3 Dimensional Text

[jbmanning5]

Here are a couple of relevant posts to that:

Banding in glowforge engraves

Regarding what is going on in low-res mode, here is a sample of what the top of a “2” looks like at various DPI (72, 300, 600, 1000) when magnified (with no anti-aliasing). This could probably be another thread in itself - but the first thing that comes to mind is CICO - crap in, crap out. Don’t expect magic from files that are low-res to start with. 72DPI [image] 300DPI [image] 600DPI [image] 1000DPI [image]

Preparing a Photo for Raster Engraving (NOT NECESSARY FOR GLOWFORGE)

It’s commonly stated DPI = LPI * 2, or DPI / 2 = LPI. What’s not stated is that those formulas are for suggested resolution of an image. What it really should say is that the suggested resolution for printing is Target LPI * 2 = DPI of your image. And that’s not even accurate… it should be PPI rather than DPI, though the two terms are really used interchangeably anymore: PPI is input. DPI is output. For example, the wide-format canon printer I have here has a max print resolution of 2400 X 12…