PANTOGRAPH

[Forester]

Hi Guys just bought a Milescraft Pantograph Pro. Does anyone have one of these ?? And wondered if anyone could put me right on making up extra fonts for one of these please.

[JOE_M]

Could you post the measurements for the individual letter templates?

I've got 2-3 older sets from a Craftsman branded model and maybe another (Porter Cable?) I haven't looked at them in years, especially since I bought my cnc router.

 

[jollyred]

I haven't used this pantograph, but it looks like you could go into a word program and make your own templates.  If you know how to use a program such as photoshop or inkscape, they could be used also.  Just find a font you like, print individual letters out to the size you want, and use them.  You might even be able to use them to cut out templates from thin sheet stock, and glue them to a backer board to cut down on the freehand routing.

I have routed out signs using the router freehand, after drawing the sign on the wood.  This isn't as hard as it sounds, and I got pretty good results from it.

Good luck with your sign making.

Tom

[Forester]

Thanks guys just got to play with it now. How do you underline a letter in Inkscape please ? Thats what I'm stuck on .

[jollyred]

To underline a letter in Inkscape I would just draw a horizontal line under the letter.  There may be some way to do it in the lettering tools, but I've not needed to do it, so haven't looked for it.

Tom

[Forester]

I contacted Milescraft direct and they kindly sent me more fonts to use with my Pantograph Pro.

[Forester]

Can anyone tell me how to underline a letter in Inkscape please ?? 

[Rob]

8 hours ago, Forester said:

Can anyone tell me how to underline a letter in Inkscape please ?? 

Google gave me this link:  https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/66990/how-to-underline-text-in-inkscape#67012

Good luck.

Rob

[Forester]

Thanks Rob I will give it a go.