dvddvd 14 Posted December 28, 2021 I have this design POW ! and want to glue some LED neon strip onto the centre of the letters. Its would be easier if I could cut out a 1/2 inch strip central to the letters, following the shape to act as a guide. Is there an easy way? many thanks pow2.vDoc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, dvddvd said: I have this design POW ! and want to glue some LED neon strip onto the centre of the letters. Its would be easier if I could cut out a 1/2 inch strip central to the letters, following the shape to act as a guide. Is there an easy way? many thanks pow2.vDoc What's the font that you used for this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dvddvd 14 Posted December 28, 2021 Hi its Badaboom font. https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/badaboom#fonts-section It would be good to do it to lots of different fonts as I get asked to add LED neon quite often. I could do it free hand with lines and curves but found it hard to keep a constant 1/2 width thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,450 Posted December 28, 2021 What you are seeking to accomplish is called "INLINE" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dvddvd 14 Posted December 28, 2021 Hi thanks I found the inline feature in Vinyl master and it works great on fonts where the letters are all the same width. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dvddvd 14 Posted December 28, 2021 But on my font its not the same width, so end up with this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dvddvd 14 Posted December 28, 2021 What i need is a constant width thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted December 29, 2021 The inline/outline is giving you a consistent width, naturally using the feature on a font that is inconsistent in width will give you the result you got. If I am understanding this correct, youʻre wanting to put a 1/2" width strip in the middle of each letter itself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dvddvd 14 Posted December 29, 2021 yes that's correct, is there a way to draw a line in the dead centre of any shape? Or make a a smaller version of each letter? I tried grabbing the corner of a copy of each letter and reducing the size but it dosent line up exactly thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted December 29, 2021 just for kicks try increasing your kerning a bit and then apply an outline instead of an inline Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dvddvd 14 Posted December 29, 2021 Hi thanks I tried that, just by doing the outline but it just looks inflated and the original letter stays the same size which is not 1/2 inch. Found another way by making 1/2inch rectangle shapes and stretching the length and angle to fit into each letter. Which is good in one way as it tells you the length of each one and the Led neon can only be cut at 1 inch spacing. For any of the curved sections it was a case of using the elliptical tool to make a shape which fitted perfect and then making a duplicate and then grabbing the corners to make a smaller version. Then a bit of node editing and weld them together. All a bit long winded 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted December 29, 2021 1 hour ago, dvddvd said: Hi thanks I tried that, just by doing the outline but it just looks inflated and the original letter stays the same size which is not 1/2 inch. Found another way by making 1/2inch rectangle shapes and stretching the length and angle to fit into each letter. Which is good in one way as it tells you the length of each one and the Led neon can only be cut at 1 inch spacing. For any of the curved sections it was a case of using the elliptical tool to make a shape which fitted perfect and then making a duplicate and then grabbing the corners to make a smaller version. Then a bit of node editing and weld them together. All a bit long winded Thank you for posting your work around. No doubt it will come in handy for future inquiries. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites