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• Preparing Cut Files for Laser Cutting: SVG Text and DXF from PDF Drawings6 September 2026

  How to prepare a laser cutting file: units, hairline strokes, closed paths and text to outlines, plus four routes from a PDF drawing to DXF and two for curved lettering.

• How to Curve Text Without Photoshop25 August 2026

  Four ways to curve text without Photoshop — a browser tool, Office WordArt, type on a path, and writing the code — and the export trap each one has.