Design is faded in the middle

I have a simple, two layer design. In the middle is a filled in name. The beginning and end of the name are correct but the middle is very faded and barely able to be seen. I’ve changed what I’m engraving on so I know it’s not the wood. I also ran a test with vertical and horizontal lines that come out fine. At a loss…

Would be nice to see some pictures of the problem.



I’m sorry, thought I had attached them.

Is this same material or 2 different types?

Hard wood grain issue?

No because I tested it on paper as well, same issue.
Thanks!

Two different types. I also tried on plain paper and same result.

Can you show your cut/layer settings?