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Spring Fonts

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Springtime is often a time of starting fresh and enjoying nature. The weather is warming up and wildlife and flowers are in full bloom during the season! This is the perfect time to get started on spring cleaning and springtime projects that will help to fill your days and keep you busy and happy, from a new business logo to t-shirt designs. Do more than bake cookies and re-organize your home this year. Find inspiration for a spring project with beautiful spring fonts!

One Bundle, Fantastic Savings for Spring Fonts

The fonts included in the Spring Font Bundle are a wide range of beautiful handwritten font options! The style of the fonts in this pack gives you a number of options, from a whimsical brush fonts to an all-caps display font. Whether you’re looking for the perfect font duo pairing of an all-caps font and a stylish script font for your brand or just need those spring vibes in designs that you create for personal use around the house, this pack contains the perfect design assets for you!

How to Use These Fonts

These fonts can be used for a variety of things! Whether you’re looking to expand your font choices for social media graphics or use them to create labels at home to help you sort your belongings, these styles are fantastic to have as quality options for fonts!

Once the font files are downloaded, you can open the files to install them to your machine. If you are using an application that requires the fonts be imported, import the fonts to your application as you would any free spring fonts that you download from other sources!

What’s Included?

These fonts can be purchased for personal use or commercial use, depending on the license that you choose! If you’re looking to rebrand your business and use this font for ads and marketing materials, website, logos, other branding materials for your business, or digital downloads this is the perfect use of our commercial license. If you’re feeling the creativity bug and you want to get started on projects for around the house, like printables for your family, signs that match the theme of your home, and more, our standard license is the perfect option for you!

File types included: .otf, .ttf, and webfont files

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Add that something special to your next design as a professional designer or a DIY-er with the addition of this gorgeous collection of spring fonts.

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Summer Fonts

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Summertime is often a time of freedom and joy. The days are longer and the warm season brings all kinds of wildlife and flowers to the surface! This is the perfect time to get started on summer projects that will help to fill the long days and keep you busy and happy, from a new business logo to t-shirt designs. Do more than bake cookies and organize your closet this year. Give your next project summer vibes with beautiful summer fonts!

This Summer Font Bundle Is Hot

The fonts included in the Summer Font Bundle are a wide range of beautiful handwritten font options! The style of the fonts in this pack gives you a number of options, from a brush font to an all-caps display font and from a rustic sans-serif font to a stylish script font. Whether you’re looking for the perfect font duo pairing of an all-caps font and a stylish script font for your brand or just need those summer vibes in designs you create for personal use around the house, this pack contains the perfect design assets for you!

These Beach Fonts Are Perfect for Social Media Posts, Brands, Crafting, and More

These fonts can be purchased for personal use or commercial use, depending on the license that you choose! If you’re looking to rebrand your business and use this font for ads, website, logo and secondary logos, or other graphics for your business, this is the perfect use of our commercial license. If you’re feeling the creativity bug and you want to get started on projects for around the house, like summer greeting cards for your family, label makers, signs for your home, and more, our standard license is the perfect option for you!

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Fonts for Logos

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When it comes to creating a logo, the font you choose for your logo design is just as important as the design. The right font can make or break your logo, so choosing the right one is essential. Here are a few tips on choosing the right fonts for your logo:

Keep it simple. – When it comes to fonts, simpler is usually better. Use a simple font for your logo to make it easier to read and more memorable.
Choose a font that’s unique. – When choosing a font for your logo, try to find one that’s unique and stands out from the crowd. This will help your logo stand out and be more memorable.
Use a font that matches your brand. – When choosing a font for your logo, try to find one that matches your brand. If your brand is modern, sleek, and professional, choose a modern font. If your brand is more playful and fun, choose a fun font.
Experiment with different fonts. – Don’t be afraid to experiment with different fonts until you find the right one for your logo. Try out different types of fonts until you find one that suits your brand and logo perfectly.

