To continue the series about working with text in Cricut Design Space we’re focusing on writing fonts today. Writing fonts with Cricut pens is a great way to get consistency in lettering and make certain projects easier.
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You can turn any cut line into a write line in Design Space.
Do this by clicking the text block then click line type and change from cut to draw. This includes all fonts – it will draw an outline of the letter, following the same path that the blade would if it were being cut out.
Generally though, you’ll want the look of the pen writing a letter as you would draw them yourself, as single lines. Some fonts have what’s called a “writing style.”
Rookie Mistake: not choosing a “writing” font.
You can filter fonts to show just those that have a built in writing style. In fact, some fonts are ONLY a writing font.
READ THIS POST about How to choose Cricut fonts
You can change the color of the writing fonts with Cricut pens, or any other draw line, according to different Cricut pen colors. When you go to make your project, Design Space will prompt you to insert the pen color you chose.
It’s especially helpful if you’re drawing in a few different colors, to keep them straight.
Once you have your font chosen and have the right text typed, check any letter and line spacing.
READ THIS POST on Spacing letters in Cricut Design Space
When everything is in the right place, select all the text and attach it together. If a font is writing only, “weld” isn’t even an option.
Watch this video to see how to use writing fonts in Design Space.
Write with Cricut Pens
Writing fonts with Cricut pens is a great way to get consistency in lettering and make certain projects easier.
Materials
- Cricut Pens
Tools
- Cricut Machine
Instructions
- Type text in Design Space
- Select a font that has a "writing" option
- Change font style to writing
- Fx any spacing issues
- Attach all letters / words together so they keep the correct spacing
- Insert the correct pen color when prompted by Design Space
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Projects to use Cricut Pens:
Gift tags
Scrapbook page captions
Coloring pages
Address envelopes
Message on a card
Doodles / embellishments
To save you a bit of time searching through fonts, here are some great fonts with writing styles to get you started.
You still may prefer using downloaded fonts with your Cricut. FontBundles is one of my favorite places to purchase fonts, and they have a collection of free fonts also.
Thank you so much! I was seriously struggling until I found your video! Thank you!!!!
So glad to hear it was helpful!!
I am having trouble- when I choose a font and the make the line type “draw”, it has an outline of the words as if they’re bubble letters. I even tried a font you suggested (Four Seasons). Same even if I make the size smaller. I’m trying to address envelopes. Any ideas?
Oh I just figured it out! For Style you pick “writing”. Yeah!!
Oh good, glad it worked!
For me (explore air 2), style is just bold, italic, regular, bold/italic. There is no “writing”. There is a line type to pick from, but just has cut, draw, and score. Only “writing” types show with a writing option.
Where should I go to find the fonts you listed?
You can search for them by name in Design Space.
Oh, those fonts are no longer available in the updated Design Space.
I love the information you shared in this blog. Wondering if you can tell me why some fonts i recently uploaded from Dafont.com are all cut fonts.
I wanted writing fonts and they look like writing fonts but they are cut fonts in my Cricut design space. I can’t use them to write with the pens and look like a writing font does. I appreciate any help.
Check out this post written by my friend – she lists several fonts that are specifically designed for writing!
https://heyletsmakestuff.com/single-line-fonts/