@BurrMan - Just wow, thank you very much indeed for all your input!

I followed your videos and tried to wrap my head around your advice. In the videos,
the bottom of the vcarve is still flat though.

Following your Youtube tutorial, I tried extruding to a tapered point but
wasn't able to do that. I created a profile of my tool - 3.175 diameter, 20 degrees (in yellow)



Is it possible to extrude the text following the tapered yellow triangle?

I really appreciate the time you've spent on this!
Gunter