![]() Came out really nice, but I wouldn’t go any smaller than that. I recently did a carve with a single line font, 3/16" high letters, 90° v-bit, and a depth of 0.03". You can always re-zero your Z 1/100" lower to get a thicker font after your first cut.įor really small letters, you may not want to use a TT font at all, but instead use a single line or double line font and then use a profile cut with a v-bit on those lines. ![]() It’s best when working with small text to overestimate how much space between letters that you need. Plus, if you’re working in wood, even hardwood, you can get chip-out on thin spaces. If the letters are too small and too close together, the carve may end up not leaving enough between the letter or the loops in the letters, so you just end up with a pocket. Yeah there are workarounds that take 20-40 times longer than they should and are wonky as hell taking even more time to manually clean up the code if doing production. It’s difficult to recommend any specific fonts because sometimes you just have to try them out to see what works. All I engrave is single line fonts making parts on my CNC mill, both production and one off. For a fancy font I like to use “blacksword” from. ![]() ![]() Some fancy fonts, like blackadder for example, have irregular edges that will look terrible when v-carved. For bigger letters you can get fancy, but you want a font that is made up of smooth lines. For small text (1" or less), I find a fairly uniform line thickness with no overlapping letters, and rounded ends works best. A lot of the font selection comes down to the situation (size of the letters, surrounding area, image you want to portray).
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