{"id":1887,"date":"2019-09-13T13:50:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T17:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crystalscrafties.com\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2020-03-05T20:27:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:27:21","slug":"how-to-connect-cursive-fonts-and-how-to-curve-them-in-cricut-design-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crystalscrafties.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/13\/how-to-connect-cursive-fonts-and-how-to-curve-them-in-cricut-design-space\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect Cursive Fonts (and how to curve them) in Cricut Design Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So you\u2019ve downloaded one of those fancy cursive fonts and now you\u2019re ready to use it in Cricut Design Space. You add your text only to find that the letters aren\u2019t connected. Frustrating, right? It\u2019s actually pretty easy to connect cursive fonts and I\u2019ll show you how. As an added bonus, I\u2019ll also show you how to curve cursive fonts\u2026yay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are 2 things you can do to connect cursive fonts in\nCricut Design Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method One: Letter Spacing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can lower the letter spacing to get the letters closer together. Go up to the top menu bar and click into \u201cLetter Spacing\u201d.\u00a0 Take it down to 0 and then go up or down from there to get the letters connected.\u00a0 This will sometimes result in some of your letters overlapping while others are perfect. If this happens, you\u2019ll want to move on to the second method of connecting cursive letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Method Two: Ungroup and Move<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If lowering the letter spacing has left you with some overlapping letters the next thing you\u2019ll want to do is ungroup all the letters and move them closer together individually making sure none of them overlap. To do the just select your text and go to \u201cungroup\u201d in the top right menu bar. This will separate each letter for you and you can work with them one at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finish it up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you have your letters placed where you want them you\u2019ll need to weld everything together. If you don\u2019t weld the Cricut will still cut each letter separately and you\u2019ll have a big ol mess on your hands. To weld just drag a box around your whole word so it is all selected and go down to \u201cweld\u201d in the lower right menu bar. Click weld and your word will become one solid piece rather than all individual letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Curve Cursive Text in Cricut Design Space<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want to curve your cursive text you can use the curve\nfeature in the top menu bar however, I don\u2019t recommend it. It won\u2019t come out\nlooking quite right. I suggest you curve your letters individually (kind of\nlike you did to connect cursive fonts). Pull in a circle from the \u201cShapes\u201d menu\nin the left menu bar or use whatever design element you want to curve the words\naround. I used a watermelon in my example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ungroup your letters again and start placing them around your circle or design. Decide where you want the middle to fall and place that letter first then work out to the right and left.\u00a0 Get your word to where it looks somewhat centered on your circle or design. Once you\u2019ve got a general placement for the letters, click into each letter individually and rotate it however much is needed for it to look natural then connect it to the letter next to it.\u00a0 Continue working in the way until you have your word connected and curved around your circle or shape. Then don\u2019t forget that super important step of welding it all together.\u00a0 Make sure you only weld your word and not your circle too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The video below show how to do each of these things in a bit more detail and shows you a little bit of how to edit images you find in Design Space.\u00a0 That\u2019s all I have for now. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and now you\u2019re connecting cursive font like a champ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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