Oh, I really must give this a try. They all look great, and yet each one is different.
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Absolutely love these.
Will have to make for our two grandchildren.
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Totally forgot about those! I’m getting like my grandpa…he’d repeat something someone had just said 5 minutes before as though it was a brand new, original thought. 
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Like on Gilligan’s Island!
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How do you make these?
Type a name, make a copy and flip it, then rotate the two of them 6 times. Adjust spacing as desired to make it look good. 
In pictures:
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That was so easy! Thank you, I really appreciate the help! 
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what program did you use. TY
Affinity Designer
OK Thanks
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If you use Illustrator, here is a good tutorial for the name snowflakes. You would just use the same principles using names instead of an object:
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Spectacular!
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You know, I needed that visual!
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Thank you, but I can’t seem to open this link.
Looks like their server is having issues. Hopefully it will be back soon!
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When you say you “cut them out” how did you get the cuts to outline around the font exactly? I love what you are doing here, I just can’t figure out how to make the cut different than where is engraved. Thanks
I used the outline feature in Glowforge Premium to make the cut lines.
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Thank you
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If don’t have Premium but are using Illustrator:
select your text
then Create Outlines
then under Pathfinder>>Unite path
then under Object>>Path>>Offset path
That is a huge help as I don’t have Premium. Thank you.
One question, what does your object look like after those steps? When I follow what you outlined the text seems to disappear unless I move the cursor over the object. Is that what is supposed to happen? Any idea what I am missing?