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Andy1978 / hf2gcode

Generates g-code from text with a hershey font
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fastest font with minimum number of gcode instructions? #11

Open monperrus opened 12 months ago

monperrus commented 12 months ago

Hi @Andy1978

Thanks for the great tool.

I'm looking for the font that is fastest to penplot.

Such a font:

Have you ever heard about this? What do you think?

Andy1978 commented 12 months ago

Hi @monperrus

I think if you want to calculate the "fastest" way to plot a font you would have to consider the kinematics of your hardware: max jerk, acceleration and speed (for pens often the ink flow is a problem).

I doubt that a file with minimum of gcode instructions automatically will give you the best throughput.

When I searched for a way to engrave metal using a pneumatic needle pin years ago, the best thing I found was the original hershey fonts, all made of straight lines. Never stumbled over a font using arcs in this time but maybe someone made one?

-- Andy

monperrus commented 11 months ago

thanks for the feedback Andy!