Mitome-in Japanese style name seal

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A Japanese-style seal designed for use as a mitome-in or less formal hanko, is shown here. This design would not be suitable for a bank seal. This customizer could potentially be used with the site's customizer, but two limitations need to be considered: * There is no easily available Japanese font * Currently only strict ASCII files work with the customizer, which makes it even more impractical when trying to use kanji/hanzi characters for more Western designs. You will need: * A development snapshot version of OpenSCAD, including the built-in customizer * A nice font * Maybe someone to help you write your name in Chinese or Japanese * To avoid using the "Chinese" font used by some low-quality tattoo artists The text can be placed on one, two, or three lines. If you have a two- or three-character name, you can use the lines to simulate vertical writing. For Latin characters, I recommend using one line of horizontal text. With the Tweak sliders, you can adjust the size and shape of the text to fit it into the confines of the seal. There are two styles for the seal: one is to print the whole seal and grip as a single item, or to split the seal and the grip in two, print the seal with a soft material like flexible PLA, and the grip with standard PLA, then glue them together. The cap, ink pad, and ink pad cap are self-explanatory. I would recommend printing the ink pad cap with a soft material as well. The foam punch can be used to make the right-sized ink pad sponge out of some foam or cloth. When it's not strong enough to actually punch out the shape, it can still be used to mark the correct size. The grooves in the shapes are for keeping the caps on with rubber bands. The sphere on the grip marks the left side of the seal. As these are meant to be individualized, I will not upload any meshes (STL files). Instead, get OpenSCAD and create your own version.