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    The letters of script fonts overlap each other. If you don't weld them the cutter will cut into the letters where they overlap. If weld the font it will remove this overcut. I don't remember if you have to convert the font to paths first or not. I know you do in inkscape.

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    From wikipedia,

     

    In August 2011, it was reported a UK-based company called Keep Calm and Carry On Ltd[12] had registered the slogan as a community trade mark in the EU,[13][14] after failing to trademark the slogan in the United Kingdom.[15] They issued a take-down request against a seller of Keep Calm and Carry On products.[16] Questions have been raised as to whether the registration could be challenged, as the slogan had been widely used before registration and is not recognisable as indicating trade origin.[14] An application has been submitted by British intellectual property advisor and UK trademarking service Trade Mark Direct, to cancel the trademark on the grounds that the words are too widely used for one person to own the exclusive rights.[17] The company is now trying to trademark the slogan in both the United States[18] and Canada.[15][19]

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    I forget where I read it but there's a spec. that calls out the plotter can do 24"x60". Although that never made sense to me. If I wanted to make a rectangle that's say 12" by 80" why wouldn't the cutter be able to do that?

     

    Anyway, on the Advance page after job thing, you might try changing the gap between jobs. Shouldn't matter but can't hurt to try. I have a mh721-mk2 and it advances after jobs no problem. I am running the latest version of SBE and I'm using the USB option.

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    I did it in Inkscape but most any vector program should be able to do it.

     

    Basically I selected the font I wanted and typed out the words. Duplicated them and turned the duplicate into an outline. Then created block of waves and moved it over the text. Next I merged(I forget the actual command name) the initial text with the waves and joined the result with the outline.

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    I tried this with Ink and SCAL. I couldn't get the node to disappear. When i deleted a node the line crossed over and attached somewhere else. I know that prob doesn't make sense. :rolleyes: Anyway, at 4 this morn, i gave up. I even checked youtube for a  tutorial but didn't see anything that might help. OW, i was with you till line 3. hehehe

    Try working in wire frame mode, can make it clearer what you are doing when you node edit, especially when you're just starting out.

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    Did you save the vectored image as an EPS? Do you know where you saved it? In SB did you choose import and navigate to folder location you saved the EPS file?

     

    Or in inkscape, do a select all, copy, and then paste into SB. It will paste in huge but you can just scale it down to the size you want.

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    Depending on the software, some give you the option to adjust the spacing between lines.

     

    Inkscape offers this. Just enter your text spelling out learning with a return between each line, center it, then adjust the Spacing Between Lines till you're happy. Then you can either try and line up the A's on top of each other, or leave the A out of one of the words.