# Text with letter connections

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803 "2025-03-01T00:55:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ripcord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Ripcord](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ripcord)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803/1 "2025-03-01T00:55:25Z")

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Trying to create/print a placard with text subtracted all the way through, as opposed to raised extrusion. Is there a font, or way to connect open cell letters so that it stays as one piece? For example a capital “P & B” will have center pieces of the letters that won’t stay attached to the rest of the print piece.

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803/2 "2025-03-01T01:31:19Z")

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Simply sketch line segments to create small gaps. For example where the bottom of the curve hits the vertical part of the P. You will have to be creative OR check for a font that does that. Have a look at what I did here to the word “PRUSA” [Prusa Mini Stabilizer w/ Handle](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/prusa-mini-stabilizer-w-handle/35596)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803/3 "2025-03-01T01:33:11Z")

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A good place to check for fonts is [DaFont.com](http://DaFont.com)

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**Author:** ![arroniow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/arroniow/32/30268_2.png) [@arroniow](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/arroniow)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803/4 "2025-03-01T15:04:36Z")

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Yes, you want to use the FONT called GUNPLAY  
Which you will get at [Dafont.com](http://Dafont.com), like Oregonerd says.  
I tend to use this font when I want to make spray stencils

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**Author:** ![arroniow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/arroniow/32/30268_2.png) [@arroniow](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/arroniow)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803/5 "2025-03-01T15:09:29Z")

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Here is an example of Gunplay.  
It is the font you will find on things like Ammo cases.

 ![Screenshot 2025-03-01 150836](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/2/92f000665bd7423e077780e6cf8d9965af7dd54a.png)

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/text-with-letter-connections/36803/6 "2025-03-02T06:49:23Z")

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Like above have already mentioned stencil font or manually connecting font is the way to go.

But you could 3d print over acrylic or glass to have the see through effect, have done that few times it works, just apply some glue after so it’s permanent.