# OPENRNDR pen plotting tricks (Axidraw etc.)

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**Created:** [February 26, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/openrndr-pen-plotting-tricks-axidraw-etc/208 "2021-02-26T17:37:43Z")\
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# 6. Hand-written single-stroke text

> [@Doodles Wall c\[\_\]](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/doodles-wall-c/51/25):
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> My latest experiment: I wanted to plot text with the axidraw. I didn’t want to use standard fonts but single stroke fonts. In Inkscape I created a bunch of squares and gave them IDs. For the letters the ID is just the same letter. For symbols and numbers I used cNN where NN is the ascii code. For example, c48 for the zero. Then I load that SVG from OPENRNDR creating a map of characters to shapes, searching for the shapes that are located over the square. Late…

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