This guide is specifically about using our fonts and does not include the installation of Inkscape, installation of extensions, using the AxiDraw Merge software, or setting up your AxiDraw. Here is a very basic guide on how you can use your single line Premium 'Ultra' font with the Scriptalizer™ software using Inkscape. (Opens in a new tab) A Basic Guide to using a Single Line Premium 'Ultra' Handwriting Font in Inkscape If in doubt you can check with the manufacturer, or try our Single Line SVG Font Test Document to check for compatibility with your equipment. Whether or not these fonts will work with your particular software and plotter is generally a matter of which font formats your software and hardware support. We supply a single-line SVG stroke font, a single-line TrueType (TTF) stroke font, and a regular TrueType (TTF) outline font version of each typeface. Using our single-line fonts with other plotters

Contact Evil Mad Scientist for more information. Hershey Advanced and AxiDraw Merge are commercial software packages, available at no cost to AxiDraw owners. AxiDraw Merge offers that and support for mail merge operations. Hershey Advanced is an upgraded version of Hershey Text, and allows additional character variation options, suitable for printed handwriting style fonts. You can also download Hershey Text and its PDF user guide here. The current version (Hershey Text v 3.0) works with our single-line fonts and is included with the AxiDraw software.

Hershey Text is an Inkscape extension for rendering text with single-line fonts. Inkscape is the most commonly used interface for driving the AxiDraw. Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, and Xara X. Our fonts can be used with other pen plotters as well, although the exact process will depend on the software and work flows that you use.

We have worked with Evil Mad Scientist, makers of the AxiDraw pen plotter, to provide an ideal handwriting font solution for use with the AxiDraw. To be able to use our single line handwriting fonts you will need suitable software.

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