Dearfont

Free Fonts for Cricut and Other Cutting Machines

The best fonts for cutting machines have thick strokes, simple shapes and letters that don't break into tiny pieces. This collection brings together connected scripts like Pacifico, Yellowtail and Dancing Script, and chunky display fonts such as Fredoka, Lilita One, Luckiest Guy and Bebas Neue that are easy to cut and weed in vinyl, iron-on and cardstock.

27 free fonts, previewed with your text

How to use it

  1. 1Choose bold weights for small text: thin strokes and fine hairlines are hard to cut and weed.
  2. 2Connected scripts look best when letters touch, so tighten the letter spacing slightly until words read as continuous handwriting.
  3. 3Test-cut a short word on scrap vinyl before cutting a large project.
  4. 4Leave enough space between lines so each line is easy to weed and apply.

Type a name, a quote or a label to compare them, then install your favourite on your computer. Any installed font can be used in Cricut Design Space: install the font on your computer, then restart Design Space and find it under System fonts.

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Frequently asked questions

Download the font from Google Fonts and install it on your computer, then restart Design Space and find it under System fonts. Any font installed on your computer can be used this way.

Chunky fonts with thick, even strokes, such as Lilita One, Luckiest Guy, Titan One and Fredoka in a bold weight, are the easiest. Very thin scripts and fonts with tiny details are harder, especially at small sizes.

Yes. Make a font from your handwriting with Dearfont, download the TTF file and install it on your computer. It then appears in Design Space like any other installed font.

Most families here include Google Fonts' Latin Extended set, which covers letters like ş, ğ, ł and ő used in Turkish, Polish, Czech and other languages. Cookie, Leckerli One and Satisfy only include the basic Latin set.

Yes. Every font here comes from Google Fonts and is released under an open-source license, mostly the SIL Open Font License, so you can use it in personal and commercial projects, including print, logos and merchandise. The OFL only forbids selling the font files on their own.

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