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Ross GradyIf you, like me, are trying to use a <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/gorton" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gorton</a> family single-stroke typeface with a <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/glowforge" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a> laser cutter (or a <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/cnc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CNC</a> machine or a <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/cricut" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cricut</a> or whatever), and you'd like an easy way to do type layout while keeping everything in the single-stroke vector space, it turns out there is a solution for that (!!): <a href="https://msurguy.github.io/cnc-text-tool/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://msurguy.github.io/cnc-text-tool/</a> If all of the above is gibberish but you're curious, basically, here's the thing: - most vector drawing tools (I use <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/affinitydesigner" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AffinityDesigner</a>) will happily open & use TrueType or OpenType fonts, but their model of a "font" is typically "a closed outline stroke with a fill" - things like laser cutters and CNC machines love paths/strokes, but they don't grok "fill" (or, in the case of modern laser cutters, they do, but it's finicky and you have to do a lot of trial-and-error tweaking to get the stroke & the fill working together so that the type renders like you want it to) - there are quite a few sources for single-path SVGs of classic engraving fonts (including Fedi's favorite, <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/gorton" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gorton</a>) but if you want to actually lay out words instead of single characters . . . lotta manual work - the web application I linked above solves **this specific problem** by letting you do text layout, and then it outputs a single SVG that you can import into your CNC software or into your vector drawing software for integration into your designs

LashProgress on the D&D chest! Top panel, the lid, is complete and attached, may still change the outer boarder but for now it's on! <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Lasercut?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lasercut</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/leather?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leather</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/leatherwork?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leatherwork</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/woodwork?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodwork</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dnd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TTRPG?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/RPG?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RPG</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Gaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/somethingimade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#somethingimade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glowforge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glowforge</a>

Ross GradyOoooooohhh hey <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/durhamnc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DurhamNC</a> I just got an email that the main county library downtown has replaced its old/discontinued Dremel laser cutter with a brand new <a class="hashtag" href="https://dood.net/tag/glowforge" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a> Pro HD. Exciting! I have a thing I have been mulling in the back of my mind, so I may wind up giving it a go pretty soon.

DB SchweinHey <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a> & <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GlowforgeAura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlowforgeAura</a> folk!If you don't have Premium due to the cost, or have it but hate the cost, they announced a 2 week major sale yesterday! <a href="https://community.glowforge.com/t/6-free-weeks-66-off-premium-a-half-price-aura-whoa/138659?u=deirdrebeth" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://community.glowforge.com/t/6-free-weeks-66-off-premium-a-half-price-aura-whoa/138659?u=deirdrebeth</a>

LashSomeone made the suggestion that I make a battle jacket and leather patches. This was a first (failed) attempt, but I'm excited! <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/leatherwork?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leatherwork</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/leather?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leather</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/patch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patch</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/punk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/trans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/politics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/laser?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laser</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lasercut?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lasercut</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glowforge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glowforge</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/queer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lgbtq?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a>

Andy PiperWith the <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/Cricut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cricut</a> Venture and the <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/GlowForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlowForge</a> Aura released within the past week - and also the range of CoreXY and Cartesian <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/3DPrinters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3DPrinters</a> hitting the market at (more of) a consumer price point - it seems like there’s a lot of interesting stuff happening in <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/Maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maker</a> tech this year. Fun times to be crafting things.

NomdebWorking on various promised cake toppers all due in May. Having pun with the construction truck theme. Little boy is CRAZY about trucks, so, this is Clark's ConsTRUCKtion site. Based on the family Xmas card with a poem about trucks everywhere, and photos of a cement mixer and a digger "thingie." I bought the truck drawings on Etsy as I was short of time, so didn't design them from scratch. Then added crane and sign. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NDBProjectLaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDBProjectLaser</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LaserCut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaserCut</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a>

Ed SSVG help, laser cutter

NomdebPretty pretty PINK ballerina princess cake topper now done. :) Shipped even. Spiderman also shipped. Now back to my hip hop cake design. :) And I've just taken on a TRUCK (as in construction vehicles or monster trucks) one for big brother of the spiderman topper (can't do one brother without the other, right? :)) So I'll be learning a lot about big trucks it appears. :) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NDBProjectLaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDBProjectLaser</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lasercutting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lasercutting</a>

Brian EnigmaThese plaques are finally out of my head and into the physical world. <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarWars</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Batuu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Batuu</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/BlackSpireOutpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackSpireOutpost</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/BlackSpiderOutpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackSpiderOutpost</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/LaserCutter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaserCutter</a>

Paula J. Bishop<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/twitterrefugee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#twitterrefugee</a> dipping my toes into <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> but thinking I might not care about social media much anymore. In the meantime here's some hashtags to describe me: <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/musicology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musicology</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/americanmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americanmusic</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/countrymusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#countrymusic</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/musichistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musichistory</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/crossfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crossfit</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/hike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hike</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/crafting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crafting</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glowforge</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/makeart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#makeart</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/makemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#makemusic</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#piano</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ukulele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukulele</a>

NomdebSharing another acrylic cake topper that I made inspired by a "pregnancy photo shoot" of the young couple. Winnie the Pooh and Piglet of course were just added in as it was for a baby shower and theme was <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WinnieThePooh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WinnieThePooh</a> I design in Adobe Illustrator, then cut the colored acrylic inserts offset by typically about 0.0055" so that it slots in exactly and rarely even needs to be glued in. I'm having so much fun exploring my new laser cutter.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LaserCutting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaserCutting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NDBProjectLaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDBProjectLaser</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a>

DB SchweinOk, I'm back with the hashtags 🙂 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> (edited) <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheGreatTwitterMigrationOf2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheGreatTwitterMigrationOf2022</a> I'm a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FSB</a>/ <a href="https://mas.to/tags/3CK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3CK</a> (Foreign Service Brat/3rd Culture Kid). I did pro & vol <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Theatre</a> as a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Techie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Techie</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Designer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Designer</a>. I got into the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCA</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cosplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cosplay</a> as it allowed me to make costumes without the time requirements of being part of a show! Jokes on me. My most recent (coming up on year 9) obsession is my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a> laser.I'm a red headed, right handed, lgBtq, ND, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IceHockey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IceHockey</a> playing, happily married, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/polymath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polymath</a> 😄

NomdebSharing more playtime project. Laser with acrylic. Last thing was October birthday cake topper, inspired by photo of friends' little boy and his dog, looking out of their window together. I added in separate pumpkins and the word ONE. He's one obvs. :) I use Adobe Illustrator and cut on laser. I try to get kerf (hair width material laser removes when it cuts) exact 0.055" +/-, so acrylic inlay slots right in. Not "high art" but it's fun. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/laser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laser</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maker</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NDBProjectLaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDBProjectLaser</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glowforge</a>

AnnaleeVarious projects in the workshop today. Project one: getting my <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Glowforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Glowforge</a> Halloween signs painted and assembled.

Ingo RichterFound some Escher Puzzle and decided to lasercut it out of plywood. It was a present to a friend and he was pleasantly surprised by it. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lasercut?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lasercut</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glowforge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glowforge</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/puzzle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#puzzle</a>

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