Fields Of Heather: Cheat Sheet

A Printable Cheat Sheet Of Font Terms, and a second sheet, showing the difference between using system fonts in Design Space, compared to other programs.

Download the Printable from the Facebook Album Here:
https://www.facebook.com/fieldsofheathercrafts/photos/a.742157633388904/742157390055595

Here's a more detailed look at what is in the printable:

Kerning adjusts the space between individual letters. It’s what makes your text, especially cursive text, connect properly. Design Space does not read font kerning. You can ungroup system fonts & manually space them, or type text into the free fontlab pad & save as an svg.

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/01/using-fontlabpad-with-cricut-design.html

A ligature is a special character that combines two (or sometimes three) characters into a single character. In most programs they appear automatically, but not in Design Space. If a font has ligatures, to see them, use a program like fontlab pad, and save your text as an svg. This font is Herina - FREE! Find it here: https://fontbundles.net/free-fonts/other/herina-font/rel=mno4va

A glyph is "the specific shape, design, or representation of a character". These are often alternate letters, with extra swirls and tails. You will need a character map to see the glyphs, then copy and paste them into the text box.

How To Find & Use Font Glyphs - https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/02/how-to-find-use-glyphs-in-fonts.html

"Easy Glyphs” are fonts that have glyphs, but do not require a character map. For these fonts, you use keys such as ( ) or [ ] to add the tails or extras. For Cheat Sheets of Easy Glyph Fonts: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2017/09/fonts-with-tails.html

When you use the markers in Cricut, the pen will follow the path of the blade, causing most text to outline, or “bubble”. Cricut has “writing fonts” (not free) that will write as solid letters. Or, there are hundreds of FREE FONTS that will “collapse on themselves”, or that are true single line. Find the free fonts here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2017/11/6-single-line-fonts-that-will-write.html

An “Extrude” layer is a shadow layer. In fonts like the one to the left, you type the text twice—once in the “regular” version, and once in the “extrude” version. Then you layer the normal version on top of the extrude layer, to create a shadow or outline layer. Find free dual layer fonts here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/05/free-dual-layer-shadow-fonts.html

Dingbats' are fonts made up of images. These will cut in Design Space, just like any other font! Find a list of dingbat fonts here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2020/07/how-to-use-free-dingbat-fonts-as-cut.html

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Part Two
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Download the Free Printable from the facebook album here:

https://www.facebook.com/fieldsofheathercrafts/photos/a.742157633388904/742157400055594

Part Two shows you the difference between using the fonts in Design Space, which does not read any of the instructions designers program into fonts, and using the same fonts in another program.. It also identifies the fonts I used:

The Fonts (click on the link to go to the download page)

Amastery (Not Free)

Herina (Free)

Samantha Craft (Not Free)

Sweet Hipster (Free)

Always Here (Free)

Ginchiest (Not Free)

Harry Potter & The Dingbats (Free)

Although Design Space now is now MUCH better about spacing fonts properly, it still does not read font kerning, and will not be able to use the ligatures, if a font has them. I use fontlab pad to work around the font issues in Design Space. Fontlab Pad is FREE, and will save your text as an svg. It's only for computers, there is not an app version. On phones and tablets, many choose to use the phonto app.

More about using Fontlab Pad

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/01/using-fontlabpad-with-cricut-design.html

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