How to fill in Fonts with a Cricut pen
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2022
- Our quick tutorial video that will show you how to use the Offset Tool in Cricut Design Space to fill in any font with a pen. Unlike other tutorials, this method doesn't require slicing a hatch pattern into your letters, and it won't take forever to complete!
This simple technique is easy to set up in Design Space and it runs quickly on any Cricut machine, including the Maker, Explore, Venture or Joy Xtra. It's great to try for cardmaking, invitations and other paper projects! Never worry about hollow letters or fonts bubbling when you try to write them - this simple #cricuthack will let you use any font you want as a writing font in Cricut! Combine this method to use any pen to get results that will make your projects really pop!
Check out the full tutorial (with step by step photos) on my site:
sniptoit.com/how-to-make-cric...
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I just found your video. It is so uncomplicated and easy compared to some others I have watched. Thank You!
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad I was able to make something useful for you!
Most in-depth video I have seen on this thank you . Grateful for your time in doing this 🦋
You are so welcome
Thank you! This was great with no talking but great explanation. I watched a lot of videos the last three days and this one worked for me. TY
You're very welcome!
This seems much easier than and quicker than filling the inside with lines. Thanks for this. I have awesome fonts and want the filled-in look for all of my text.
Thanks for watching Michelle! I agree, I do not like the cross-hatch method...I've tried it and it takes 45 minutes to fill in a single word! Who has that kind of time? The offset method doesn't work perfectly for every font, but I've had good luck with it for most fonts I've used. Good luck!
Thank you i will be trying tomorrow but your video didnt give me a headache so appreciate it
You got this!
Just found your TH-cam Channel. Excellent video on filling in fonts with a Cricut pen. I did not know you could do this technique.
Thanks for commenting and subscribing! I figured this out by trial and error myself.
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
Can't wait to try this! Thank you for this step by step video!
Finally a simple well explained way...thank you so much!
Thanks for watching. So happy I could help you!
Best video ever on this topic!
Thanks for the love Shona! Glad I could help you.
Great idea! Thank you!
Fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing.
thanks! Will absolutely be giving this a try.
Good luck, let me know how it works!
Thank you! This is amazing!
Thanks for watching!
Wow 🤩!!! Thank you 🙏… I’m grateful 😊
You are so welcome, I'm glad that something I created has been helpful to you!
Thank you, great video 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Great, thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
If your using offset on a iPad is there a way to lock and save to do multiple projects? Mine reverts back to to original.
wow!!! I will try this!
Good luck! I hope it works well for you!
Awesome
YES!
AMAZING 🎉❤
Thanks for the comment!
Can you or anyone you know help me understand how to write with the pen in Cricut Explore Air 2. I only have my iPad and iPhone to work with so instructions to computers are unrecognizable to my needs. Plwse help
use the pen
Could you specify the pens you used on this video? Specially the gold one. Thank you
Hi Mhiro! In the first section of the video (filling in Happy Birthday), I used a 0.4mm fine point Cricut pen to create the outline and a 1.0mm black medium tip Cricut marker as the fill.
For the other examples, I used a 1.0mm gold Cricut metallic marker to create the outline and fill. For the second variation ("Get a Tattoo") I also used a 0.4mm black Cricut fine point pen for the outline, and a 1mm red Crayola marker for the fill. Hope this helps!
Will this work with the joy? And what if you don’t have a marker?
Hi Natalie! The offset feature is available to Joy users as a regular feature of Design Space for desktop and iOS, but not Android users - so you should be able to employ this technique.
If you don't have a marker for the Joy, you can still use the 0.4mm fine point pen to fill in letters, you will need to create internal offsets small enough that the regular pen will draw a line without leaving gaps. I would try setting the internal offsets to 0.016 inches (the width of the pen tip). I have filled in text using just the pen, and it just takes a bit of trial and error.
Good luck!
Would this work with the cricut transfer foil system?
Hi Kerry, that's a great question, and I've done some tests, and there are some important factors to consider when filling with a pen vs filling with the foil tool.
1. A pen or marker's ink will bleed a bit into the paper and spread out. The foil doesn't do this, so you have to try to get full foil coverage.
2. The foil can tear or wrinkle if you work it too much
What I did was create a test, and I found that if you use the medium foil tip for the outline of the text and the internal offset, you get pretty decent results provided you are using a skinny script font and your font size is pretty small.
I'm going to keep experimenting with this and I'll use it to create a new video on the topic.
@@SniptoIt thank you so much for the advice. i will have a play and await your video . thank you so much for doing this i cant tell you how much us newbies appreciate this valuable information. grateful for your time.
I couldn't get it to work as well, but it helps to have this info. I think it depends on the font. I'll keep trying. Thanks
Hi Shama. I had to use a lot of trial and error before I was confident about sharing this technique, and you're right, it doesn't work perfectly for every font. I would try using a 1mm Cricut or Crayola marker to fill in the font, and if that doesn't work, consider a 2mm Cricut calligraphy pen. (although the calligraphy pen will not work if your font is small, and may change the appearance of your font). Good luck!
When I attempted this, I noticed that my Offset function indicates that it's Beta. It wouldn't create the negative offset.
Hi Merrie, you can see in the video that it says Beta on my Offset too, but if you drag the distance slider to the left of center you will get a negative value offset. Then you can customize the number until you get a good fit for your offset line.
@My Snip to It! I had the same issue. It won't let me click the Apply button after I change the number, no matter what the number is. 😔
@@sillymamacita3854 That's odd. Can you enter a positive number for an external offset? There may be other issues going on with your Design Space installation. Perhaps try quitting and emptying the app cache
i tried this and it wont work. maybe im doing something wrong?
Hi Ashley, I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with this technique. What font are you using, and how large is it? Depending on the font, size, pen type, you may need to experiment with your offset values until you get a working formula. I still have to use trial and error when I use this technique for filling in a new font for the first time.
yah didn't work for me either :(((
Hi Julie, sorry this technique didn't work for you. I had to use trial and error when I first started using this method, and different fonts, font size and pen type will all affect your results. When I'm writing on a card, I have filled different fonts using pens from 0.4mm all the way to 2 mm. If you're having problems and would like help, post your font and size you're trying to write and I'll see if I can help!
Hard.
How could we make it easier?
While the info is good, video is to fast...can't keep up with the steps.
Hi Jane, thanks for the feedback. I'll be sure to keep it in mind for future videos. In the meantime, you can slow down the playback by clicking the Setting icon (shaped like a gear wheel) in the lower right hand corner. Then select Playback Speed (default setting is Normal) and then select a slower speed - .75 / .5 /.25 (aka three quarter speed, half speed, or quarter speed)
The sound might be a little distorted for you, but for this video, it shouldn't matter.
If you prefer, you can read a full description of each step with images on my blog at sniptoit.com/how-to-make-cricut-fill-in-letters/