Hello everyone -
I purchased an old compucarve this week with less than 1 hour on it (lucky!) I have an application where i have several small blocks made from cheap stud wood that I had hoped to carve lettering into, some being very small (1/2"). Some of the blocks are painted, and I hoped to carve directly into the painted blocks.
I was very unhappy with the look that the 1/16" bit gave me (attached). This example was done using the "draft" setting...but the "normal" and "optimal" were no better. The word "TAKE" is about 1/2" tall, and as you can see, there is no definition in the lettering. It looks nothing like it is rendered in the designer software.
I have been reading about the 60/90 bits and centerline, but I have a few questions.
Any additional tips on how i can get the best small type carved given my scenario?
- I hoped to create my artwork in Adobe Illustrator and bring it in. Can centerline be used with imported art?
- If not, is there control of specific letters? I'm a design/type nerd, and some letter spacing needs to be manually adjusted. This will happen regularly (why i had hoped to typeset and lay everything out in illustrator)
- In addition, I will be putting many of these in a jig at one time. I had hoped to create one large illustrator file that i could import into the designer software and do it all at once.
THANK YOU! This seems like a great community.