Options for Creating Letters in Mastercam

If you’ve ever used the Create > Letters function, you know you can select from the Mastercam letter fonts:

• Block
• Roman
• Box (default)
• Slant

But did you know that you can also use any of the Mastercam note and text fonts?

• Stick
• Hartford
• Roman
• Old English
• European
• Palatino
• Swiss
• Dayville

You can also use custom fonts created in Mastercam, or, in addition, any TrueType® font installed on your workstation.

To use one of the Mastercam note and text fonts, simply select it from the font list:

To use a custom font created in Mastercam, select MCX (Other) Font, then select the proper Font folder.

To select any TrueType font, click the TrueType(R) button and select the font and style:


Note that if you select a Size, it will be overridden by the Parameters—Height setting in the Create Letters dialog box.