Choosing the right font for your logo is important, as it can make or break your branding. By following these tips, you can create a logo that’s unique and memorable, and that perfectly represents your brand.

What is a logo font and what makes a good font for a logo design?

Every logo has some kind of lettering, whether it’s the name of a business or product, or an acronym. That lettering is known as the logo’s font. It can even be customized into a unique logo font to maximize the brand recognition of the logo!

A good font design should allow your brand to become easily recognizable at all times by anyone who sees you. The font or font pairs should accurately portray the image you want to set for your brand and should be flexible enough to provide consistency throughout all of your advertising materials.

Serif Fonts in a Brand

A serif font is a font style that has small lines coming off the main characters. Typically, they come in groups at the ends of letters and symbols. A logo with a serif/slab-serif font can be bold and commanding, letting people know that this business means business!

Serif fonts are often seen in traditional branding contexts, such as newspapers and magazines. They are seen as reliable and trustworthy, making them a good font family style for businesses that want to convey those qualities.

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Sans-Serif Fonts in a Logo

A sans-serif font is a font without the small lines at the ends of the characters. This style is often seen in modern branding, as it is seen as more contemporary and sleek.

San-serif fonts are perfect for businesses that want to come across as cutting-edge and innovative. You can use a lighter sans font or a bold sans-serif font to convey different feelings with a variety of font styles. They can also be great for brands that are targeting a younger audience, as this style is often associated with being modern and cool.

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Script Fonts in Logo Designs

Script fonts are those that have a more handwritten look to them. They can be used to create a more personal and informal feeling for a brand.

Script fonts can be great for businesses that want to appear friendly and approachable, whether you use a smooth script font or opt for a brush font. They can also be useful for brands that are targeting female customers, as they often have a more romantic feel. However, it’s important to use them sparingly, as they can quickly become overwhelming if overused.

If you’re looking for a font style that will help your business come across as trustworthy and professional, then a serif font is the way to go.

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So, what font style should you choose for your logo? It really depends on what you’re trying to communicate about your business. The perfect logo font will convey who you are, or what your company is or what your company does. If you want to come across as traditional and reliable, go with a serif font. But if you want to showcase your brand’s cutting-edge style with a more modern logo font, try a sans-serif font.

You can get all of the fonts featured in this post, and so many more, by purchasing my Handlettered Font Bundle – this collection of fonts includes over 200 font options, and includes savings of over 99% compared to purchasing individual fonts!

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Fonts with Tails

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Have you ever seen a font with “tails” in the design? Fonts with tails are more common than you think, and those extra glyphs really help to jazz up the fonts! The tails on a font are called swashes, and they are extra glyphs in the font.

What Font Styles Usually Have Swashes?

Swashes and flourished characters can be found in any type of font, including Script and Serif fonts. Swashes can sometimes be found on select characters, while some fonts have tails coming off of every letter, both in front of and at the terminus of a character!

There are many fonts that incorporate swashes! Styles of fonts can include script fonts, cursive fonts, serif fonts, and more. The fancy tails on those fonts are awesome for taking your logo or site to the next level!

Check out my font Palm Desert, which has beginning and ending swashes on each lowercase letter.

Script Fonts, and Cursive Fonts, and Serif Fonts, Oh My!

Script fonts usually have swashes worked into the font! These swashes flow smoothly with the script and often include curls, heart tails, and soft curves. Swashes are especially popular on fonts that have a dancing baseline, as they look closer to handwritten words. Script fonts with swashes are massively popular with designs such as wedding stationery, wedding invitations, greeting cards, delicate craft projects, and beautiful feminine logos!

Another type of font that can include swashes, or flourished characters, are serif fonts! It’s not as common to see that kind of font with swashes, but those that are closer to a display style may include swashes. These fonts are usually a cleaner, upscale type of font, and usually include many more glyph options! Take for instance my font Conquistador, pictured below.

Swashes are a great way to add a little extra flair to your display font! They’re almost like the icing on the cake. The swashes will help make your fonts more unique and allow you to really use them in all different types of projects.

