Hi all,
I am creating single stroke fonts from Inkscape into CC as SVG. A problem I am encountering is that some letters and numbers are missing strokes.Im saving as a regular SVG
Has anyone else seen these issues?
Thanks
Eve
Make sure you are converting your text objects to paths. Select the text objects, then select Path>>Object to Path (or Shift+Ctrl+C)
This does not solve ir I’m afraid 
Carbide Create doesn’t seem to have support for open-ended paths, which any of these letterforms which do not have counters would be.
If you want to use these fonts directly, I’d suggest doing it w/in Inkscape using Gcodetools, or by using MakerCAM.
The big reason to use single stroke fonts is efficient routing of letterforms — the problem is, this efficiency results in a boring, unmodulated, mono-weight/width font. If you can find the time for it, it’s better to use a normal typeface and a V-bit to instead V-engrave the text — you’ll get a much better and more expressive typesetting.
If you must use these fonts in Inkscape, then it’s simply a matter of expanding the strokes to paths (which must be ~10% larger than the size of the bit which you will be pocketing them w/) and then combining everything together:
- Object | Fill and Stroke | Stroke Style — ensure this is > endmill size + 10% — adjust joins and end caps as needed for the desired appearance (suggest rounded and butt)
- Path | Stroke to Path
- Path | Union or Combine as necessary to get an optimal representation