How to Add Text in Cricut Design Space

Updated on July 23, 2024

How to Add Text in Cricut Design Space. Learn how to add text to your project using Cricut and system fonts in Cricut Design Space for your Cricut Explore or Cricut Maker.

We are jumping right into Lesson 3 of Cricut Design Space Basics. We have covered how to use templates to help you visualize your final design, plus how to add images from the Cricut Image Library. Today, we will discuss adding text in the Cricut Design Space app to use with your Cricut machine.

How to Add Text in Cricut Design Space

Open Cricut Design Space, select New Project, and click on the Text tool in the design panel. This will open a text box, allowing you to type your words or letters. The default font is Cricut Sans.

It will also pull up the text options at the top of the screen. Type your words into the text box. Use the return/enter key to move down to the next line.

Now, you can alter your font by selecting the font dropdown menu at the top. You can sort by showing all the fonts, only Cricut fonts, or only your system fonts. If you know the font name, you can enter it directly into the search box.

Using Cricut Fonts

To use only Cricut fonts, select the Cricut button at the top. Then, you can further sort your results using the search bar or the filter drop-down menu to sort the fonts by All Caps, Kerned, Multi-Layer Cutting, Single Layer Cutting, Writing, Handwritten, Free, Purchased, Downloaded, and Cricut.

Styles of Cricut Fonts

You can also search Cricut fonts by the style of font. But please note that these search features are for Cricut fonts only, not the personal fonts you downloaded to your computer.

If you plan on using a Cricut pen to write on your design, select the Writing filter to pull up the best fonts for using pens. You will see a pen icon in the layers panel beside your design.

Note: Be sure to attach your writing text to a cut layer for this option to work. The Cricut needs to be able to write your words on a specific part of the design.

You will notice some of the Cricut fonts have the Cricut Access symbol next to them. These fonts are included with all of the different Access subscriptions.

Using System Fonts

You can also select from any of your own fonts you have on your computer. Again, if you know the name of the font, you can type it directly into the search bar.

Both OTF file and TTF file fonts will work in Cricut Design Space.

There are plenty of great places to purchase fonts from or even get them for free for personal use. I love having the option of being able to use any font I want in a project.

RELATED: My Favorite Fonts

Formatting Fonts in Cricut Design Space

As you can see, using a script font like Milkshake doesn’t look great when you first add it to Design Space. This happens often with cursive fonts.

You have the option to change the style of the font. This will vary depending on the font you choose.

You can also change the font size by selecting the size you want at the top or dragging the arrows in the bottom right corner in or out.

You can also change the letter spacing and line spacing.

The letter space changes how close or far apart each letter is from the next.

The line space changes how far apart the rows of text are from the ones above and below. I find it best to play around with each one using the arrow buttons until the font looks the way I want.

You can also change the text alignment. You can choose from Left, Center, or Right.

There is also an Advanced option. You can Ungroup Letters, Lines, or Layers.

Ungroup to Letters changes your text from being one group of words and letters attached to each letter being its own layer. You can freely move each of the individual letters.

Ungroup to Lines takes each row of text and creates a new layer of just that row. This can be helpful if you want to use different fonts for different rows of text in your design.

Ungroup to Layers detaches the layers from one another to work with them independently.

Using Curved Text in Cricut Design Space

You can also easily create curved text now in Cricut Design Space. This is a new feature that was just released this month.

Type your text into the text box and format it with the font and spacing you want. Then click the Curve button.

You can then adjust the diameter of the curve by dragging the cursor left or right.

Helpful tip: Each line of curved text needs to be a separate text box. You can create a separate text box for each line or use the Ungroup to Lines function.

Adding a pretty font to your design can be a great way to get your message across. You can cut out the words, use a Cricut pen to write them, or even iron them onto a shirt!

Check out the video tutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TyI7IGKTOQU

Check back and subscribe to my channel for more Cricut Design Space Basics tutorials each week.

My Favorite Places to Download Fonts

You can find new fonts to download and use to create Cricut crafts and Cricut projects in many places around the internet.

Fonts come with either a personal use license or a commercial license. If you sell items you make with your Cricut, be sure the fonts you download are for commercial use.

Fonts to Buy:

• The Hungry Jpeg
• Font Bundles
• Creative Market

Free Fonts:

• Dafont (Mostly Personal Use)
• Font Squirrel (Commercial Use)

CRICUT ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION

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