This name sign generator makes a laser cut sign from any name or family name. Add a second line such as a year, choose a backing that follows the text or a rounded rectangle, and drop in mounting holes. Download an SVG or DXF with the cut lines in red and engraving in blue.
Yes. Designing and previewing are free and nothing is uploaded, because the design is built in your browser. Your first download is free, and further downloads need a free Meshcast account.
The SVG and DXF files use millimetres, with cut lines in red and engraving in blue. xTool Creative Space, Glowforge, LightBurn and Inkscape all open these formats. Check the size once on your first file, because a few programs apply their own import scale.
Use SVG for Glowforge, xTool and Inkscape. Use DXF for LightBurn, CAD programs and cutters that prefer it. Both hold the same outlines.
Script fonts have gaps where one letter ends and the next begins, so a cut name can fall apart into loose letters. Raise the Join letters slider, or thicken the letters with Letter weight, until the warning goes away. For block fonts, where the letters never touch, turn on Base bar to join them along the bottom.
Turn on Mounting holes to add two holes you can use with screws or hanging cord. Without a backing, the holes are cut into the name itself. Keep the holes away from thin letter strokes so the wood does not split.