midwestmomm 3 Posted October 2, 2020 Hello this font has so much extra space above and below it that my design isn't fitting on the vinyl. Any idea how I can cut this design with the box around it? I would appreciate it so much!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted October 2, 2020 I don't know what you are doing, but there is no space around that font. I downloaded the font. Here is the pic in my software. Can you even put it on wireframe? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,626 Posted October 3, 2020 You have some stray nodes or something. Look at your design in wire frame, and/or node edit mode to find the stray nodes. if you still can't find the node, draw a box around what you want to keep then select all and from the welding tools menu select Intersect. That should delete anything not inside the box you just drew. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted October 4, 2020 script = weld. Don't forget to weld any kind of text where the kerning is tight enough that the letters overlap one another. So are you trying to just cut a box around your text so you can weed it easily, or are you looking to put a border around your text? Since you have multiple lines of text, I would also put a box around each line of text for easier weeding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 12:28 PM, MZ SKEETER said: I don't know what you are doing, but there is no space around that font. I downloaded the font. Here is the pic in my software. Can you even put it on wireframe? What is wireframe? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 1:39 PM, darcshadow said: You have some stray nodes or something. Look at your design in wire frame, and/or node edit mode to find the stray nodes. if you still can't find the node, draw a box around what you want to keep then select all and from the welding tools menu select Intersect. That should delete anything not inside the box you just drew. I'm not sure what wireframe is??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 9:16 PM, haumana said: script = weld. Don't forget to weld any kind of text where the kerning is tight enough that the letters overlap one another. So are you trying to just cut a box around your text so you can weed it easily, or are you looking to put a border around your text? Since you have multiple lines of text, I would also put a box around each line of text for easier weeding. The box is so that I don't have to measure when I put the stencil on my board. That way the stencil is the exact size as the board. My problem is just that it won't fit because of the big extra space above and below the script . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 1:39 PM, darcshadow said: You have some stray nodes or something. Look at your design in wire frame, and/or node edit mode to find the stray nodes. if you still can't find the node, draw a box around what you want to keep then select all and from the welding tools menu select Intersect. That should delete anything not inside the box you just drew. I have a box around the what I want to keep. When I click Select All I get the bigger box , like my picture above on the right. I'll try to send another picture Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted October 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, midwestmomm said: The box is so that I don't have to measure when I put the stencil on my board. That way the stencil is the exact size as the board. My problem is just that it won't fit because of the big extra space above and below the script . wireframe is showing the outlines. Showing the nodes. Your vinyl cutter cuts outlines. At the top of the layout screen choose> View> Dropdown box shows up, choose wireframe. Or wireframe modes. You want to look at the outline of the text, and make sure there is nothing else outside the outlines of the text. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, midwestmomm said: What is wireframe? this is the font with the extra space above and below it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 1 minute ago, MZ SKEETER said: wireframe is showing the outlines. Showing the nodes. Your vinyl cutter cuts outlines. At the top of the layout screen choose> View> Dropdown box shows up, choose wireframe. Or wireframe modes. Ok i clicked on wireframe, here is what i see when i click on the font Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, MZ SKEETER said: wireframe is showing the outlines. Showing the nodes. Your vinyl cutter cuts outlines. At the top of the layout screen choose> View> Dropdown box shows up, choose wireframe. Or wireframe modes. Here is what I get when I try to cut it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted October 5, 2020 The Bottom text doesn't look like it is on wire frame. It looks like solid text. And your screen shots are pretty small. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, MZ SKEETER said: The Bottom text doesn't look like it is on wire frame. It looks like solid text. And your screen shots are pretty small. I'm sorry , I don't know how to screenshot just the one screen. The bottom two text lines are showing as outlines now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 The black line between h and e in"the" ismy cursor. instead of it being only about 12 inches like the script is, it's 22 inches. so it won't fit on my 24" vinyl/cutter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 I appreciate everyone taking the time try and help me so much!! It took this client two weeks to choose this font for her sign. It's a new one that I've obviously not had to cut this big before. And now I can't get it to fit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted October 5, 2020 Take your select tool and only select around the text. Why are you picking up all of that extra space? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 cropped the pics, hope this helps!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, MZ SKEETER said: Take your select tool and only select around the text. Why are you picking up all of that extra space? That's what I can't figure out, why all the extra space Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted October 5, 2020 can you post an .eps of this file? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 select tool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midwestmomm 3 Posted October 5, 2020 Just now, MZ SKEETER said: can you post an .eps of this file? sure, how do i do that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites