How To Use Free Dingbat Fonts As Cut Files


Did you know that there are many free fonts with graphics you can cut with your cricut?  Not just flourishes and frames, but full sketches.  For instance, here is Harry Potter & The Dingbats on dafont:
How To Use Free Dingbat Fonts As Cut Files

Every one of those images is already a "cut file".  Use it just as you would any other font.  For me, I open it in Fontlab Pad, so there is no need to install the font and clutter up my font list.  You can use fonts right from the zip files in fontlab pad.    (This will not work for ALL dingbat fonts.  Sometimes you have to install them for FLP to read them)

For Dobby, I just had to type the letter K, as shown in the chart on the fonts download page.
Then I saved it as an svg, just as I would with any system font I want to use in Design Space.  (Because, DS space does not read font kerning and never displays system fonts properly)

Then I upload it to Design space, just a I would any other svg.
Now, that does not mean this will cut well.  Some of these images have a LOT of detail, and it could take awhile, or be a real pain to weed.  But they will all cut.


Free Dingbat Fonts
There are dingbat fonts for just about everything, from sports logos, to Disney, to Coffee & Unicorns.   At Dafont, go to the Dingbat category - https://www.dafont.com/mtheme.php?id=7
In the bar across the top you will see a listing for dingbat themes, you can click on any of these for more animals, or logos, etc. - 
Please be aware that these are not all family friendly.  Even in categories you might think would be.

Here's a sampling of what you will find:


There are 6 pages in the Tv & Movie Category.  Star Wars, Hogwarts, Disney, Snoopy, Star Trek, Loony Toons, and so, so very much more

In the Games Category, you will find everything from playing cards, Poker, Chess, and Dice, to Mario Brothers and Sonic


In the Logos category you will find eveything from social media icons to football teams to fast food restaurants, and soda brands.  All sorts of logos. (There's a whole category just for sports, too, find that here.)

In the Nature category there are mountains, leaves, MANY different flower designs (including the folk art style) and there was even a camper in one font.

Another example from the nature cateogory - fall designs, including Pooh & Hello Kitty



The Army Category has a lot of guns, ships, airplanes, targets... and even military designs such as the blue star mom flag, medal, army logo, and more.


The Horror Category is a lot of skulls and horror movie icons, but it's also where you will find several fonts full of sugar skulls

Here you will find everything from instruments and musical notes, to entire fonts dedicated to artists such as Bob Marley, Justin Bieber, and Michael Jackson.

This category is...  diverse.  Flags from various countries, drones, buses, buildings, more logos, cartoons, retro graphics, bicycles, watches...  There's one called Transportation with everything from hotair baloons and trolleys to old cars, one of pirate ships, and one called "My town" that appears to just be everything in this persons town from a  Burger King logo to a duck.


Also in Various - 


The Kid Category is almost as diverse as the Various category.  Everything from cartoons and cute animals, to babies, and animals on surfboards.  Doodle Bears is especially cute.




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1 comment:

  1. mwilliamsFebruary 17, 2022 at 10:36 AM

    Good information, I forget about these fonts. Thank you for reminding me to use Fontlab Pad. That is much easier than trying to open as a font in DS.

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