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  • Google fonts and cut vinyl – advice needed, please?

    Posted by Phill Fenton on June 29, 2015 at 6:20 pm

    Is it possible to use google fonts to cut vinyl?

    I recall trying to use one of these fonts once before and giving up in despair.

    Any advice?

    Del Blanchard replied 8 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • David Rogers

    Member
    June 29, 2015 at 8:19 pm

    I don’t think it’s possible to export the fonts out. They are ‘hosted’ by Google for use via CSS code in a web page.

    Saying that…you might be able to make a web page and import it, embedded fonts and all, into Corel or illustrator as an HTML page…then convert to curves and export out…just spit-balling…

    Dave

  • George Zerbino

    Member
    June 29, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    You can download all the google fonts here https://github.com/google/fonts/archive/master.zip

  • Del Blanchard

    Member
    July 23, 2015 at 6:10 am

    I’m a bit late on my response but yesterday I sent my supplier a file for a quote router cutting and they told me the font was being replaced with an alternative. They told me if I combine the text as a curve (Corel Draw) it would not be an issue. It’s called Unioning in Inkscape, not sure what it’s called in illustrator, but it makes a cut path out of the text, which is then usable.

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