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Convert text to SVG

Glyfify turns typed text into real vector geometry — one path per glyph, shaped the way a browser would shape it — and exports it as SVG, PDF, EPS, DXF, HPGL or STL. 1,989 open-source font families are built in, or you can drop in your own TTF or OTF. Everything runs in this tab: your text and your fonts never leave your machine.

Six formats, one geometry pipeline

The same outlines feed every export. What changes is how the format reads them — three of these carry paint, three carry geometry for a machine.

  • SVG

    One path per glyph, with fill, stroke and fill rule. Optionally an id per glyph so you can address letters in CSS, or a single welded path for the whole word.

    Convert text to SVG

  • PDF

    Vector, with the letters outlined rather than embedded as a font. Nothing to substitute at the print shop, and no font licence to worry about downstream.

    Convert text to PDF

  • EPS

    The PostScript hand-off print shops, sign makers and embroidery digitisers still ask for by name. Béziers stay curves; fill and stroke come through.

    Convert text to EPS

  • DXF

    Closed contours as POLYLINE entities, one layer per letter, and a real unit header — so a CAD or CAM tool opens the drawing at the size you meant.

    Convert text to DXF

  • HPGL

    The .plt language pen plotters and vinyl cutters speak. Curves are flattened to segments and the geometry is scaled, because HPGL cannot declare a unit.

    Convert text to HPGL

  • STL

    Letters extruded into a watertight solid: triangulated top and bottom faces joined by vertical walls, at millimetre scale, ready for a slicer.

    Convert text to STL

How to convert text to SVG

  1. Type your text. The preview redraws as you type — there is nothing to press.
  2. Pick a typeface from the catalog, or upload your own TTF or OTF. Weight, italics, variable-font axes and OpenType features are all exposed.
  3. Set the size, spacing, fill and stroke. For a cutter or a printer, turn on weld contours so overlapping letters become one outline.
  4. Choose a format and download. The file is generated in the browser, so it is ready the moment you click.

Why the shapes come out right

Shaped with HarfBuzz, not looked up glyph by glyph

Text is shaped with the same engine browsers use, so kerning pairs and ligatures apply and complex scripts behave: Arabic letters join, Indic clusters reorder, Thai marks stack. Variable-font axes and OpenType features are dialled in before anything is outlined.

Overlapping letters, welded into one outline

Script and display faces overlap their neighbours, and a cutter that meets an internal seam will cut straight through it. Welding unions the outlines first, so a joined-up word leaves the machine as one continuous profile.

For machines, fill and stroke mean geometry

DXF, HPGL and STL carry no paint, so the same two switches are read as what geometry to emit: the letterform itself, a band of the stroke width with both of its edges as real contours, or the union of the two.

Nothing is uploaded — there is no server to upload to

Shaping, geometry, boolean operations and file writing all happen in this tab. The font catalog is served as static files from this site, and a font you upload is parsed locally — which is what makes it safe to use a licensed retail face here.

Built for real output

The fabrication exports exist because people asked for cuttable, machinable and printable text — not a picture of text.

  • Text for laser cutting

    Prepare cuttable lettering: welded closed contours, real millimetre sizing, SVG or DXF. 1,900+ fonts, no upload, free — built for laser cutters and engravers.

  • Text for CNC engraving

    Machine-ready lettering for routers and engravers: closed contours, per-letter DXF layers, declared units, stroke bands as real geometry. Free, in-browser.

  • Text for vinyl cutting

    Cut-ready lettering as SVG or HPGL: welded single outlines, no font to install, 1,900+ typefaces. Works with Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio and Roland.

  • Text for 3D printing

    Turn text into a printable solid: watertight extruded STL, depth you set, millimetre scale a slicer reads directly. 1,900+ fonts, free and in-browser.

1,989 fonts, already here

The whole catalog is self-hosted, so picking a face costs one click and no download, no install and no request to a font CDN.

Frequently asked questions

Is Glyfify free?
Yes — free, with no account, no watermark and no export limit. There is no paid tier holding a format back.
Are my text and my fonts uploaded anywhere?
No. The whole pipeline runs in your browser tab: shaping, geometry, boolean operations and writing the file. A font you upload is read locally and never transmitted, which is why a licensed retail font is safe to use here.
Can I use my own font?
Yes. Drop in a TTF or OTF and it is parsed in the tab alongside the built-in catalog. Do check that the licence covers outlining for whatever you are making.
Will the exported text still be editable?
No, and that is the point of outlining: the letters become geometry, so the file no longer depends on the font being installed anywhere. Keep an editable source and come back here to re-export when the wording changes.
Which format should I choose?
SVG for the web and for most cutting software. PDF or EPS for print. DXF for CAD, CNC and laser work, because it declares its unit. HPGL for pen plotters and older cutters. STL when the text has to be a 3D object.
Does it handle non-Latin scripts?
Yes. Because shaping goes through HarfBuzz, Arabic joins, Devanagari reorders, Thai stacks its marks, and CJK sets cleanly — provided the typeface you pick actually contains those glyphs.