary. I found that custom fonts didn't work when they were too small. If I was better at editing them I might be able to make them work / fix the problem. I don't have the time or patience to learn font forge super well.

Best of luck. I'm going to see if there is an easy way to get a line version of a font.

[tbev]

Thanks quarky! I'd like to find a font that's a single line so I can use a larger bit. If I find one that works well I'll post it here.

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[popspipes]

Thanks quarky! I'd like to find a font that's a single line so I can use a larger bit. If I find one that works well I'll post it here.

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Try this link: CamBam Stick Fonts
I have downloaded these into windows, they are single line fonts, I use them in Rhino, I havent tried to load them into Pathpilot.

I just googled "free single line fonts"

Edit: I use some double line for Medallions etc, Rhino will use the .ttf fonts from windows.

[quarky42]

Try this link: CamBam Stick Fonts
I have downloaded these into windows, they are single line fonts, I use them in Rhino, I havent tried to load them into Pathpilot.

I just googled "free single line fonts"

Edit: I use some double line for Medallions etc, Rhino will use the .ttf fonts from windows.

I was having lots of trouble getting non-stock fonts to work. Going back and forth with Tormach Pathpilot folks a couple times they found the problem and will be releasing an update. I tested a beta version where the problem was fixed. For you and others, if you are going to use custom fonts, rename them so they are a single-word name. Pathpilot isn't handling spaces (and I don't think it's handling underscores either as I had already renamed my files with underscores). Anyway, the beta version they gave me worked great. I was able to run all 9 stick fonts you recommended popspipes. Thanks! I think I'll tweak the fonts with a program called FontForge and increase the kerning (space between letters that are next to eachother) a little bit. I had some very nice results using a 1/16" ball endmill. I'm going to try a 1/32" *and* fonts that are spaced out an extra 0.001 or 2.

[popspipes]

I was having lots of trouble getting non-stock fonts to work. Going back and forth with Tormach Pathpilot folks a couple times they found the problem and will be releasing an update. I tested a beta version where the problem was fixed. For you and others, if you are going to use custom fonts, rename them so they are a single-word name. Pathpilot isn't handling spaces (and I don't think it's handling underscores either as I had already renamed my files with underscores). Anyway, the beta version they gave me worked great. I was able to run all 9 stick fonts you recommended popspipes. Thanks! I think I'll tweak the fonts with a program called FontForge and increase the kerning (space between letters that are next to eachother) a little bit. I had some very nice results using a 1/16" ball endmill. I'm going to try a 1/32" *and* fonts that are spaced out an extra 0.001 or 2.

I use the 30 degree engraving bits 1/8" shank carbide, (about ten bucks for a package of ten chinese on ebay)

[tbev]

You guys rock!

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[tbev]

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[tbev]

I did this over cerakote with an 1/8in Ball end mill

I did the whole rest of this vaporizer with the conversational

[extdrive]

I downloaded the cambam stick fonts. I was hoping They would be single lines when using the pathpilot conversational engraving. But they come out as double lined (or outlined). Am I doing something wrong? Is there anyway to force just a single line text engraving in pathpilot?

[quarky42]

I downloaded the cambam stick fonts. I was hoping They would be single lines when using the pathpilot conversational engraving. But they come out as double lined (or outlined). Am I doing something wrong? Is there anyway to force just a single line text engraving in pathpilot?

They probably need to be edited. I had problems with them like that but started to edit them in Font Forge.

[extdrive]

They probably need to be edited. I had problems with them like that but started to edit them in Font Forge.

Edit them in what way? When I open them in Font forge they are already single line. Is there something else I should be looking at?