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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.  Versions have been included as part of standard Inkscape distributions [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2015/inkscape-v-0-91/ since version 0.91]. A new version, Hershey Text v 3.0 will be included [http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Hershey_Text_extension with Inkscape 1.0].
  
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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Hershey Text includes several different typefaces. Some are historical faces, the "Hershey Fonts", originally created by Dr. A. V. Hershey while working at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), in the 1960s. Other fonts, the "EMS" series, are modern fonts licensed under the [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL SIL Open Font License].
  
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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== Installation ==
  
== Hershey Text User Guide ==
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Hershey Text v 3.0 requires Inkscape version 0.92.  For Mac, install [https://inkscape.org/release/0.92.2/mac-os-x/ Inkscape 0.92.2], and for Windows install [https://inkscape.org/release/0.92.4/windows/ Inkscape 0.92.4].  
 
 
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).
 
 
 
  
== Installation ==
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You can download Hershey Text v 3.0 from [https://gitlab.com/oskay/hershey-text/tree/master/hershey-text the repository]. To install it manually, copy the two files "hershey.py", "hershey.inx," and the "svg_fonts" directory into your Inkscape extensions folder, replacing any like-named files there.
 
 
Install Inkscape 1.0 or newer; you should find Hershey Text in the '''Extensions > Text''' menu.
 
  
 
== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==
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* [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
 
* [https://gitlab.com/oskay/hershey-text Hershey Text repository] at gitlab
* [https://gitlab.com/oskay/svg-fonts SVG fonts repository] at gitlab
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* [https://gitlab.com/oskay/hershey-text SVG fonts repository] at gitlab
 
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* [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/ EggBot repository], historical home of Hershey Text software; old versions may be found in repository history.
* [https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/opentype-svg Adobe type tools] for making opentype SVG fonts
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* [https://emergent.unpythonic.net/software/hershey Hershey Font source files] from Jeff Epler
* [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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