I’ve heard a few folks looking for a way to create filled in text or shapes when using markers in their Cricut machine. Normally when you cut or draw letters, you get the outline of the font, with open space in the middle. In this Video Tutorial (sorry pre-youtube video site no longer active, but steps are to simply overlay screen over path and choose Path>Intersection) I’ll show you how to apply a screen pattern to the text in Inkscape so that it will fill in with your Cricut markers.
A couple of things to remember
1. Do not try to cut files you make this way, they are for markers only.
2. The size of the screen pattern should not be changed, so work in actual size and import into SCAL at that same size.
3. This takes a very long time to finish marking on the Cricut so take that into account when using this technique.
Update 8/18/09 here are some great, much simpler, tips for solid lettering with markers on the Cricut from HeatherM.
Thanks. I have been wondering how this could be done. I will give this a try.
Thank you!! This is very helpful.
Thank you. I will try this. I appreciate your tutorials.
Is there any way to make small text, like 1/2 inch. look like a single stroke or do I have to do this?
It is very tricky to get it to look like a single stroke. Best bet it is a very narrow stroke font like handwriting, rendered small so that outlines fall on top of each other. You have to play with it to get the size right. for the given font.
Can you fix the video for this tutorial? Would love to see how this is done! Thanks!