After much hard work, I have finally been able to put together an installable font that will act as a single line font for use with your electronic cutting machines – and it is available right here!
The Story So Far
To explain the challenges faced in this process I would refer you to this blog post however needless to say I did not let this stop me in trying my hardest to create something that will work in the same way as a true single line font but it has taken some time and a lot of design know-how and hard graft.
Here are just some of the steps that I have taken to update, expand and refine the previous character designs
- Manually refined hundreds of vector nodes – making it a smooth path than the previous version.
- Created many special extended characters – to include accents above letters such as à ô î etc.
- Smoothed countless connecting lines – making it a more beautiful character set than before.
- Manually assigned characters to their Unicode locations – to ensure that what you type, is what you get.
- Manually adjusted the kerning of hundreds of pairs of characters – the majority of lower case characters will now automatically join from tail to tip.
- Created closed character shapes – the key step in making this an installable font.
- … and more!
Now, it is still NOT possible to have a true single line TTF font installed on your computer, however, to work around this, I have created closed character shapes where the outer edges are so close together that they will retrace their path when used with an electronic cutting machine, giving the visual appearance of a single line font.
Anyhoo, long story short, I am pleased to say that the results are awesome!
The Results
Here is a preview of how the font looks now.
Compatibility
Because this is an .OTF font it can be installed on most modern PCs.
Once installed, this font will be compatible with any software that can use .OTF font format. This includes Canvas Workspace, Make The Cut, Sure Cuts A Lot and Silhouette Studio.
SORRY, THIS ITEM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THIS POST HAS BEEN LEFT IN PLACE FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
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If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to sharing more with you soon!
Bye for now.
J :)
GENTLEMAN CRAFTER 
Hello John, On 14 Dec 2019 I received the link to We Transfer for the Single Line Font. I opened the link,downloaded & installed the font – all well. I had a little play with it but didn’t do anything more as busy leading up to Christmas. I’ve now gone to use it and – HELP! – its completely gone! Not showing in Canvas, not showing in fonts list in Word, Excel or any other programme.
I’ve no explanation of this. I thought I’d saved the file in my Fonts folder but nothing there. Please can you resend me the file & can you offer explanation as to what’s may have happened. Thank you.
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Many apologies John, Folder with the missing file has been found – I’d put it in a “safe place”…. Sorry for bothering you. Not sure why it isn’t appearing but installed again now.
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Glad to hear that Marion :)
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Hi John, I have just bought this single line font. I have received my Paypal confirmation but nothing has come through from your website. Please can you let me know if you have received my request. Thanks, Julie
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Hi Julie, Thank you for your purchase. As explained in the post above, Files are sent manually by file transfer service, WeTransfer. This service caps the number of files sent in each transmission to ensure that they arrive in your inbox and not your spam folders. For that reason, please allow up to 48 hours from your purchase for delivery.
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Thanks John, happy to wait for file, I just thought I might have received confirmation of the order from your site.
Julie xx
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Ah, trying to avoid bombarding with multiple emails about the same thing and felt one to confirm payment would be ok. Glad I was able to clarify. Files will be with you later today.
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Hi John, Ive just purchased your font but noticed it is going to my bt internet account I would prefer it to go to may account I use just for my crafting could this be arranged please
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Apologies Corinne, this has been sent to your BT Internet account. Is this an issue?
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I paid for the SLF last week but I have not had any communication back.
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Please can you explain what I need to do. I have installed the font and used it easily on canvass workplace and have uploaded my card to my ccm9oo machine. But It will not recognise the words -no pattern in effective area. The words are not tiny at all. Hope you can solve this
thanks Wendy
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OOPs sorry It was my mistake. Have just used your font it looks great!
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I’ve just purchased this file,& I have just received it thank you John I am hoping to foil with it not done any of that yet so this is a first for me. Thank you for all your hard work John
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Is there any copyright/angel policy for this one please.
