PyCAM uses the single-line fonts created by the QCAD-developers.

See Extras -> Engrave Text in the PyCAM menu.

Single-line fonts are usually more suitable for engraving than common contour-based fonts. You will see the difference when you try to engrave a regular font (e.g. created with Inkscape). The inner sections of each letter will be less blurry with a single-line font (especially for small engravings).

The following list shows all fonts available in PyCAM. The example text is:

ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
01234567890
!"$%&*()[]{}-_=
+/#@~?<>,.;\|^

Font Samples

Name Image
Courier
Cursive
Cyrillic II
Gothic German Triplex
Gothic Great Britain Triplex
Gothic Italian Triplex
Greek Complex
Greek Complex Small
Greek Outline
Greek Outline+
Greek Plain
Greek Simplex
ISO8859-11
Italian Complex
Italian Complex Small
Italian Triplex
Japanese
Kochi Gothic
Kochi Mincho
Normal
Normal Latin 1
Normal Latin 2
Roman Complex
Roman Complex Small
Roman Duplex
Roman Plain
Roman Simplex
Roman Triplex
Script Complex
Standard
Symbol
Symbol Astro
Symbol Misc 1
Symbol Misc 2
Unicode