(Like fixing the ascender and descender overlaps and adjusting S in Space to feel less crowded.) Next, we will start to separate the text into layers and make individual adjustments. For this particular font, I like the way it looks best at around -2. Not perfect, but it’s starting to look a lot better.
After editing spacing, you may end up with something like this. I still recommend starting with zero and adjusting from there. And because of the ascenders and descenders (like the y and g and d and k below) the spacing you want can look messy and even overlap. It can depend on what you’re making if you want to add any filler shapes etc. Now, line spacing with a script font is a little more open-ended than later spacing. You likely need to adjust a few individual letters from here, but let’s hold off on that for now so we can use a shortcut for composition before we separate the text into a bunch of layers.Īnd that would be line spacing. That seems to be around where most script fonts start to look how they were intended. You can use the arrow buttons to make slight changes but my best tip is to first change the number to zero. I prefer to change the letter spacing first so I can have each word look more correct before I adjust the line spacing and worry about composition. Now we can adjust the letter spacing and line spacing to quickly get the text much closer to what we are looking for with only a few clicks, rather than spending time moving each letter on its own. So, how do we fix the spacing? Well, for starters we will select the text so that the toolbar changes to a text editor. As far as I can tell, the text automatically chooses a letter spacing of either 0 or 1.2, but it just depends on the font. Over the years, Design Space has improved its initial settings for text, so you actually may not need to adjust the letter spacing at all anymore if you’re using a Cricut font. Once you type up your text in design Space, it might spit out something like this: You can also filter for writing fonts in the font menu.įor this tutorial, let’s say we are making an HTV pillow. The fonts on the right are made specifically for the writing function of your machine and do not work for cutting. You can still write with these but the pen will trace the outside of the letters. (Whoops! Annie “Lou” is actually Annie Leu!) The ones on the left are better suited for cutting because they are thicker. Here are some cursive fonts that are available in Design Space. Therefore, cursive fonts are more likely to be kerned. Non-kerned fonts have the same amount of space between each letter. When kerning is applied, some parts of a letter may overlap vertically with part of another letter. Kerning is a method of character spacing in typography that adjusts the spacing between individual letters to make the text more visually appealing. Try checking the “Kerned” box in the font filters to narrow it down. Design Space has over 700 fonts available with Cricut Access, so it might take a while to scroll through them all. Once you create a text box, you can start searching for the perfect font. Note: there are plenty of exceptions, but generally, if you are cutting vinyl, you will want a slightly thicker font whereas if you are writing with a Cricut pen or marker, a skinny font is going to look best. Hopefully, before you started typing, you knew what kind of project you plan to make. Step One: Choosing the Right Script Font for your Project. But the good news is it’s really easy to do and I’ve got a few shortcuts and tips to make the process go faster. The bad news is it can take a lot of adjusting to get the text to look just right. you’re using the wrong script font for your project.Once you fix the spacing, the tall and long letters overlap and make your lines harder to read or just look off.You want to cut out the individual words, not the individual letters.Terrible Awful Very Bad spacing of both the lines and the letters.Let’s begin by going over the most common problems you’re likely to come across when working with script fonts in Design Space. Script fonts can be tricky in any program but luckily Design Space has the tools you need to easily touch up your cut file and make beautifully composed script font cut files even as a beginner. Why are the letters spaced so weirdly? What the heck is going on with the overlaps? Then you got into Design Space and typed it up… And it was totally not what you expected. Whatever the case, you probably thought, “well it’s just typing my phrase into a program. Or maybe it was a pillow or a decorative towel. Now, this is just a guess, but I’m pretty sure a lot of us got introduced to the Cricut world by those gorgeous signs with the perfect script fonts that you see all over Pinterest. Learn How to Correctly use Cursive Fonts in Cricut Design Space to Take Your Text-Based Projects from Iffy to Beautiful!