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Cricut fonts. 12 free joined scripts and heavy letters you can cut and sell.

Pacifico, Satisfy and Dancing Script lead 12 Cricut fonts: 6 scripts with ink on at least 44% of the letter box, and 6 display faces at 54% or more.

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These measurements compare stroke density; check the outlines and test your material. All are licensed for vinyl, shirts and mugs you sell.

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Pacifico

Pacifico · free

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Why Pacifico fits Cricut and Silhouette: ink on 87% of the letter box, cursive score 2.22, 1 weight, and no italics.

Selling for Cricut and Silhouette: cut vinyl, shirts and mugs sold.

Commercial for Cricut and Silhouette: a craft shop’s own work.

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Joined scripts for connected lettering

Pacifico, Satisfy and Dancing Script are the most used of the 6 scripts; Pacifico has the heaviest strokes, ink on 87% of the box.

Heavy display lettering for Cricut

Bangers, Lilita One and Alfa Slab One lead the 6 display picks, each with ink on at least 54% of the letter box.

Can I use them for vinyl, shirts and mugs I sell?

Licence verdicts for 12 free Cricut fonts
Free fontLicenceSellingCommercial
PacificoOFL 1.1✓✓
SatisfyApache 2.0✓✓
Dancing ScriptOFL 1.1✓✓
CourgetteOFL 1.1✓✓
Marck ScriptOFL 1.1✓✓
CookieOFL 1.1✓✓
BangersOFL 1.1✓✓
Lilita OneOFL 1.1✓✓
Alfa Slab OneOFL 1.1✓✓
Black Ops OneOFL 1.1✓✓
Gravitas OneOFL 1.1✓✓
RighteousOFL 1.1✓✓
  • Selling (cut vinyl, shirts and mugs sold): yes for 11 of them, OFL 1.1 Condition 5; the font file itself may not be sold on its own (Condition 1).
  • Selling (cut vinyl, shirts and mugs sold): yes for Satisfy, Apache 2.0 Section 2.
  • Commercial (a craft shop’s own work): yes for 11 of them, OFL 1.1 Permission & Conditions; the font file may not be sold by itself (Condition 1); a changed font may not use a Reserved Font Name (Condition 3).
  • Commercial (a craft shop’s own work): yes for Satisfy, Apache 2.0 Section 2.
  • OFL 1.1 text
  • Apache 2.0 text

Which of the Cricut fonts to pick

Pacifico suits a vinyl name cut as one piece: ink covers 87% of the letter box, though you should check that the letters join before cutting. For a heading on a shirt or mug, pick Alfa Slab One, whose ink covers 86% of the letter box. Dancing Script gives a craft shop 4 weights to try for decorative lettering, with the same check for joined letters before cutting.

Cutting these fonts

Marck Script has the lowest ink coverage of the scripts, 46% of the letter box, compared with Pacifico at 87%. Inspect the outlines and test the chosen lettering in your material.

Check overlapping script letters in your cutting software and inspect the combined outline before cutting. Whether letters need joining depends on the actual word and layout, including display lettering.

To pair two of the Cricut fonts, take Pacifico from the scripts for a name or a word and Bangers from the display faces for a bold line under it.

What the rule selected: the 12 Cricut fonts and their numbers

12 of the 220 fonts that pass the rule for Cricut and Silhouette, out of 1,674 checked, the most used first
Free fontInk (%)cursive scoreWeightsItalicsGoogle Fonts rank
Pacifico872.221044
Satisfy583.71055
Dancing Script493.944058
Courgette503.171093
Marck Script463.8610102
Cookie584.1810118
Bangers67not read107
Lilita One75not read1023
Alfa Slab One86not read1035
Black Ops One70not read1046
Gravitas One66not read1048
Righteous63not read1068

Cricut: selection rules

Cricut fonts: questions

Which free font is best for Cricut and Silhouette?

Pacifico, the most used of these 12 on Google Fonts (rank 44), with ink on 87% of the letter box, cursive score 2.22, and 1 weight; Satisfy and Dancing Script come next at ranks 55 and 58.

Are these Cricut fonts free for products you sell and commercial use?

11 of them, from Pacifico to Righteous, are under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows products you sell (cut vinyl, shirts and mugs sold) and commercial use (a craft shop’s own work). Satisfy, from Satisfy to Satisfy, is under the Apache License 2.0, which allows products you sell (cut vinyl, shirts and mugs sold) and commercial use (a craft shop’s own work).

Which Cricut font has the heaviest strokes?

Pacifico has the highest ink coverage here, 87% of the letter box, followed by Alfa Slab One at 86%. That measurement does not predict how a particular material will cut or weed.

Which of these Cricut fonts has the most weights?

Dancing Script, with 4 weights.

How were these Cricut fonts chosen?

A cutting machine needs joined scripts, so a word cuts as one piece, or heavy letters with strokes wide enough to weed. 220 of the 1,674 free fonts we checked pass that rule for Cricut and Silhouette. The 12 here are the most used on Google Fonts, from Pacifico at rank 44 to Righteous at rank 68, one font a family.

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