How to use SVG fonts with CLI or Python API ?

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  • December 29, 2021 at 11:33 pm #29678
    stephanschulz
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    I found this great list of center line fonts on Windell’s gitlab
    https://gitlab.com/oskay/svg-fonts
    But it is unclear to me how to assemble a string and get it plotted using CLI or Python API.
    I believe that Inkscape can somehow utilize these SVG and EMS fonts, but I am working on a larger interactive artwork that needs to assemble and plot text on the fly.
    I have worked with both APIs before to draw SVG files and also use moveto and lineto commands; though I could not find any hints about the fonts.

    I appreciate any advice.
    Thank you

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    December 29, 2021 at 11:33 pm #29690
    Windell Oskay
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    Those fonts are used by Hershey Text.

    January 2, 2022 at 11:15 pm #29694
    stephanschulz
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    Noted. Thanks.

    I noticed I misspelled SVG and instead wrote SVF in the title. Is there a way to edit that?

    I thought that the Axidraw API would have a way to interface/use the Hershey Text, since Inkscape does it too.
    But it’s not a big problem.

    I integrated these fonts in the ofxHersheyText openframeworks addon: https://github.com/stephanschulz/ofxHersheyFont
    And here how to parse the font’s SVGs in to a string that can be run as a python script that then uses the axidraw API to plot.
    https://github.com/stephanschulz/ofxHersheyFont/blob/master/example-python-string/src/ofApp.cpp#L22

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