So, what exactly is a swash?

A swash is a single glyph that is an embellishment or decoration to add to a letter. But keep in mind that swashes work best when they have been programmed into specific characters rather than being a separate option for every character from lowercase to uppercase.

While many people tend to think of swashes as ornamental flourishes found mostly in script fonts, not all script fonts have swashes. In fact, a point that I want to emphasize here is that while swashes can be used in any type of font, they should be used in specific situations, and should be used carefully within a design.

How many swashes should I use?

The number of swashes that you should use all depends on what you need them for and how significant or ornamental you want your text to be. Generally, the fewer swashes you have, the better. If you use too many swashes and extra tails in text it can become difficult to read, an issue that can easily be avoided.

How would I go about using them?

It all depends on what font you are using or if you want to create a custom typeface for your project.

If you purchase fonts from a professional font designer, these special characters will be programmed in to the Private Use Area of the font. This allows a professional designer to access them easily in industry standard software (like Adobe products), as well as the hobby designer in a variety of programs, like Design Space, by using the Character Map feature to copy/paste in characters.

Should I use free fonts with tails or use premium fonts?

While there are free fonts that feature swashes, the best fonts aren’t typically going to be free. If you’re planning something more important, such as branding materials, designing wedding invitations, or creating a vinyl cutting to display in your home, you may want to invest in a premium font.

Don’t forget licensing!

But, make sure that you purchase the proper licensing! If you plan to only use the font for personal use and not distribute anything that uses the font, you won’t need to worry about purchasing additional licensing. If you’re planning on using the font for commercial use, you will likely need to purchase a commercial license. Check the licensing information on the font that you intend to use!

And do I need any special software?

You don’t necessarily need anything apart from your normal design software, such as Photoshop/Illustrator or Silhouette Studio and Cricut Design Space.

Is access to the character map needed? Yes! Make sure that the software that you’re using is compatible with using glyphs so that you’re able to choose alternate versions of a letter! More professional software options, like those mentioned above, provide easy glyph access through simply highlighting a character to see all options available.

Using Your Swashes

In the end, it’s all about what will look good with your project! Swashes can be difficult to navigate at first, but once you get the hang of it, you can use those beautiful fonts that you’ve been eyeing or have purchased to their full potential!

If you’re in the market for fonts with swashes, flourishes, and a ton of extra goodies, make sure you check out my Handlettered Font Bundle. I love fonts packed full of features, and there’s no shortage of those features here!

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How to Add Flourishes to Fonts in Cricut Design Space

What are font flourishes?

The first definition of “font flourishes” that springs to mind is simply this: decorative letters or glyphs. They are mostly used in calligraphy or digital typography – logos, invitations, or posters, for example. You can work with all kinds of fonts and apply the flourishes to almost any place you want to, if the font includes them.

This font trend has been around for quite a while now, but it continues to be popular among designers who are looking to give their projects an extra little something-something. There are thousands of free fonts online containing these types of lettering elements that you can use!

What is a glyph?

A glyph is a specific character in a font, such as an “a” or an “x”. A glyph can also be a decorative letter or symbol that is used in calligraphy or digital typography, such as a swash or flourish.

The term “font flourish” is often used interchangeably with the terms “swash” or “alternate glyph,” but they are not exactly the same. A glyph is a specific character in a font, while a font flourish is a type of glyph that is used for decoration. Font flourishes can be simple or elaborate, and they can be added to any lettering style.

How to Access Glyphs in Cricut Design Space

In order to know how to add flourishes to fonts in Cricut Design Space, you will first need to know how to access your glyphs. Unfortunately, Cricut Design Space doesn’t allow you to see all of the glyphs of your fonts, so you will need to use either Font Book (Mac) or the Character Map (Windows/PC).

(Hopefully this is a feature that Design Space makes available in the near future.)

Accessing the font glyphs in Design Space can be tricky, so the process for PC/Mac is important to note! Once you’ve figured this process out once, it will be much easier in the future!

