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The version of Hershey Text distributed with Inkscape includes about 12 different typefaces, as well as several symbol-based fonts. These original "Hershey Fonts" were originally created by Dr. A. V. Hershey while working at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), in the 1960s.
 
The version of Hershey Text distributed with Inkscape includes about 12 different typefaces, as well as several symbol-based fonts. These original "Hershey Fonts" were originally created by Dr. A. V. Hershey while working at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), in the 1960s.
  
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The latest version of Hershey Text, available from our GitHub repository also includes a number of new engraving fonts derived from modern fonts licensed under the [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL SIL Open Font License], as listed below. If you would like to try it out, you can download it from the [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/ at our EggBot repository]), where it is located in the "Inkscape_driver" folder. To install it manually, copy the three files "hershey.py", "hershey.inx," and "hersheydata.py" into your Inkscape extensions folder, replacing those three files there.
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The latest version of Hershey Text, available from our GitHub repository also includes a number of new engraving fonts derived from modern fonts licensed under the [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL SIL Open Font License], as listed below. If you would like to try it out, you can download it from the [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/ EggBot repository], where it is located in the "Inkscape_driver" folder. To install it manually, copy the three files "hershey.py", "hershey.inx," and "hersheydata.py" into your Inkscape extensions folder, replacing those three files there.
  
  

Revision as of 11:56, 5 October 2016

Hershey Text is an Inkscape extension for rendering text with engraving fonts. It has been included as part of standard Inkscape distributions since version 0.91.

Please read this article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories for a general introduction to stroke fonts and Hershey Text.

The version of Hershey Text distributed with Inkscape includes about 12 different typefaces, as well as several symbol-based fonts. These original "Hershey Fonts" were originally created by Dr. A. V. Hershey while working at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), in the 1960s.

The latest version of Hershey Text, available from our GitHub repository also includes a number of new engraving fonts derived from modern fonts licensed under the SIL Open Font License, as listed below. If you would like to try it out, you can download it from the EggBot repository, where it is located in the "Inkscape_driver" folder. To install it manually, copy the three files "hershey.py", "hershey.inx," and "hersheydata.py" into your Inkscape extensions folder, replacing those three files there.



Engraving font name A derivative of Designer Reference
EMS Allure Allura Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit Google Font Page
EMS Bird Bilbo Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit Google Font Page
EMS Bird Swash Caps Bilbo Swash Caps Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit Google Font Page
EMS Brush Alex Brush Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit Google Font Page
EMS Capitol Sacramento Brian J. Bonislawsky, Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute Google Font Page
EMS Casual Hand Covered By Your Grace Kimberly Geswein, Kimberly Geswein Fonts Google Font Page
EMS Decorous Script Petit Formal Script Impallari Type Google Font Page
EMS Delight Delius Natalia Raices Google Font Page
EMS Delight Swash Caps Delius Swash Caps Natalia Raices Google Font Page
EMS Elfin Mountains of Christmas Crystal Kluge, Tart Workshop Google Font Page
EMS Felix Felipa Fontstage Google Font Page
EMS Herculean Poiret One Denis Masharov Google Font Page
EMS Invite Tangerine Toshi Omagari Google Font Page
EMS League League Script Haley Fiege, the League of Moveable Type Google Font Page
EMS Little Princess Princess Sofia Crystal Kluge, Tart Workshop Google Font Page
EMS Misty Night Foglihten No03 Grzegorz L, GLUK fonts FontSquirrel Page
EMS Neato Bad Script Roman Shchyukin, Gaslight Google Font Page
EMS Osmotron Orbitron (Regular) Matt McInerney, the League of Moveable Type Google Font Page
EMS Pancakes Short Stack James Grieshaber, Typeco Google Font Page
EMS Pepita Pecita Philippe Cochy FontSquirrel Page
EMS Qwandry Qwigley Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit Google Font Page
EMS Readability Source Sans Pro-Light Paul D. Hunt, Adobe Google Font Page
EMS Readability Italic Source Sans Pro-Light Paul D. Hunt, Adobe Google Font Page
EMS Society Mrs Saint Delafield Alejandro Paul, Sudtipos Google Font Page
EMS Swiss Italianno Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit Google Font Page
EMS Tech Architects Daughter Kimberly Geswein, Kimberly Geswein Fonts Google Font Page


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