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A new version of Cricut Design Space for Desktop – version 7.29 – is now in beta and there’s a fun new feature – the ability to WARP text! So cool! Text warping gives you all of those fun waves and shapes you’ve seen in designs, but weren’t able to do right in Cricut Design Space before. So let me show you real quick how to make the most of it!
First, it’s pretty simple to use. First, you need to be in the right version of Cricut Design Space – if your version does not say it is 7.29 or higher, go to the three line hamburger menu in the upper left corner, click on Settings, and change Application Experience to Beta. Then you can see this new feature!
Now click on Text over on the left, type out a word – I’ll type “Welcome” and I’ll change it to my personal handwriting font. Sweet! Okay, now all we have to is go up to the new Warp option at the top of the screen, and choose an option. At the time I’m making this video, there are 24 different warp options, which means . Click one and watch your text warp! (click through all options) Isn’t this cool? To do this in the past, you’d need to use a third-party application, like Inkscape or Illustrator, save it as a SVG, and then import … so this is a lot easier now.
And you can combine different warp styles to create fun looks. So if I set this Welcome to style 9. And then click Text again and type out Spring, and warp Spring to style 7, we can combine these two together and they fit so nicely. Then just add some color and you’ve got the start of a cool sign! (change welcome to yellow and spring to green).
Here are some of the fun designs I’ve made already with the warp feature.
This is one of my favorites – I combined a Star Wars font that I warped with style 17, and then added in some tie fighters and X-wings from a Star Wars Digital Mystery Box I got a while back. I think Greg is going to love this – I will make a great shirt!
It’s important to note that your text remains editable after warp! So in this Be Kind design, I can double-click on a text box, type a new word like “rewind” and then click on the canvas to exit editing mode. The text updates and the warp is applied to the new word!
That’s how I got this “WARP! What is it good for? Absolutely something” design. Let me show you exactly how I made that.
First, I typed WARP! In all caps, changed it to a fun display font called “Keep on Truckin,” and used style 1 to get the awesome effect. Note that this does look a bit different than if I simply curved it. Let’s duplicate that so we can compare it. So to remove a warp effect, just go up to the Warp menu and choose Undo Warp. You can always remove the Warp effect on your text. So now let’s curve this text and overlay it so you can see how it’s just a little different. Not a big deal, but notice how the letters seem to shape themselves more into the shape with the Warp feature than they do with the Curve feature.
And, if you’re curious about the Sweet handwriting font I used for my Welcome Spring design, you can learn all about how I made it – and learn to make your own handwriting font – at jennifermaker.com/fonts-workshop
Topics covered in this video about How to Warp Text in Cricut Design Space:
00:00 - How to Warp Text in Cricut Design Space
00:29 - Get the Latest Version of Design Space
00:49 - How to Choose a Warp Option for Your Text
01:36 - Combine Warped Words Together to Create Designs
02:52 - Make a Warped Text Design with Me!
04:52 - More Things to Learn About Warp Text
06:36 - Final Thoughts and Links to More Information
#cricut #cricutmade #designspace
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Credits:
Introduction: PixelBytes (my daughter Alexa)
Music: Cute by Bensound (licensed, royalty and copyright free)
Videography: Jennifer and Greg on Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 DSLR 4K cameras
Audio and Video Editing: Team JenniferMaker
Design: A Jennifer Maker original
Learn how I made my Sweet and Groovy handwriting fonts at jennifermaker.com/fonts-workshop
I appreciate every subscriber. It's free and easy to subscribe -- just click here: bit.ly/sub2jennifer
A new version of Cricut Design Space for Desktop – version 7.29 – is now in beta and there’s a fun new feature – the ability to WARP text! So cool! Text warping gives you all of those fun waves and shapes you’ve seen in designs, but weren’t able to do right in Cricut Design Space before. So let me show you real quick how to make the most of it!
First, it’s pretty simple to use. First, you need to be in the right version of Cricut Design Space – if your version does not say it is 7.29 or higher, go to the three line hamburger menu in the upper left corner, click on Settings, and change Application Experience to Beta. Then you can see this new feature!
Now click on Text over on the left, type out a word – I’ll type “Welcome” and I’ll change it to my personal handwriting font. Sweet! Okay, now all we have to is go up to the new Warp option at the top of the screen, and choose an option. At the time I’m making this video, there are 24 different warp options, which means . Click one and watch your text warp! (click through all options) Isn’t this cool? To do this in the past, you’d need to use a third-party application, like Inkscape or Illustrator, save it as a SVG, and then import … so this is a lot easier now.
And you can combine different warp styles to create fun looks. So if I set this Welcome to style 9. And then click Text again and type out Spring, and warp Spring to style 7, we can combine these two together and they fit so nicely. Then just add some color and you’ve got the start of a cool sign! (change welcome to yellow and spring to green).
Here are some of the fun designs I’ve made already with the warp feature.
This is one of my favorites – I combined a Star Wars font that I warped with style 17, and then added in some tie fighters and X-wings from a Star Wars Digital Mystery Box I got a while back. I think Greg is going to love this – I will make a great shirt!
It’s important to note that your text remains editable after warp! So in this Be Kind design, I can double-click on a text box, type a new word like “rewind” and then click on the canvas to exit editing mode. The text updates and the warp is applied to the new word!
That’s how I got this “WARP! What is it good for? Absolutely something” design. Let me show you exactly how I made that.
First, I typed WARP! In all caps, changed it to a fun display font called “Keep on Truckin,” and used style 1 to get the awesome effect. Note that this does look a bit different than if I simply curved it. Let’s duplicate that so we can compare it. So to remove a warp effect, just go up to the Warp menu and choose Undo Warp. You can always remove the Warp effect on your text. So now let’s curve this text and overlay it so you can see how it’s just a little different. Not a big deal, but notice how the letters seem to shape themselves more into the shape with the Warp feature than they do with the Curve feature.
And, if you’re curious about the Sweet handwriting font I used for my Welcome Spring design, you can learn all about how I made it – and learn to make your own handwriting font – at jennifermaker.com/fonts-workshop
Topics covered in this video about How to Warp Text in Cricut Design Space:
00:00 - How to Warp Text in Cricut Design Space
00:29 - Get the Latest Version of Design Space
00:49 - How to Choose a Warp Option for Your Text
01:36 - Combine Warped Words Together to Create Designs
02:52 - Make a Warped Text Design with Me!
04:52 - More Things to Learn About Warp Text
06:36 - Final Thoughts and Links to More Information
#cricut #cricutmade #designspace
============
Follow me at:
Blog: jennifermaker.com
Facebook Page: facebook.com/jennifermakercrafts
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/cricutcraftersandmakers
Instagram: instagram.com/jennifer.maker
TikTok: tiktok.com/@jennifer.maker
Pinterest: pinterest.com/jenuinemom
Please subscribe to my channel at youtube.com/c/jennifermaker for more video tutorials to craft a life you love!
Credits:
Introduction: PixelBytes (my daughter Alexa)
Music: Cute by Bensound (licensed, royalty and copyright free)
Videography: Jennifer and Greg on Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 DSLR 4K cameras
Audio and Video Editing: Team JenniferMaker
Design: A Jennifer Maker original
