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: OpenType Font Based On Lines Instead On Shapes Does the OpenType format support letters which not consist of closed shapes but only line segmets? E.g. the capital I might consist of two horizontal

@Murray976

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Does the OpenType format support letters which not consist of closed shapes but only line segmets? E.g. the capital I might consist of two horizontal and one vertical lines.

So if I want to use such a font in a vector graphics editor, I'd have to set a positive stroke width to make the letters visible.

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@Samaraweera207

No, but Inkscap(dot)org has a Hershey Text extension you could use to generate single stroke lettering for engraving

It's pretty easy to use. In Inkscape click Extensions > Render > Hershey Text. Enter your text, choose the font face from those available, and hit Apply. The rendered text isn't editable as text. The extension only generates vectors.

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@Vandalay110

No, at least no application reading the font will not be able to do so. Now if your aim is not to engrave the result then you can still do a a font without an area using the "I" as an example your font would have 12 interconnected lines.

Note that many engineering apps do support line fonts.


Also read wire-one-dimensional-font

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