Experimental C++ port, with python bindings, of True-type tracer, forked from Chris Radek's site at http://timeguy.com/cradek/01276453959 Original git repo at git://timeguy.com/truetype-tracer.git
Uses http://www.freetype.org/index2.html[FreeType] to produce font-outline geometry in various output formats such as:
- G-code
- DXF (broken, see To-Do list)
Dependencies: git, cmake, FreeType, boost-python.
Installation from source
$ git clone https://aewallin@github.com/aewallin/truetype-tracer.git
$ cd truetype-tracer
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ../src
$ make
$ sudo make install
See Also http://ttfquery.sourceforge.net/
To-Do
- Make it possible to change the font.
- Auto-scale output to be of certain width/height.
- Clean up the interface and API (now it's not very clear how to use ttt...)
- DXF_Writer: Make DXF output work.
- SVG output? (write a new class SVG_Writer)
- NGC_Writer: ** make variables optional, for controllers that don't have LinuxCNC-like variables ** make number of digits afer decimal point adjustable
- Use Kerning to avoid overlapping characters. See http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step2.html