cricut love FONTS!

hey, remember when i was awesome and blogged alot?

yeah, me neither.....

but remember when i started a series called cricut love?

well i did.

no really.

i did.

and I have cricut love....and wear it proudly.

i also have a touch of vinyl love.

okay-- like slap in the face amount of love.

and i've been slapping vinyl on just about everything in my house.

kids included....

anyways...

i thought i would touch base with you...give you a dose of cricut love

so YOU too can love your cricut..

(or other electronic cutting devices)

where we left off...

scal.

(aka...sure cuts a lot)

i got scal.

and now it's not compatible with cricuts anymore.

so sad.

poor cricuts.

but if you have scal...than this ones for you...

 let's chat about fonts.

once you download fonts on your computer..you can use them with your scal...

and basically, the sky is the limit.

okay. www.dafonts.com is where i get almost all my fonts...easy to download..and they have like ...oh i dunno...miiiilllllioons (said like dr. evil)

Here's a list of my FAVORITES:

(you know..the ones you can remember off the top of your head..and use when you don't have time to scroll through the million bijillion fonts on your computer.)

i could go on...and probably will in the future.

but one of my favorite FAVORITES is

If you notice..when i take a picture of my scal project...i always try to leave the font on it...see the smiley monster?

 it's also the font i used for all my family home evening blocks...

my only thing with smiley monster is that if there is an i and l next to each other sometimes they are a little too close.... but as long as you know how to ungroup your words you can move them apart to your liking!)

1. see how the box is all around the smiley....

2. you go to the top and click on object and hit ungroup. then the box is only around the individual letters. you can move them around and turn them and place them however you want.

3. drag from the right bottom corner to the top left to add the box back over the entire word (or just the letters you want) click on object and hit group.

4. now all the letters are back together and you can move them, stretch them, make them tall or skinny or however you want!

You can go here for loads of awesome help with scal...

now, some fonts don't have all the symbols....

like {}()? etc...and some don't have numbers.....

so sometimes i have to write in what i want..then change my font to one that does have it.

(like my trash from above...i had to go switch my fonts to get the [ ].

do you see how drifttype only has !'? and doesn't have an numbers.....

and some are all in caps...or no lowercase...so when you are sitting down to use your scal make sure to double check so you aren't making this beautiful work of art and then need a dollar sign and realize it doesn't have one!!!!

okay..back to the fonts.....i personalized some water bottles for the kids.

I used this AWESOME batman forever font.....

my daughters name was done with:

did you see the cute star and heart this one has? some fonts have really cute little symbols!

(and I feel i should share that i did these in expressions vinyl outdoor vinyl...and ran it through the dishwasher and they came out wonderful! i was super scared and have been hand washing them....but no worries!)
dafont  also have a lot of famous fonts....

remember by mickey mouse invites?

I just looked up disney...and found

and typed them out...so if you are having a themed party (like a harry potter one) it's just super fun to use!

and i made myself a cute(r) no soliciting sign for my door....

with

random sidenote: have you seen this one from etsy;

it's heeeelarous!

Other great places to get fonts are:

amanda and kevin(fantastic handwritten ones) 

 1001 free fonts

scrapvillage is pretty awesome

miss tiina i love hers....

also....on most fonts or the font website they have disclaimers

do you see how it says free for personal use....

so i'm not sure quite what that means if you use the font to make something to sell (like the family home evening blocks) but i just wanted you to be aware of it!!!!

AND remember when using your cutter (cricut or whathaveyou)

some fonts are distressed and don't quite come out on your cricut...

 

once you download the fonts they all go directly to your scal.....so it's really easy to use

and really addicting..

cause their free.

and fun.

and free and fun is two of my most favoritest things.

next episode of cricut love will be on DINGBATS!

if you have any cricut or scal or vinyl questions drop me a line...

and if you have missed any other cricut love posts you can go here and get yourself all caught up!

and if you have a favorite font than leave me a comment.

and in case i don't see you --good afternoon good evening and good night.