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by _carbyau_ 486 days ago
Real World aside: The other day I tried to 3D print small text. (Not super small, just the usual 0.4 nozzle size.) Comic Sans worked out best for this due to pretty constant line width.
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Fonts with 'routed' in their names are often a good place to look for this - they're named thus because they were designed to be scribed/engraved with a router, so very frequently have a constant width.

(and if you're up for a rabbit hole, https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/ )

That was a delightful rabbit hole.

Also, thank you for the "routed" tip. Your rabbit hole also mentions "monoline" and the MIL-SPEC-33558 font too.

I'd upvote you ten times if I could. Made my day.

Comfortaa works well for this:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Comfortaa

I was once given a 3d print of my name by one of my father's friends who had a 3d printer at home.

I think this was what font they used except they had it all connected , that is if I am typing "test" then t is connected to e and then s and then t , in probably the same font as that of Comfortaa.