Recommended Sandcarving Fonts

The sizes given here are for output to Laser Film, InkJet Film or a kodolith film positive. For Vellum we recommend using the 5 mil specifications as a minimum for any smaller mil used.

Minimum Point Size for:	3 Mil	4 Mil	5 Mil
Avantgarde Book	4	6	8
Benguiat Regular	4	6	8
Bookman Regular	4	6	8
Brush Script	8**	10**	12**
Coventry Script	6*	8*	10*
Fritz Quadrata Regular	4	6	8
Goudy Regular	4*	6*	8*
Helvetica Regular	4	6	8
Linotext	6*	8*	10*
New Century School Book	4	6	8
Optima Regular	4*	6*	8*
Palatino Regular	4*	6*	8*
Park Avenue	6*	8*	10*
Souvenir Light	4	6	8
Times Roman	6*	8*	10*
Zapf Chancery	6*	8*	10*

* These fonts also need a stroke added at the minimum size (.25 points).

** These fonts may need the centers of the letters enlarged. (Create outlines of the fonts and manipulate as normal artwork.)