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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, 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].
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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].  
  
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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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].
  
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], 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.
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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.
  
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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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== Hershey Text User Guide ==
  
{| class="wikitable"
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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).
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  Engraving font name  '''
 
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  A derivative of  '''
 
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  Designer  '''
 
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''  Reference  '''
 
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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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| EMS Bird || Bilbo ||[http://www.typesetit.com Rob Leuschke, TypeSETit]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bilbo  Google Font Page]
 
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| EMS Decorous Script||Petit Formal Script||[http://www.impallari.com Impallari Type]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Petit+Formal+Script  Google Font Page]
 
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| EMS Delight || Delius ||Natalia Raices||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Delius  Google Font Page]
 
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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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| 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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| EMS Felix || Felipa ||[https://twitter.com/fontstage Fontstage]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Felipa  Google Font Page]
 
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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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| EMS Invite || Tangerine ||[http://tosche.net/about Toshi Omagari]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tangerine  Google Font Page]
 
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| EMS Readability || Source Sans Pro-Light ||[http://www.adobe.com Paul D. Hunt, Adobe]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Sans+Pro  Google Font Page]
 
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| EMS Readability Italic || Source Sans Pro-Light ||[http://www.adobe.com Paul D. Hunt, Adobe]||[https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Sans+Pro  Google Font Page]
 
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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 ==
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Install Inkscape 1.0 or newer; you should find Hershey Text in the '''Extensions > Text''' menu.
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== Resources ==
  
'''Resources'''
 
 
* [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape home page]
 
* [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape home page]
* [https://github.com/evil-mad/EggBot/ EggBot GitHub repository], where Hershey Text is currently hosted
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* [https://gitlab.com/oskay/hershey-text Hershey Text repository] at gitlab
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* [https://gitlab.com/oskay/svg-fonts SVG fonts repository] at gitlab
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* [https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/opentype-svg Adobe type tools] for making opentype SVG fonts
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* [https://github.com/microsoft/OpenType-SVG-Font-Editor Opentype SVG Font Editor] from Microsoft
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== Additional links of possible interest ==
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* [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://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
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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://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

Latest revision as of 12:21, 13 September 2023

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

A new version, Hershey Text v 3.0, has been included in Inkscape, starting with Inkscape 1.0.

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

Please see our SVG font repository for more about the individual fonts included with the distribution.


Hershey Text User Guide[edit]

A complete user guide for Hershey Text is available for download here (1 MB PDF document).


Installation[edit]

Install Inkscape 1.0 or newer; you should find Hershey Text in the Extensions > Text menu.

Resources[edit]


Additional links of possible interest[edit]