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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]. | 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, | + | A new version, Hershey Text v 3.0, has recently been released and is included with the current versions of both the [[Axidraw_Software_Installation|AxiDraw software]] and the [[Installing_software|EggBot software]]. It will be included in Inkscape, starting in [http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Hershey_Text_extension Inkscape 1.0]. |
| − | 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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== Installation == | == Installation == | ||
| − | + | 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]. | |
| − | + | 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. | |
| − | + | Hershey Text v 3.0 is also included standard with the [[Axidraw_Software_Installation|AxiDraw software]] and [[Installing_software|EggBot software]] installers. | |
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| + | == Resources == | ||
| − | + | 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]. | |
| + | * [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape home page] | ||
| + | * [https://gitlab.com/oskay/hershey-text Hershey Text repository] at gitlab | ||
| + | * [https://gitlab.com/oskay/hershey-text SVG fonts repository] at gitlab | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/ EggBot repository], historical home of Hershey Text software; old versions may be found in repository history. | ||
| + | * [https://emergent.unpythonic.net/software/hershey Hershey Font source files] from Jeff Epler | ||
* [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 | ||
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* [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 | ||
