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--- prepare_your_drawing:prepare_your_drawing [2022/04/15 05:04] – formlab
+++ prepare_your_drawing:prepare_your_drawing [2025/01/15 00:51] (current) – [Tools to generate SVG files:] formlab
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   * Create outlines from borders & text
-  * No open shapes. All shapes should be closed. This means that until there's a workaround, single line fonts are not possible yet.
+  * Both Axidraw and Acro support closed and open lines, so single font lines are possible!
+===== Machine-specific info: =====
+^ Axidraw                                               ^ Acro       ^
+| the workspace origin is in the **left top corner**    | the workspace origin is in the **left bottom corner**:     |
+| {{:axidraw:axidraw-left-turn.jpg?400|}}               | {{:prepare_your_drawing:workspace_origin.png?150|}}     |
+|                                                       |  |
+===== Plotting fonts =====
+Hershey text:
+  * https://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/Hershey_Text
+  * info video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2_d8s3dgr0
+Single stroke repositories
+  * https://gitlab.com/oskay/svg-fonts
+===== Tools to generate SVG files: =====
+  * [[https://drawingbots.net/knowledge/tools|drawingbots.net]] - A collection of creative tools
+  * [[https://www.kennethcachia.com/plain-pattern|kennethcachia.com]] - A seamless pattern generator
+  * [[https://www.generativehut.com|generativehut.com]] - Articles and tutorials about generative art
+  * [[https://github.com/beardicus/awesome-plotters|Github - beardicus]] - A list of pen plotter hardware and software
+  * [[https://turtletoy.net/|Turtletoy]] - Create generative drawings online using javascript
+  *
+Code goes in, Art comes out - Tyler Hobbs\\
+{{youtube>LBpqoj2nOQo?}}
+"A Box of Chaos: The Generative Artist's Toolkit" by Benjamin Kovach\\
+{{youtube>kZNTozzsNqk?}}
+Generative Machines with Matt DesLauriers\\
+{{youtube>8Uo6zFwSO78?}}
+==== SVG Editing/Optimizing ====
+  - [[https://vpype.readthedocs.io/|vpype]] - command line tool to optimize vector drawings.
+  - [[https://pypi.org/project/vpype-gcode/|vpype-Gcode]] - Plug in for vpype to generate Gcode
+==== Axidraw API's ====
+Axidraw comes with support to control it from other applications than Inkscape:
+  - [[https://www.generativehut.com/post/axidraw-processing|Using Processing with Axidraw]]
+  - [[https://axidraw.com/doc/py_api/#introduction|Python API]]
+  - [[https://axidraw.com/doc/cli_api/#introduction|Command line API]]
-For the Acro plotter: the workspace origin is in the **left bottom corner**:\\
-{{:prepare_your_drawing:workspace_origin.png?200|}}