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name plate 2

name plate 2

This is a hightmap-based nameplate. The background is made using Gimp's 'solid noise' filter. This is dissolved to black on the edges (to cause the shaving effect) and the text is overlaid in white so that it is above everything else. This one is nude MDF. Cut with a 1/4" ballend router bit to a depth of .30".

Comments · 6

74768286@N00
What is that, Frutiger? How can you not tell us what font you used?
16738743@N00
It appears to be some screwy ubuntu font: ae_Ouhod Bold Not-Rotated
51035647349@N01
Looks like you've got a little slop in your rig and you're dragging the bit around some.
74768286@N00
That's an Arabic font. Why do you hate America?
16738743@N00
If you are talking about the lines on the lower parts of the characters, then yeah, there is a bit of a problem there. It turns out the bed of the router is slightly cupped...UP...in the center. I haven't figured out a good way to fix that yet. Also, I suspect the router head droops a little as it nears the center of the gantry, but as i don't have a perfectly flat surface to measure it against i can't be sure. If, on the other hand you are speaking about the lines over the whole surface, those are because i used a rather aggressive cut spacing. I was going for a rough look.
16738743@N00
It is the only font i have installed that didn't have a very narrow leading edge to the uppercase 'A'.