legible font for small size ttf

[Robert Walters]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a TTF legible font in small sizes?
Roughly 0.050" tall (or as best as possible) laser engraved on anodized aluminum.

I'm looking primarily for legibility over style.

Thanks

[Mark Sipes]

Arial or Optane at that size.

[Craig Matheny]

Use the corel engravers font. Basically it looks like a single line font etch instead of engrave.

[Kev Williams]

I did this on my 18 year old 25w ULS, and these are all fairly bold fonts, AND my ULS has a fairly fat beam spot. Using the not-bold versions of these fonts should give great results.

Pop quiz-- everyone's seen and knows Friz Quadrata-- do you know from where? ;)

http://www.engraver1.com/erase2/fonttest.jpg

[Mark Sipes]

Univ of WI- Madison ? Univ ND, Univ AZ ?? Warcraft III ??

[Bill Cunningham]

I've used the Corel Switzerland (helvetica) down to 4 point and still readable by better eyes than mine..

[Matt Turner (physics)]

Pop quiz-- everyone's seen and knows Friz Quadrata-- do you know from where? ;)

Great. Now I'll have the theme song stuck in my head all night.

[Kev Williams]

This was the first example I found to steal a screenshot :)

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