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Why you need a free font manager and how to use it.

Why do you need a free font manager? Because it’s the one free craft tool that will change your life and you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.  Let me show you how it works.

Why you need this Free Font Manager and how to use it

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For the longest time I had no idea that the pretty fonts I had been downloading had all these extras I could unlock and take my font from just pretty to totally stunning. I had all the hidden extra ligatures, salts and swashes but I didn’t know I needed a font manager to access them. I discovered this free font manager and my crafting game was forever changed.

Easy Access to All Your Favorite Fonts

The Creative Fabrica Free Font Manager allows you to quickly scroll through all of you fonts and determine which one is right for you project without having to change the font in Cricut Design Space 100 times and then not remember which one you liked best after trying them all out. Just type in the text you want and scroll through all your fonts in one place to choose which is best for your project.

Unlocking the Hidden PUA (Private Use Area)

When you purchase a pretty script font chances are it has a PUA. You know how you look at the font and the samples it provides and it has pretty loops and curls and extras. You think, sweet, that’s just the font I need. Then you download it and you’re only able to get the normal font, not any of the fancy stuff you saw in the samples. What’s up with that!?!? Well you can bet that font has a PUA and you just need a free font manager to unlock it.

Previewing the PUA in your text

Some fonts have a few PUA glyphs and some have thousands like “Samantha Font”.  When a font has that many to choose from you’re going to want to play around and see what works best for your project. This Free Font Manager lets you easily try them all out before deciding on your final look.

Learning the shortcut keys to your favorite fonts

Okay, one of everyone’s favorite fonts is the “I love Glitter” font by Misti.  There are some very simply shortcut keys to get the hearts and swashes at the beginning and end. To find these shortcut keys you’d have to ask around in the craft groups or read through instructions provided when you downloaded.  With the Creative Fabrica free font manager you can just copy and paste the character you want and it shows you the shortcut key.

Side note: Misti is one of my very favorite font designers. I have like 15 of her fonts. Not only does she have I love glitter but she has I love Christmas, Unicorn Sparkles, Autumn in November, October Twilight, Stylish Calligraphy…the list goes on and on.

Free Font Storage

Once you develop a love for fonts you’re going to want to have quite a few of them on hand for all your different craft projects. This Free Font manager gives you 2GB of free storage. That’s enough for 10,000+ fonts. You don’t need to clog up your computer storage with all those fonts any longer. Just put them all into your Creative Fabrica Free Font Manager. It has secure backup so your fonts are safe and secure and you can access them from any device. This makes crafting from different devices a breeze. Don’t have your favorite font on your tablet but want to make a quick craft, no worries. Just hop onto your Creative Fabrica Free Font manager and access it from there.

Make sure you check out the quick video tutorial below. And don’t forget to check out all the different subscription options offered by Creative Fabrica to get unlimited font, SVG and graphic downloads all with a commercial license!

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Comments

  1. Maria Lance says

    May 13, 2019 at 9:13 pm

    Hi! I opened an account but do not see any of my fonts. How do I transfer my fonts to Creative Fabrica?

    Thanks for your help!

    • crystalscrafties says

      May 13, 2019 at 9:39 pm

      You’ll need to upload them. Once your in Fontcloud go down and hit the blue “Browse” button at the bottom of the left hand font menu. From there you can upload your font files. It will accept ttf or otf files. These will usually be in the zip folder you downloaded when you originally downloaded the font to your computer.

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