Creating contour lines within text

I am trying to create artwork for use in a laser machine.  I have some directions on how to create it in Corel, but I'm Illustrator based and I can't seem to convert the terminology over to Illustrator.  I'm trying to create text that is filled with contour lines so that when it's sent to the laser it will vector engrave the fill instead of doing a solid fill with the raster etching.  Attached is a picture that might help explain what I need to accomplish.  Thanks in advance for the help.

oldmountaincrafts,
Basically, you can work with Object>Path>Offset Path with a negative value equalling the distance between lines.
There may/will be some adaptations when the shapes switch from following the whole shapes to partial shapes.
You may:
1) Create the live Type;
2) Type>Create Outlines, then switch from fill to a suitable stroke;
3) Object>Path>Offset Path as many times as needed, possibly switching to partial shapes for the last bits, possibly using Object>Compound Path>Release.
Below is the result up to the final adaptation for a 72pt Helvetica with a Stroke weight of 0.5pt and an offset of -1pt. The innermost bits of the B, a, and b, form Compound Paths which must be released so you can work on with each bit individually. You may also delete and replace parts and use simpler paths, such as curved paths in B, curved and curved/straight paths in a, and curved and straight paths in b.

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