The german standard DIN 1451 describes the outline of a font in "Sans-Serif linear Antiqua". The fonts "G" and "H" are especially designed for the use for engravings, since the have a constant line width. The font "G" is smaller, to engrave texts, when the available space is limited. The font "H" is the generally preferred font.
If you want to engrave some text with these text fonts it was common practice in former times to buy this text font for your swan neck engraving machine. Today you have to programm your milling machine accordingly.
To simplyfy the procedure this software can be used. Just load the HTML file into a web browser, adjust the parameters, e.g. text height and put in the desired text. Look at the displayed preview and adjust parameters as required. The output in the file formats HPGL®, Postscript®, DXF® and G-Code is carried out automatically. The file format most useful for you is now available for download.
Additionally complete fonts may be generated, the DIN 1451 font may be downloaded in the Siemens NX® *.FNT or in PostScript®-Type 3 file format.
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