Using a custom font in blender
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 - download font from www.1001fonts.com/download/milton-one.zip
 - unzip it
 - in blender, create a "Text" object
 - select it
 - use Tab key (Edit mode) to edit lettering
 - goto to "Properties" menu (lower right window on workspace) and select "Object Data Properties" icon (looks like an "a")
 - open "Font" drop down menu
 - select "Regular"
 - open its file selection menu (box on right)
 - navigate to desired font and select it
 - adjust letter shape
   - open the font's "Transform" drop down menu
   - set "Size" = 5    (to set height in millimeters?)
   - set "Shear" = -.3 (to adjust slant)
 - "pack" font into blender file so it no longer references external font file
   - select File -> External Data -> Automatically Pack into blend
   - enable the checkbox
 - convert object to curve
   - Object -> Convert to -> Curve from Mesh/Text

To print dial face as pdf
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- in Blender
  - center curves using shift + 'c'
  - select curves
  - File -> Export -> Curves (.svg) -> Selection only = Y
                                       Absolute coordinnates = (doesn't matter)
                                       Viewport projection = Y
                                       Unit = (has no effect)
- in Inkscape
  - File -> Import -> select .svg file
  - Object -> Transform -> Scale: 115.0% (determined using trial and error to make diameter = 204 mm, below)
  - File -> Document Properties
    -> Format: mm (millimeters)
    -> Resize to content (should new see Width and Height equal to dial size == 204 mm exactly)
    - reset page size to US Letter 8.5x11 in Document Properties and recenter object
  -> Object -> Fill and Stroke
    - for circles:             Fill: None,  Stroke paint: Black, Stroke style -> width: .7 mm
    - for large numbers:       Fill: Black, Stroke paint: Black, Stroke style -> width: .7 mm
    - for small numbers:       Fill: Black, Stroke paint: Black, Stroke style -> width: .3 mm
  - File -> Save -> drawing.svg (this preserves inkscape session info inside the svg file so another inkscape session can resume where we left off)

- to generate pdf for printer
   > inkscape drawing.svg
   - File -> Save As -> print_me.pdf

- to adjust stroke and fill for individual compoents (numbers vs dials, for example) each object must be imported separately (and manually scaled and aligned)
