Misty...I thought ACS software would make single line fonts (like you need for rhinestones) from your existing fonts...you might want to check this with your ACS guru.

If not...do you have Corel X4? you can do a decent job (with some clean up) by using centerline trace function.

Single line fonts are usually quite expense and I am not aware of any free single line fonts...If anyone knows maybe they can post

 

Help! I can't find the Centerline trace function on Corel X4! Thanks!

 

There are a couple....I was looking for the fancier designs....I know there's uite a bit of clean up involved in most of them. I was just looking for everyone's favorites...maybe some double or tripple line fonts. I'm sure most people have 4 or 5 "go to" fonts they like to work with...hopefully they'll share. I don't have corel draw.

 

Problem with 'sharing' most font is that we break our agreement when we purchase them.. I am not aware of any free ones

I would like for someone to post if there are any around

 

bY "share" I meant, let me know the name of the font.....I know the rhinestone designers i have worked with, have used free fonts....I just don't know the names. ( my husband sells cad...so I know all about the sharing you thought I was referring to ;0)

 

Hi MistyAnn.... some of our most popular "fancier" fonts requested for rhinestone replication are Curlz, Boyz are Gross, Santa's Sleigh, Ajile, Monotype Corsiva. Most of these you can replicate with several rows by bolding them and expanding the spacing between lettering when creating your template.

 

Thanks so much!!! I'll have to ask if there is a way to bold them within the acs software.
That's exactly what I was loking for! I didn't think about bolding them, that makes perdect sense....wow...thanks so much again!

 

No problem! I can show you that. And, by the way, I now have VNC working with my new router, so let's schedule the next class.

 

I got Rhumba script from someone else. I think it's free on dafont.com. My other favorites, lavendar script, sweetheart script and bodoni script I don't believe are free.

 

Thanks Allhamps.....I'm sure this is a silly question...but how do you buy fonts? On a CD? On line? I feel so clueless! Sorry!

 

For the ones I have to break down and buy, I go to www.myfonts.com. You can purchase for download. They also have some good ones at www.letterheadfonts.com (I think that's the right site). Again, you purchase and download.

 

...and here is nice page with a lot of rhinestone fonts...but no names.
Heat Transfer, Hot Fix, Rhinestone, Stud
I need to try to find out their names because I really like a lot of these fonts!

The third font on this site is the Old English Text. The first one is close to the Monotype Corsiva, but not exactly.

 

...The third font on this site is the Old English Text. The first one is close to the Monotype Corsiva, but not exactly.

Thanks!

....are you talking about the fonts in the little square pictures? or the 4 big alphabet pictures ?

I am going to print out that page and write all of the font names down beside each picture...so as to be able to identify when needed! lol
(I am so forgetful these days!)

 

The Old English Text is the capital letters under the letters in the boxes. The letters underneath that are the lower case of the Old English Text.

I understand being forgetful these days. I am getting horrible at remembering anything. I hope it is just senior moments, but I sure have a lot of them.

 

Also, Free Fonts - Graffiti fonts - Cool Fonts - English fonts - Free font download has tons of free fonts. They even have a discussion forum where you can ask about font images.

 

You can get a lot of fonts and clip art at Lord of Design - Download free graphic design, vector, brushes, psd, photoshop

 

has anyone had any luck in finding a font to use with rhinestones that does not require much manual stone moving?

 

One of my new favorites right now is akafrivolity. You can download it free here...
akaFrivolity Font | dafont.com

Some of the letters resemble the curlz font but the others don't look so "little girl-ish". It's almost like a mix between a script and the curlz. I do a centerline trace on it and I have very few stones that need to be moved.

 

I haven't been able to find anything like that. I've been picking my favorite fonts, and converting the whole alphabet (upper and Lower)to dots. That way I can just import the whole thing and pick and choose my letters. It's a lot of work upfront, but saves tons of time when designing.

 

bank gothic is a straight forward font, no serifs or scripts and it looks pretty.
I dont want to jack this thread..we run a busy little sign shop and I show all the girls that come in some samples of hotfix and no sales,
What age bracket is your clients at?
Thanks

 

Mistyann what a great idea...i believe I will start working on doing this as well b/c it's a real pain when trying to get something together on short notice...do mind letting me/us know what some of your favorite fonts are for rhinestones?

gerry...i am 27 and i would say that around my age group will be one biggest customers...i am always wearing bling...and really now that i think about so is my mom and she's in her 50s. Now you also have to remember i'm from Texas...gulf coast southern girls like their bling!

 

I like Saginaw for a lttle bit fancier font..... @Dotum is a nice simple font. If the lettering is big enough it makes a nice double line. Rockwell for double or triple line initials (for schools and stuff)
MY favorite whimsical one is Vegacute.
How about yourself? What fonts are you using?
What software are you using? I'm using ACS.

 

thanks...i am just getting into this and am still pretty clueless on a lot of things so sorry i don't have any fonts to recommend. i have the DAS software.

 

Kirsten, I think you're right about where the bling is. The majority of my sales are in TX, OK and MI. I have a smaller, but loyal following in my own city.

My new favorite fancy font is Aphrodite. It also comes with some flourishes. I haven't found it for free yet, but it's only $17 on www.myfonts.com. I'm going to be doing some names a little later and I'll post pics. Billboard is one of the wider fonts that I have been using for school/team names, etc. Pic attached (a little dark but you should be able to see it).

I've started keeping a FONT book. Everytime I find a font I like, I keep a sample page of it. Eventually, I want to uninstall ALL of the unnecessary fonts on my computer and only keep the ones I use most installed. I have font manager software, I just have'nt had the time to do that.

 

Thanks for sharing and if you could post pics of Aphrodite in stones when you get a chance that'd be great.
I was playing around with some fonts and found a tip that seemed to work in Corel - using the centerline trace function - I typed the text in a font (I believe it was Angelina) then clicked Bitmaps - Convert to Bitmap then Bitmaps - Centerline Trace. I then copied the centerline trace text from corel and pasted into SmartCut Pro to place rhinestones on. The lines are a little jagged but it was a lot less manual stone moving then other ways I've tried.
I am not a graphic artist at all and have only used this type of drawing software for about 2 weeks so this is all so new to me...lucky for me though, my husband has been in the t-shirt business for all of his life as his parents own a screenprinting/sign shop and he works with them so he has been a huge help but I still want to learn to do this myself as well.

 

Kirsten, I have been trying to do this for a long time! The way you explained it -- so simply -- I just did it!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

 

Here's a free one: Renegade Master font by Chaos Fonts - FontSpace#
I haven't seen a customizing bar on the download page like this before. What point size would you need to make it to create a size suitable for brushing 10ss stones? Looks like it would save a lot of time if you wouldn't have to readjust after typing it!

 

It is fairly easy to turn any font into a single line font but is a little time consuming. Use the drawing tool and trace inside the font. I am not a fan of the trace in corel. I have found that it is usually just as easy to do it myself.

 

Ok, I will only share this if you all PROMISE to keep it a secret! LOL! If you go to
www.fonstruct.com you can design your own with dots and then download it as a true font file onto your computer to install. Just use the dots. I print out the alphabet of what I need to have as a reference in front of me and then make my own. As was said above, takes a bit of time but once done it's DONE!

 

Ok, I will only share this if you all PROMISE to keep it a secret! LOL! If you go to
fonstruct.com you can design your own with dots and then download it as a true font file onto your computer to install. Just use the dots. I print out the alphabet of what I need to have as a reference in front of me and then make my own. As was said above, takes a bit of time but once done it's DONE!

I clicked on your link and it took me to a crazy Facebook ad! I think you meant FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts, right?