I am guessing this is just much too much text for a business card sized etch.
Before I tell the person who requested this that this is just not a good application, I wanted to reach out to these experts to see if you had any suggestions?
I am guessing this is just much too much text for a business card sized etch.
Is re-setting the text in a single-line font a possibility?
Convert to paths and inset as much as the font geometry allows?
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Great suggestion. I am not clear on applying geometry- I looked at your previous post but I am not sure what that step is doing. Thanks for the help.
Post your file and we will walk through this with you.
Thanks for your help Will!
Bryan2.c2d (1.9 MB)
Tried it, but I doing something wrong.
Unfortunately, your file seems to use fonts which I do not have:
A further concern is that the fonts which Iām seeing at my end are constructed in such a way as to draw letters in small sections:
Scaling things down and re-centering we arrive at:
which we then convert to curves and union and then inset ā hang on, this is going to take a while.
I am not required to use the fonts currently in use. If there is something else that is close.
Geometry is fixed:
then identify the narrowest region which can be inset:
and try insetting by a bit less than that radius:
We export each to a separate file and import them:
arranging on separate layers and hiding as appropriate:
which new previews as:
Attached as a v7 file:
Bryan2_v7.c2d (3.1 MB)
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Thank you so much for all your help.
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