7 tricks to cleanly cutting tiny script fonts on vinyl with silhouette cameo monday december 10 2018 one of the biggest frustrations for silhouette cameo users trying to cut very intricate designs and text is the more intricate and the smaller the design the harder it is to get a clean cut.
Easy to weed small script vinyl.
On the silhouette cut page scroll down to the cut settings.
Bernard mt condensed this one as you can see has nice thick edges.
Some are free some are not.
Check on your machine.
I love the vintage feel.
Try these tips next time when you have to weed small letters.
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This will help save time and make the weeding process of small letters easier.
I used to shy away from the pretty glitter and patterned vinyl because i always ripped my design when i was weeding it.
Load your vinyl into your cutting machine.
This sweetie is a strong font for most crafts.
This comes on a clear adhesive backing and is for ironing vinyl on to fabric for shirts bags hats etc.
Confirm that your blade is in pristine condition.
If you have a favorite type of vinyl let me know what it is and why you like it.
Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing.
Those vinyls are gorgeous but it is impossible to see the cut lines.
This makes it really easy to pull away any excess vinyl.
You just wiggle your vinyl or wiggle your weeding vinyl across and it s easy.
Make sure you have the right type of vinyl selected and hit send.
That one is going be really easy to weed.
10 easy weed script fonts for cricut.
What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick.
Believe it or not it is easy to weed.
Find everything you need here.
Speed 1 force 12 and passes 2.
Choose the correct vinyl with a tight liner release.
Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f.
The easiest heat transfer vinyl to use is siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl.
Leave it in there for about an hour or until the vinyl shrinks.
The script fonts below can also be used for the pens but these are thicker fonts so keep that in mind.
A fourth tip for weeding small letters is to put the vinyl in the freezer after you have cut the vinyl.
Arlon recommends all of our cut graphics and for print we recommend dpf 6000rp white.
Using the cricut brightpad is by far the easiest way to weed vinyl that s either super sticky or hard to see like glitter vinyls or holographic vinyl.
I love her as an accent font.