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The copyright remains with me however you are welcome to use the font to make and sell an unlimited amount of physical, non-digital, items.
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Hi John, I also purchased on 22nd May by PayPal. I received the receipt for payment but have not received the file, I have checked my junk folder and there is nothing there. Can you help please?
I am having problems with my comments too, it was put into a thread that I was not included in lol
I note also you asked someone to message you using the contact form, but I can’t find that neither 😯
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Thank you very much John for sorting this out for me, I can’t wait to try it out with my new foiling kit. xxx
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I bought and paid by PayPal on the 22nd May as well John but have not received my file have checked junk box too nothing
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Karen, have I sorted you out yet?
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you have not John why did this make me giggle
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Erm, lol, oh dear.
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Hiya John you still haven’t sent me the new link for the font
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All links have been sent within 48 hours of purchase. Sorry to hear that you haven’t received this. Please can you use the contact form on this site to send me your email address and I will look into this for you.
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Hi John Placed an order on 22nd paid with Paypal and have not received any download,
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I have resent the link via WeTransfer just now. Please allow around 15 minutes and then check your inbox, spam and junk folders.
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Hi John I have not received mine either ordered on day of your release and paid on Paypal. Please help many thanks.
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I have resent the link via WeTransfer just now. Please allow around 15 minutes and then check your inbox, spam and junk folders.
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Sorry John, but mine also seems to have gone m.i.a. Ordered on 22nd, settlement via Paypal. Have checked Spam box, still no sign of receiving the file. Hiccup? Once WeTransfer wrinkles ironed out, I too would be interested in more fonts
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Hi Giovanna, I have resent the download link via WeTransfer.
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Hi John , I purchased this on Thursday 23 May and paid through PayPal. Unfortunately I still have not received the file.. Could you look into this for me please. Thanks. Karen x
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Hi Karen, I have resent the download link via WeTransfer.
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Hi John, sorry what is via transfer. Have looked in my email box plus spam but nothing. Am I looking in the wrong place, sorry for being a dim wit lol
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Just ordered mine to-day, Saturday thanks for all your hard work John. x
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Hi John I ordered these on the 22/5 Pay Pal receipt received but still waiting for the zip file. Can you please help. So looking forward to using them. Many thanks.
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I bought them Wednesday and haven’t received mine either 😢
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Hi Heather, I have resent the link via WeTransfer.
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Hi Patricia, I am unable to trace a payment with the email under which this message was sent. Please could you forward your PayPal receipt or use the contact form on this site (not these public comments) to send me the email address that you paid with.
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Hi bought mine 22nd May via PayPal and haven’t received my file? How do I chase?
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Hi Mandy, Sorry to hear of this issue, I have resent the download link via WeTransfer.
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Just ordered mine & love it. John can you do one with normal fonts, like with a normal E
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I bought this Wednesday as soon as I saw your email! I can’t wait for it to arrive so I can get to work on some projects, this is seriously life changing stuff lol… thank you 💜
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Great video didn’t think it was that easy
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Hi John
I clicked on the paypal button and it says Payment did not create successfully
Help please
Thanks Claire
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Not sure what that means.
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is there anyother way I could pay – could I go through paypal and pay to yourself?
problems, problems!!!!!!
Claire
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Hope I can get this to work not had any luck with fines so far x
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Should be alright. Shout if you need me.
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Hi i really hope this is the answer to my prayers. Will i be able to type out a wedding invite. Get it on my scanncut somehow when ive watched your tutorials and get it to foil with my foiling quill please and thank you. Xxx
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Yes.
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Hi John, I also purchased on 22nd May by PayPal. I received the receipt for payment but have not received the file, I have checked my junk folder and there is nothing there. Can you help please?
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wow bargain! could you do more please?
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Sure. :)
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John you are fabulous. Will enjoy looking at this at the weekend. Many thanks for all of your efforts as always. Take care of you x
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Appreciate the time and effort to create this John xx Hazel
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Thank you Hazel :)
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