Single Line Font

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Hello,

I’m having a little trouble. I’m trying to edit an existing Font to create a Single-Line font from it.

So far I was following a simple tutorial on another website;

  1. I went into Tools > Options > Enable Open Contours
  2. Export Settings > Open contours > Single Stroke

I changed the Opacity to 20% in the Letter editing window.
I drew new contours, for the letter “A”, and in the main window it looks correct. Just a single line “A”. However when I export, the letter “A” is just a black Triangle.

I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.

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This is expected as real single line fonts do not exist. FontCreator does allow you to design like it, and some CNC-related machines are able to work with them.

Also see:
https://themissy.com/2021/advanced-tips-the-basics-of-creating-a-single-line-font

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I’m trying to alter a font to be used with a CNC machine which needs single line, I’m following that link/tutorial but it doesn’t seem to help me fix my issue.

4

Do you have a specific issue other than the issues mentioned in that tutorial?

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The tutorial doesn’t list my issue. I’ve attached some pictures.
The edited “A” glyph is showing correctly in FontCreator after I edited the original and used a single-line instead. But after exporting the Font is defaults to a black Triangle.
I followed the settings used in the tutorial.
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I understand you don’t like it, but this is what it is. This is also mentioned in the tutorial.
SingleStroke.png