In order to add swashes to your font, the swash will need to already exist within the font’s glyphs. If the font doesn’t include swashes or special font characters in its glyphs, you will not be able to add flourishes to your font.

While I have PC instructions included in this blog post, the screencaps I’m going to show you are for a Mac computer, since that’s what I use for my design work! You can also see a video of me demonstrating these steps here. I’ve also got a video where you can see what it’s like to access special characters on an iPad so you can use them in Design Space.

Accessing Glyphs on Mac

While using a Mac, open up Font Book. You can find this in your Launchpad or by searching for the application in Spotlight Search (⌘ + Space). Navigate to View > Repertoire, allowing you to view all of the fonts’ glyphs, rather than the sample that Font Book typically shows.

Now, choose the font that you wish to use from your list of all the fonts installed on your device. You will now be able to scroll through the included glyphs of the font selected to find the special characters that you wish to use. Select the glyph, then navigate to Edit > Copy.

Accessing Glyphs on Windows/PC

While using Windows, you will need to open your Character Map in order to access fonts installed and their extra font characters. You can find this in your Programs or search for it in the Search Bar.

To begin, choose your font within Character Map. After this, choose Advanced View and click the Group By dropdown menu. Here, you will select Unicode Subrange, and a popup window will open. Once the popup opens up, scroll to the bottom and select Private Use Characters.

Now, you can scroll through the alternate characters and choose the special characters that you’re looking for. Click Select > Copy for the font glyph that you want to use.

Using Special Characters and Glyphs in Cricut Design Space

Step 01

Copy the glyph from your font using the steps previously described within FontBook or Character Map.

Step 02

Now that you’ve chosen your glyph, return to Cricut Design Space where your design file is open. Using the Text Tool, add a new text box to your design and type out all the letters of the design in the same font that you chose your glyph from.

Step 03

Move the cursor to where the special glyph is going and choose Edit > Paste in order to paste your alternate character into the design. Adjust the letter-spacing if needed in order to make the flourish flow with the rest of the font.

Keep in mind that once you use the special characters, if you change the font, the design will change drastically as the glyphs in each script font are different.

Step 04

Repeat the first step for as many glyphs as you need, pasting them into your design after they are copied each time. Add a new text box for more text or simply build onto the text that you have already typed!

Pro Tip: If you’re using Design Space on your iPad or iPhone, you can download the paid app Unicode Character Viewer. The app is $1.99 (as of December 2025), and will allow you to look up fonts installed on your device, copy the glyph you’d like to use, and then paste the glyph into Design Space.

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Spring Fonts

One Bundle, Fantastic Savings for Spring Fonts

How to Use These Fonts

What’s Included?

Visit My Website, Make This Investment

Summer Fonts

This Summer Font Bundle Is Hot

These Beach Fonts Are Perfect for Social Media Posts, Brands, Crafting, and More

Click Here to Order On My Website

Fonts for Logos

What is a logo font and what makes a good font for a logo design?

Serif Fonts in a Brand

Browse Popular Serif Fonts for Logo Design

Sans-Serif Fonts in a Logo

Browse Popular Sans-Serif Fonts for Logo Design

Script Fonts in Logo Designs

Browse Popular Script Fonts for Logo Design

Get a Collection of Logo Fonts for your Logo Design Project

Fonts with Tails

What Font Styles Usually Have Swashes?

Script Fonts, and Cursive Fonts, and Serif Fonts, Oh My!

So, what exactly is a swash?

How many swashes should I use?

How would I go about using them?

Should I use free fonts with tails or use premium fonts?

Don’t forget licensing!

And do I need any special software?

Using Your Swashes

How to Add Flourishes to Fonts in Cricut Design Space

What are font flourishes?

What is a glyph?

How to Access Glyphs in Cricut Design Space

Accessing Glyphs on Mac

Accessing Glyphs on Windows/PC

Using Special Characters and Glyphs in Cricut Design Space

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