Are there any single line fonts on Adobe Fonts?

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April 6, 2022
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Hey there,

I'm searching for single line fonts on Adobe Fonts and can't find any. Am I doing something wrong or is there none? I need a font to prepare an engraving.

Thanks in advance!

Nico

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All the fonts are OpenType and I don't think single line fonts actually exist in OpenType form. It's always a filled shape. May be wrong though.

AMetcalf21

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I recently searched for the same thing, and I stumbled on this post after finding a solution, so I thought I would post it here for those looking. I stumbled upon one on Adobe Fonts called Relief SingleLine. It has a monoline option and an outline option, and it displays correctly in Illustrator. I don't know if there are any others out there, but I hope more people make these kinds of things.

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Bobby Henderson

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Creative choices in typefaces will be pretty limited if someone is confined to using a limited number of faux single line fonts. It's not very difficult to edit letters from various typefaces to turn them into single line paths for various purposes (making tube patterns for neon signs, engraving, etc).

The best way to do this is starting out with the thinnest weight of a desired typeface. There is a growing number of type families that have ultra thin "hairline" weights. Variable fonts with both width and weight axes can provide a lot more creative flexibility.

Using path editing tools (such as the Scissors tool) break open the anchor points of a closed letter path to get rid of the line segments that aren't needed. I like to keep the line segments that match up with the cap height line and baseline. Use the Join command, alignment commands and blend operations to fill gaps. In some cases, like a letter "S", some manual drawing and path editing will be required. The process isn't time consuming if all one is doing is building a couple or so words.

AMetcalf21

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I looked at the Relief Single Line font. While the typeface is monoline in its appearance the glyph shapes are still made as traditional closed path shapes rather than open line segments.

The only kinds of open line fonts that I can think of are proprietary fonts that are associated with specific applications, such as CAD software. AFAIK conventional fonts in TrueType or OpenType format are going to have glyphs with closed paths. I don't know if glyphs that have open paths will have technical problems when rendered on screen or printed, but I think technical problems would be likely.

Hi Bobby, the Relief SingleLine font has two different versions: Regular and Outline. The Regular font is the true monoline font and the outline font is made with closed path shapes. They must have done some special scripting with the file, and I would'nt know what they did. But, it renders correctly in Illustrator as a single line with a line weight added. Even when as an editable text object it renders the line. I have shown here the two fonts here with the second images rendering the outlines to show that the regular font is in fact truly a monoline font.

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Pono226070244b30

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I was searching for a similar font for the exact same reason not but 6 months ago, and found some paid fonts available elsewhere on the web. But, recently, I just found a couple fonts in the Adobe Font Library that, when expanded, render as single open lines (no closed shapes at all), which can be followed by the CNC device of your choice:

Relief Singleline

Lingua Light

The first is open source, and the second is avaiable for free use through the Adobe Fonts Library.

Enjoy!