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When you are creating projects for personal use, you can make them unique by being able to upload free fonts to Cricut Design Space.
It’s not very difficult and it will add even more variety to your creative endeavors.
You will be able to access and use the fonts on your computer in Cricut Design Space. Find the fonts you love from a variety of free font sites and download them to your device. This is a skill that every Cricut lover needs to know how to perform.
Note: There is also an option to buy fonts from Cricut but this method will help save you loads of money!
4 Easy Steps to Upload Fonts
One misconception with using Design Space is that you need to transfer a font to the software for it to use that font. The process is actually much easier than that!
Have you ever downloaded a font to use on your PC or MAC? Maybe you needed to use it in Microsoft Word to make a heading.
Or you are an “old-time Scrapbooker” and you needed a particular font to design a title for a page layout or a card sentiment.
You have most likely downloaded a font before!
Now that you have the font that you want on your device, how do you upload a and use that font in Cricut Design Space?
You don’t.
What?!!
When you open up Cricut’s Design Space it will actually read the different fonts that you have downloaded to your system. The program takes care of everything for you. That is all you need to know how to add fonts to Cricut.
You have the option to use the fonts that Cricut offers or to use the fonts you have installed.
Open Design Space.
(If you are unfamiliar with Design Space and would like a walk-through guide you can check out this post.)
Click on the T on the left-hand toolbar to open the TEXT feature.
Next, click on the design space to create a blank TEXT box.
Once you have a text box on your design window, navigate to the top toolbar.
You will see a default font and a dropdown arrow.
Click on this dropdown arrow and you will see a selection of fonts that available.
You can view ALL the fonts, the fonts that are only available through the Cricut, or you can view just the fonts on your system.
If you have written down the font you want to use or you remember the font, you can also use the search feature to find your font.
Tips for Using System Fonts with Cricut Design Space
There are a few things to keep in mind when you are creating text features for your projects. If you start a project and then plan to go in search of other fonts, be sure and save your project.
If you refresh your Design Space page you will lose all your work. While you are working you may decide you want to download a different font for your project. It will not be available in your font list until you refresh the page.
Try out a few fonts when you are browsing on the free font sites. Download them before you start your projects and then they will be available while you are designing.
Using Your Favorite Fonts on Tablets or Phones
There are apps that you can use to download fonts to your iPad, iPhone, tablet, or Android. Having fonts on your tablet or phone makes designing on the go a lot easier.
Have a few minutes of wait time at an appointment or the kids’ sports practice? Spend that time designing a new cut file!
If you have an Apple device, you can download AnyFont (it’s $2 but worth it).
If you have an Android device then you could look into these apps: iFont, FontFix, HiFont, or Fonster.
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You can now go to Cricut Design Space on your device and access your system fonts the same way you would on your computer.
Now you can design original cut files on your iPhone or iPad. Your crafting world just became that much cooler!
Now that you have some new fonts in your system to use with Cricut Design Space, how do you alter them? How do you make a script font cut in one smooth section? Learn more about script fonts in this post.
If you would like to learn more about how to identify fonts to use in your projects, there is a post here.
Font Book User Guide
To use fonts in your apps, you need to install the fonts using Font Book. When you’re installing fonts, Font Book lists any problems it finds for you to review. You can also validate fonts later.
Install fonts
You can install fonts from a location on your Mac (or a network you’re connected to), or download additional system fonts right in the Font Book window. Fonts that you can download are dimmed in the font list.
In the Font Book app on your Mac, do any of the following:
All fonts you install or download appear in Font Book, and are available to use in your apps.
The fonts you install are available just to you, or to anyone who uses your computer, depending on what you set as the default location for installed fonts. For more information about setting the default location, see Change Font Book preferences.
Validate fonts![]()
When you install a font, it’s automatically validated or checked for errors. You can also validate fonts after installation if the font isn’t displayed correctly or if a document won’t open because of a corrupt font.
Tip: To find warnings or errors in a long list of fonts, click the pop-up menu at the top-left corner of the Font Validation window, then choose Warnings and Errors.
Resolve duplicate fonts
If a font has a duplicate, it has a yellow warning symbol next to it in the list of fonts.
Install Fonts On A Mac
If you can’t resolve font problems, go to the Apple Support website.
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See alsoRemove or disable fonts in Font Book on MacRestore fonts that came with your Mac using Font BookExport fonts in Font Book on MacApple Support article: Fonts included with macOS Catalina
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