An Inkscape extension for rendering text using single-stroke (engraving) fonts. Designed for pen plotters, laser engravers, and CNC machines where stroke-based fonts produce cleaner results than filled outline fonts. Basically like the built-in hershey text extension but with a generate text option and a few more fonts.

Manual Installation

Create the subdirectory km-hershey/ in your Inkscape extensions folder:
- Linux: ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/
- Linux (Flatpak): ~/.var/app/org.inkscape.Inkscape/config/inkscape/extensions/
- Linux (Snap): ~/snap/inkscape/current/.config/inkscape/extensions/
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/org.inkscape.Inkscape/config/inkscape/extensions/
- Windows: %APPDATA%\inkscape\extensions\
Copy all files from this repository into your km-hershey/ directory.
Restart Inkscape. The extension appears under Extensions > Knox Makers > Laser > Hershey Text.

Acknowledgements

Inspiration, examples, and code came from:

The now Inkscape built-in hershey text extension
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extensions/-/blob/master/hershey.py

Which originally came from from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
https://github.com/evil-mad/

Based on Hershey fonts created for plotters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_fonts

Cutlings
https://cutlings.datafil.no/