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Text & Automation

Use LightBurn text, fonts, variable text, CSV data, serial numbers and numeric expressions for repeatable personalized production.

6published guides
Text & AutomationFREE

Date, time, and Cut Setting variables

Use LightBurn Variable Text for timestamps and live layer values while keeping the result understandable and verifiable.

#Cut Settings#Date and time#Variable Text#Workflow
GuideIntermediate
Text & AutomationSUPPORTER

Serial-number production with arrays

Format serial values, assign predictable offsets to array copies, and restart interrupted batches without duplicate numbers.

#Arrays#Batch production#Serial numbers#Variable Text
GuideAdvanced
Text & AutomationSUPPORTER

CSV-driven Variable Text production

Prepare clean UTF-8 data, map zero-based columns, control record advancement, and validate a personalised LightBurn batch.

#Batch production#CSV#Variable Text#Workflow
GuideIntermediate
Text & AutomationFREE

Variable Text formatting basics

Choose the matching data mode, use the correct placeholder syntax, and test the resolved text before running a batch.

#Batch production#Variable Text#Workflow
GuideBeginner
Text & AutomationFREE

Variable Text: CSV Merges, Serial Numbers, Dates and Offsets

Automate personalized or numbered batches while controlling current values, offsets and preview verification.

#Batch production#CSV#Serial number#Text
GuideAdvanced
Text & AutomationFREE

Text, Fonts and Convert to Path

Create editable text safely, understand font dependency, and know when converting to paths is necessary for geometry editing or portability.

#File management#Fonts#Nodes#Text
GuideBeginner