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Hershey Text is an Inkscape extension for rendering text with engraving fonts.  Versions have been included as part of standard Inkscape distributions [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2015/inkscape-v-0-91/ since version 0.91].  
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Hershey Text is an Inkscape extension for rendering text with engraving fonts.  It has been included as part of standard Inkscape distributions [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2015/inkscape-v-0-91/ since version 0.91].
  
A new version, [https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2019/hershey-text-v30/ Hershey Text v 3.0],  has been included in Inkscape, starting with [https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Hershey_Text Inkscape 1.0].
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Please read [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/hershey-text-an-inkscape-extension-for-engraving-fonts/ this article] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories for a general introduction to stroke fonts and Hershey Text.  
  
Please read [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/hershey-text-an-inkscape-extension-for-engraving-fonts/ this article] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories for a general introduction to stroke fonts and Hershey Text.
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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.
  
Please see our [https://gitlab.com/oskay/svg-fonts SVG font repository] for more about the individual fonts included with the distribution.
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The latest version of Hershey Text (current available [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/ at 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].
  
  
== Hershey Text User Guide ==
 
  
A complete user guide for Hershey Text is available for download [https://cdn.evilmadscientist.com/dl/ad/public/HersheyText_v30r5.pdf here] (1 MB PDF document).
 
  
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{| class="wikitable"
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  Engraving font name  '''
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  A derivative of  '''
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  Designer  '''
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  Reference  '''
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|-
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| EMS Allure||Allura||[http://www.typesetit.com Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Allura  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Bird || Bilbo ||[http://www.typesetit.com Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bilbo  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Bird Swash Caps || Bilbo Swash Caps ||[http://www.typesetit.com Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bilbo+Swash+Caps  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Brush||Alex Brush||[http://www.typesetit.com Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alex+Brush  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Capitol || Sacramento ||[http://www.astigmatic.com Brian J. Bonislawsky, Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sacramento  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Casual Hand||Covered By Your Grace||[http://www.kimberlygeswein.com/ Kimberly Geswein, Kimberly Geswein Fonts]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Covered+By+Your+Grace  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Delight || Delius ||Natalia Raices||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Delius  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Delight Swash Caps || Delius Swash Caps ||Natalia Raices||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Delius+Swash+Caps  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Elfin ||Mountains of Christmas||[http://www.tartworkshop.com Crystal Kluge, Tart Workshop]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mountains+of+Christmas  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Felix || Felipa ||[https://twitter.com/fontstage Fontstage]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Felipa  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Herculean ||Poiret One||[https://www.myfonts.com/foundry/Denis_Masharov/ Denis Masharov]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Poiret+One  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Invite || Tangerine ||[http://tosche.net/about Toshi Omagari]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tangerine  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS League ||League Script||[https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com Haley Fiege, the League of Moveable Type]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/League+Script  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Little Princess|| Princess Sofia ||[http://www.tartworkshop.com Crystal Kluge, Tart Workshop]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Allura  Google Font Page]
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| EMS Misty Night ||Foglihten No03||[http://www.glukfonts.pl Grzegorz L, GLUK fonts]||[https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/foglihten  FontSquirrel Page]
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|-
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| EMS Neato ||Bad Script||[https://www.myfonts.com/foundry/Gaslight/ Roman Shchyukin, Gaslight]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bad+Script  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Osmotron ||Orbitron (Regular)||[https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com Matt McInerney, the League of Moveable Type]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Orbitron  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Pancakes || Short Stack ||[http://www.typeco.com James Grieshaber, Typeco]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Short+Stack  Google Font Page]
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| EMS Pepita || Pecita ||[http://pecita.eu/police-en.php Philippe Cochy]||[https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Pecita  FontSquirrel Page]
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| EMS Qwandry || Qwigley ||[http://www.typesetit.com Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Qwigley  Google Font Page]
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|-
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| EMS Society ||Mrs Saint Delafield||[http://www.sudtipos.com  Alejandro Paul, Sudtipos]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mrs+Saint+Delafield  Google Font Page]
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| EMS Swiss || Italianno ||[http://www.typesetit.com Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Italianno  Google Font Page]
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| EMS Tech || Architects Daughter ||[http://www.kimberlygeswein.com/ Kimberly Geswein, Kimberly Geswein Fonts]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Architects+Daughter  Google Font Page]
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|}
  
== Installation ==
 
  
Install Inkscape 1.0 or newer; you should find Hershey Text in the '''Extensions > Text''' menu.
 
 
== Resources ==
 
  
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'''Resources'''
 
* [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape home page]
 
* [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape home page]
* [https://gitlab.com/oskay/hershey-text Hershey Text repository] at gitlab
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* [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/tree/HersheyText-expanded EggBot GitHub repository], where Hershey Text is currently hosted
* [https://gitlab.com/oskay/svg-fonts SVG fonts repository] at gitlab
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* [https://emergent.unpythonic.net/software/hershey Hershey Font source files] from Jeff Epler
 
 
* [https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/opentype-svg Adobe type tools] for making opentype SVG fonts
 
* [https://github.com/microsoft/OpenType-SVG-Font-Editor Opentype SVG Font Editor] from Microsoft
 
 
 
 
 
== Additional links of possible interest ==
 
 
 
 
* [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6168 Hershey Fonts in SVG] by Marty McGuire
 
* [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6168 Hershey Fonts in SVG] by Marty McGuire
* [https://emergent.unpythonic.net/software/hershey Hershey Font source files] from Jeff Epler
 
* [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/ EggBot repository], historical home of Hershey Text software; old versions may be found in repository history.
 
 
* [https://techninja.github.io/hersheytextjs/ Hershey Text in JS] - A javascript version of Hershey Text
 
* [https://techninja.github.io/hersheytextjs/ Hershey Text in JS] - A javascript version of Hershey Text

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