How to create a fixed width path from text?

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Hi all.

I am working on a sign that uses silicone LED strips that are 4.7mm wide. I would like to be able to create text wording on the sign that is exactly 4.7mm wide so that the lettering will fit snugly in the sign. I don’t see a way to create wording that has a controllable “stroke”. Anyone have any thoughts on how to do this?

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Do you mean you want your text to all be 4.7mm in width so your lights will fit inside?

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I think you need to start with a single stroke font.

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Yes, I’m trying to create a channel that the lights will fit snugly into. They are exactly 4.7mm wide so a channel of that width would be perfect. I just did the same thing in F360 but it was a real pain so I was hoping CC had a simpler way to do it.

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Thanks David. I looked around and there seems to be quite a few. Have you used any yourself and can you share the name of the font if you have?

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If you start with a font which is reasonably uniform in stroke thickness, set it so that it is a bit more than 4.7mm in width for the narrowest stroke, then you inset 2.35mm, then offset to the outside by 2.35mm.

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You could look to other tools to help out. If you have an image of the text you want, then something like Inkscape + the “Center line Trace” extension sounds promising.

I haven’t tried this myself, just what I’ve found on the Web.

EDIT - since Inkscape 1.0, center line trace is now integrated.

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