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FontManStan
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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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Re: Single Line Font

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FontManStan wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 1:14 pm 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.
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 ... -line-font
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Re: Single Line Font

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Erwin Denissen wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 6:26 am
FontManStan wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 1:14 pm 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.
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 ... -line-font
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.
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Re: Single Line Font

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Do you have a specific issue other than the issues mentioned in that tutorial?
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Re: Single Line Font

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Erwin Denissen wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:40 pm Do you have a specific issue other than the issues mentioned in that tutorial?
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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Re: Single Line Font

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FontManStan wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 5:47 pm
Erwin Denissen wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:40 pm Do you have a specific issue other than the issues mentioned in that tutorial?
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.
I understand you don't like it, but this is what it is. This is also mentioned in the tutorial.
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