Text into line

[jean912000]

I would like to convert text (Arial for exemple) into lines : I am using Xara as the software for piloting my cutting laser and I need text to be simple lines : any idea how to make the conversion ?

[covoxer]

Shift+Ctrl+S

[Burpee]

If you want outline lines, be sure to give your text a line width then choose no fill before 'convert to edittable shapes' or using the shortcut Covoxer lists.

Edit: I can't get this to work. Sorry, ignore me.

Edit again: I had to 'ungroup' the word I had typed, then you can edit it.

[Burpee]

You can only break it down further into outlines.

[jean912000]

I am sorry but that is not what I want to do : I need to convert text in simple lines not into outlines :

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...um/convert.jpg

[Burpee]

Edit: I don't know. Will be interesting to see if it can be done. Finding a font like that maybe?

[instinctive.de]

What you're trying to achieve is not possible, because the font defines faces, not lines.

You would need to get a font specifically designed for this purpose, i.e. one which consists only of *lines*. However, I don't know where you can get such a font, and I don't know if normal font renderers support those. It's something more to be found in CAD software.

[handrawn]

some here I think, single line engraving fonts, but whether they are suitable I do not know

http://www.mr-clipart.com/int/anzeig...te=1&Anzahl=16

[molucca]

Maybe

Rich

[Big Frank]

Hello Jean, I think you'll need a raster font, not a truetype or opentype font. As has already been said, the two latter are up of made of layers of faces. Even terribly thin TTF/OTF fonts or symbols are made of surfaces, not single lines. Windows does have some raster fonts, and if you need an Arial equivalent, try MS Sans Serif, but your cutter has to recognise the raster variant, not the TTF equivalent. As instinctive has said, I imagine this is one for the CAD people.

Hope you get it sorted.