MakerBot Font (parametric and variable-width!)

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<Hr /> <Br /> <Strong>This Thing Is Pretty Obsolete, Since Modern Openscad Has The <A Href="Https://En.Wikibooks.Org/Wiki/Openscad_User_Manual/Text"><Code>Text()</Code></A> Function, Which Does Exactly What This Does; And Much More Efficient At That.<Br /> Only Use This If You Are Using An Ancient Version Of Openscad That Does Not Have Text() Support, Or If You Are Curious On How To Do Font Metrics In A Functional Programming Language ;-)</Strong> <Br /> <Hr /> This Is The Ultimate Makerbot Font For Openscad! Now Tagging And <I><B>Versioning</B></I> (!) Your Openscad Models Is As Easy As Writing <I>Label("V1.0")</I>. Give It A Try! Just Put An Id On Every Print And Never Lose Track Of Your Rapid Prototyping Evolution! Features:<Ul> <Li>* Variable-Width Characters (Eeeevil Openscad Hack!)</Li> <Li>* Using New Openscad String-Functions (No More Array <I>["M", "A", "D", "N", "E", "S", "S"]</I>)</Li> <Li>* Font Metrics</Li> <Li>* Text Alignment Functions</Li> <Li>* Self-Contained In One Single File</Li> <Li>* Higher And Lower Resolution Fonts Are Available</Li> </Ul> This File Was Created With My Tool <B>Svgfont2Scad</B>, Which Takes Care Of All The Transcoding, Bezier Curves, Compression Etc. I Plan To Release It Later This Year (Currently In Php, But I Want To Port It To Python). If You Have Fonts You Would Like To Have Converted: Just Drop Me A Line! The Font You Find Here Is Called <I>Designer Block</I> By K-Type (Http://Www.K-Type.Com/?P=296). It'S Free For Personal Use But K-Type Require A Paid License For Commercial Use. This Thing Supercedes Previous Fonts: Http://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:19484 Http://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:6844 <B>Current Limitations</B>: Only ~64 Characters At Once. <B>Reason</B> (Caution! Geeky Stuff!): Since Openscad Does Not Support Stateful Variables, I Use Recursions Within Functions To Store Variables On The Stack. So <B>When Entering Too Many Characters, Openscad Will Just Go Up In Flames!</B> (Maybe Someone Should Inform Openscad'S Clifford Or Marius About This...)

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