True-type tracer

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 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 PPA

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:anders-e-e-wallin/cam
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install truetypetracer

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