To upload custom fonts in the Cricut Design Space, you will have to download and install the font on your devices, such as a desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet. After the installation is done, you can use the custom font in Cricut Design Space. Design Space doesn’t store fonts within the Cricut app, just as it does with images or SVG designs. But it only accesses the fonts that you have installed on your device. So, the first step is to find the fonts and download them. This blog explains to you how to upload fonts to Cricut Design Space.
Where Can I Find Free Fonts For Cricut?
The Internet has a hub of free fonts for Cricut that you may not know. You can easily get high-quality fonts without spending a single penny. Many fonts require a personal use license that lets you get fonts completely free. It can only be used for personal projects. But if you want to sell the projects, you will need a commercial license to use them legally. Hence, whenever you are going to download the font, check its license type.
Here are some best sites to find fonts:
- Creative Fabrica
- DaFont.com
- Creative Market
- Font Bundles
- 1001 Free Fonts
- Font Squirrel
- The Hungry JPEG
- Fonts.google.com
How To Upload Fonts To Cricut Design Space?
Open up Design Space on your computer, free software to download and install on your Windows or mac. It works with your Cricut machine. There is a step-by-step process to upload fonts to Cricut Design Space. Follow them as it is.
Step 1
On your Cricut Design Space home screen, there is a green button at the top left corner, “new project.” To use the Cricut font library, click on that button.
Step 2
It is a little overwhelming and confusing to recognize how to upload fonts to Cricut and where to get fonts from. But anyway, continue with the Text Icon on the left. Click that and go over it.
Step 3
Before you can start something with the Cricut fonts, you have to add some text. For this, select the Text tool and click to begin, and type anything you want. After you type the Design Space, display your text for you.
Step 4
Then, ensure your text is selected. If it’s not selected, you won’t see the text options at the top.
This is what the active text looks like.
Step 5
With the selected text, see the upper part of the screen. From here, you can change the font size, letter spacing, curve, and many more. Remember, it will be visible when your text is active.
Step 6
Now, click the “Font” dropdown at the top left of the screen. From here, you can select a new Cricut font.
Step 7
Once you click the Font dropdown, it will open up a Fonts window. This step will let you download the fonts. You can see all the available fonts, and most of them will be part of Cricut’s font library. Otherwise, you can purchase additional fonts in the Design Space.
Step 8
The available fonts mainly rely on two sources- the Cricut font library and System fonts. The original location of the Cricut font library is Cricut Design Space, and the System font’s original location is your computer. Hence, if you want to learn how to upload or download fonts to Cricut Design Space, you should know this.
You are given three options for the Cricut font library:
- The default Cricut fonts that come with your Cricut machine.
- Cricut premium font that you can purchase personally or via Cricut Access.
- System Fonts gives you the freedom to download different fonts for Cricut.
When it comes to font selections, you could toggle between All, System, and Cricut fonts. Plus, you can search for the font name in the search fonts bar. Let’s see how to download the System fonts to Cricut and how to install and add them to your Cricut Design Space.
How To Download System Fonts For Cricut?
Like the above process, this has a few steps to proceed. Let’s look at them.
Step 1
It is not too difficult if you are downloading it for the first time. Fonts are usually one file, just like any other document. Or you can say it is a collection of files when the font has multiple formats. The most common types of formats are TTF (true type fonts) and OTF (open type fonts).
Mostly, the TTF files are a good choice for all types of fonts, while OTF works as a file for designers and may include additional content, like alternates, glyphs, and ligatures. You can choose from both file types. Both files work in Cricut Design Space.
Step 2
Ensure that you have saved the font on your computer to download it. The file may be a single or compressed file that you have to open and download.
Step 3
If you go back to Cricut Design Space, you may not see the newly installed font. Ensure to close the Cricut Design Space. It will reload your system fonts. Also, save the open work you want to keep before you close Design Space.
Step 4
After ending the Cricut Design Space, open it once again. Now, open a previous project or start a new one. Then, select a text or use the Text Tool to write something. Now you can start accessing the text options just like before.
In case you have many fonts installed, you can find them by searching their name in the search bar.
Step 5
Then, when you check your Cricut font library, the new custom font will add to the list. Now, you have successfully installed Cricut fonts in Cricut Design Space.
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