Free single line fonts
5 true single-line fonts you can download right now. No account, no email, no watermark. Each one writes as one clean pen stroke on Cricut pens, foil quills, pen plotters, and engravers, and most come with a matching normal weight for everyday type.
Really free: personal and commercial craft projects included.
Pick a font, type your words, download it
Every preview below is the real font file. The single-line view is exactly the path your pen will follow.
Bimble
98 glyphs · single line + normalPebbly
98 glyphs · single line + normalButtonbird
98 glyphs · single line + normalDoodlePop
87 glyphs · single line + normalThe license, in plain words: free for personal and commercial craft projects, including finished items you sell. Please do not resell or re-upload the font files themselves. No attribution needed, though a link back always makes our day. Every font here was drawn by hand with the same tool you can use free.
Any font can be a single line font
The fonts above are ours. The converter below makes yours: upload any OTF or TTF and watch every letter become one clean pen stroke, then type your own words with the result, free. The installable file is where your account comes in.
Convert your own font
Upload any OTF or TTF, watch every letter become one clean stroke, and type your own words with it. Free, no account needed. The installable OTF is Pro.
Drop a file here
OTF or TTF up to 10 MB
Rather write it yourself?
Draw your letters once and get a font of your own handwriting, plus its single-line twin. Free to try, no account needed to start.
Make them write, not bubble
- Download the .ttf, double-click it, and click Install. Then fully restart Cricut Design Space so it sees the new font.
- Type your text, and pick the font from the System fonts list.
- Change the Operation from Basic Cut to Draw / Pen, click Attach, load a pen, and let it write.
On a pen plotter, laser, or CNC there is even less to do: these are normal TTF files, so install one and type in Inkscape, Lightburn, or your plotter software like any other font.
The full walkthrough lives in How to use single line fonts in Cricut Design Space, and if your pen is drawing hollow letters right now, here is the one-step fix.
Questions, answered
Are these fonts really free?
Yes. Every font on this page is free to download, in both the single-line and the normal weight, with no account, no email, and no watermark. They are the fonts we made ourselves. You pay only for tools that work on your own files, like the installable version of a font you convert or draw.
Can I use them on things I sell?
Yes. Use them for personal and commercial craft projects, including finished items you sell on Etsy or at markets. The only thing you cannot do is resell or re-upload the font files themselves.
Which machines do they work with?
Any machine that draws or scores along a path: Cricut pens and foil quills (Maker, Explore, Joy, Venture), Silhouette sketch pens, pen plotters like AxiDraw and NextDraw, and laser or CNC engravers running Lightburn or Glowforge.
How do I install one?
Download the .ttf, double-click it, and click Install (Mac and Windows both). Then restart your design software, Cricut Design Space included, and the font appears under System fonts.
Why does my Cricut still draw bubble letters?
Check the Operation setting: it must be Draw / Pen, not Basic Cut. If the text is set to cut, Design Space traces the outline no matter which font you use. Our bubble-letters guide walks through the fix in one step.
What makes a font "single line"?
Each letter is stored as one thin stroke, the path a pen would take, instead of a filled outline shape. That is why a pen writes it in one clean pass rather than outlining a hollow letter and leaving the middle empty.
Can I turn my own handwriting or a favorite font into one?
Yes, both. The converter on this page turns any OTF or TTF into a single-line version you can preview free, and the handwriting font generator builds one from letters you draw in the browser, no scanner needed.
Will more free fonts be added?
Yes, the shelf grows over time. Every font we add shows up on this page automatically, in both weights, free like the rest.
Related tools and guides
Single line fonts for Cricut
Why pens bubble, and the Design Space setup that fixes it.
Foil quill fonts
The same single-stroke idea, tuned for foiling.
Fonts for engraving
One clean path for Glowforge, Lightburn, and CNC.
Pen plotter fonts
For AxiDraw, NextDraw, EleksMaker, and friends.
The full font library
Every house font with its own page and big preview.
Use them in Design Space
The step-by-step walkthrough with the gotchas.
Want one in your own handwriting?
Draw each letter once and we build the font, the normal weight and the single-line twin together.
No account needed to try.