Frequently asked questions

Script fonts look connected on screen, but each letter is its own shape — your laser cuts every piece separately. WeldWords merges the touching letter outlines into one continuous cut path, so the whole name comes off the machine as a single piece. Type the name, pick a font, export — no node editing. Read the full tutorial.

Basic “weld” or “union” tools in Inkscape, Illustrator and LightBurn fill in counters (the enclosed holes) when letters overlap. WeldWords preserves counters during the union, so a, e, o, d, p, g and b keep their holes — and dots on i and j stay attached. See how it works.

Most editors export SVGs in pixels and let the machine software guess the scale. WeldWords exports true-millimetre SVG and DXF files, so a name you set to 50 mm tall imports at exactly 50 mm — no rescaling, no tape-measure surprises. Export guide.

Yes. Weld Words scans every welded design for weak necks — the thinnest connection points between letters — and flags joins that are likely to break coming out of the stencil or in daily use, so you can adjust the font, size, or border before you waste material.

You can — manually, with path unions, node cleanup, counter repair, and per-name sizing. Makers tell us that takes 10–20 minutes per name. WeldWords exists to do that same preparation in seconds, and it works alongside your existing tools rather than replacing them. Compare the workflows.

WeldWords includes over 2,000 fonts — scripts, serifs, sans-serifs, display faces and more — all licensed for this use and loadable instantly. Script fonts are the specialty: they weld into one clean piece with holes preserved. More about script welding.

Yes. WeldWords properly shapes Arabic, Hindi and other complex scripts (letters that change form depending on their neighbors) and supports accented Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, CJK and more — with automatic fallback fonts when a glyph is missing, plus a warning so nothing silently turns into boxes. Multilingual tutorial.

Set a target height or width in millimetres (or inches) and every name in the batch is sized to it. You can also set a maximum box — a width and height cap — and each name shrinks proportionally to fit inside it, so long names never come out oversized. Sizing tutorial.

An inverted cut turns the name into a stencil: letters become holes in a solid shape, with small stencil tabs holding the centers of a/e/o in place so nothing falls loose. A backing layer adds a solid outline cut from a second material that sits behind the name — popular for two-tone keychains and signs. You can combine both (inverted + backing), and each material exports as its own aligned sheet.

Yes. Click any name on the sheet to focus it, edit just that name in the Word box, and the rest of the batch stays exactly as it was.

Large batches (especially inverted cuts with keychain holes) are heavy geometry. WeldWords does the welding and sheet packing in background workers with live progress, so the page stays responsive. An 80-name inverted keychain sheet optimizes in a couple of seconds on a typical computer.

Paste the full list — one name per line — into the Word box. WeldWords welds all of them in the background, lays them across your material sheets, and exports one SVG or DXF per sheet. Orders of 80 names are routine. Batch generator · Watch an 80-name order.

Never. The sheet optimizer rotates and packs names to minimize waste while keeping every name at its exact requested size, with a safe gap between pieces. Overflow automatically spills onto additional sheets, and you can export each sheet separately. Nesting tutorial.

Yes — turn on the keychain ring once and every name in the batch gets a clean, correctly-placed eyelet hole that survives inverted cuts too. Bulk keychains · Keychain tutorial.

Those are some of the most common WeldWords orders. See the dedicated guides: cake toppers, wedding place cards, gift tags, door hangers, and classroom name sets.

Fabrication-ready SVG and DXF, in true millimetres or inches. SVGs import directly into LightBurn, xTool Creative Space, the Glowforge app, Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, Inkscape and Illustrator; DXF covers CAD-based workflows and LightBurn users who prefer it.

Yes — WeldWords is fabrication-preparation software that sits alongside your machine software, not a replacement. You design and export here, then import the file into whatever drives your laser or cutter. Machine-specific guides: Glowforge, xTool, Cricut, LightBurn, DXF.

Absolutely. Everything you design and export is yours — sell the finished physical products freely, no attribution needed.

Yes — every account gets free exports so you can test your real designs on your real machine before paying anything. Free previews are watermarked; paid exports are clean. See pricing.

Founding Unlimited members get unlimited production exports — batches, layered sheets, inverted cuts, everything — while subscribed. Existing subscribers keep their plan and price. Full details.

We'll make it right. If a file doesn't import at the right size, a weld comes out broken, or anything in your export isn't fabrication-ready, contact support and we'll fix the file, fix the tool, or make it right another way. That's a support promise, not a loophole — our Refund Policy still applies.

Yes. Your projects are tied to your account and never shared or sold. Customer names you paste in stay yours. See the Privacy Policy.

Start with the tutorials — they cover the most common tasks step by step. If you're stuck, contact us and a real person (usually the founder) will help.