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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.
 
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.
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== User Guide ==
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The Hershey Text User Guide is available for download [https://evilmadscience.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dl/ad/public/HersheyText_v30r5.pdf here] (1 MB PDF document).
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== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==

Revision as of 15:06, 21 June 2019

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 will be included with Inkscape 1.0.

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

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 SIL Open Font License.


Installation

Hershey Text v 3.0 requires Inkscape version 0.92. For Mac, install Inkscape 0.92.2, and for Windows install Inkscape 0.92.4.

You can download Hershey Text v 3.0 from 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.


User Guide

The Hershey Text User Guide is available for download here (1 MB PDF document).


Resources