How to cut fonts as one line or 'stick'

[jeffreywolf]

I found and downloaded a few one line fonts that I want to run in LightBurn while having the cut editor set to line rather than fill simply because it will be a big time saver. However, LightBurn treats it as if it were a hollow shape with an interior line and an exterior line instead of one line, like a stick. Is there any way to get it to cut as one line, the way I intend for it to do? Thanks!

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

To save from retyping here is a search result when looking for “single line fonts”.

@LightBurn

When using single-line fonts, turn off the weld button on the font settings, or it’ll get confused. TrueType and OpenType don’t have the ability to render “open” shapes, so single line fonts usually have a pair of lines on top of each other.

Here is the entire thread:

Simplex or line-type font

Hello everybody. Say, is there a way to get a Simplex or line-type font (if I’m using the correct term)? The type of font I use most is just lines. I have to write my text in this kind of font in my CAD program, explode text, save as a dxf, then I can import into my Lightburn project. However, any time I want to modify the text I have to do this all over again which is obviously quite cumbersome and time-consuming. Though I have downloaded different fonts from the internet and they do appear in…

[jeffreywolf]

Thank you, Rick, much appreciated!

[LightBurn (Oz)]

It’s likely the way the font itself is designed - OS-level fonts are required to be closed shapes, so people who make single-line fonts often design them as dual loops like that.