Inside: 11 cursive embroidery font ideas to embellish anything.
We all know that writing in cursive is the prettiest way to write anything. Whether it’s your signature or a birthday card, it’s the prettiest move to make with a pen and paper. Though the classic handwriting practice is outdated and slowly dying out even more, cursive is still alive and well with the embroidery crowd!
Right now it’s becoming wildly popular to personalize and customize your embroidery projects, and this is one of the best ways of doing so. Adding a little script writing of your name or of someone you love, or maybe even a nickname or an initial to a sweater, a backpack, a purse… There are so many options but that just means that there are so many things that you can do with cursive embroidery fonts.
Embellishment is the big trend, and even if that just means adding a little something fun to an image you’re working on or personalize one of your favorite pieces or a gift to give to someone else, you’re going to love these 11 cursive embroidery fonts to embellish anything you need.
What Is The Best Font For Embroidery?
Embroidering fonts is a pretty wide range and there are honestly an endless number of good ones that work well for needle and thread stitching. Under no circumstances should you feel limited to the 11 of the cursive embroidery fonts that I’ve collected for you here in this post. These are just some of my favorites and a variety of styles that you might love for anything you’re planning to embroider cursive on.
So what is the best font for embroidery?
Some things to look at when you’re choosing a font are pretty simple and practical. First you need to look at the width of the font, and how it would correspond with where you’re placing this embroidery. If you’re putting it on a sweater or a sweatshirt, anything you want goes, but I do recommend a thicker font so that it feels in place with all of the bulkiness of the knits.
If you’re adding this to another embroidery project, then definitely go for whichever style matches the bulk level of the rest of the image. If everything else you’ve embroidered are more dainty and thin stitches, then stick with a font that matches this look.
It’s all about cohesive planning and symbiosis when it comes to design and artistic planning of any kind.
I used to work in graphic design part time, and this is a huge factor when creating a digital graphic and it translates to embroidery, drawing, and any physical art piece as well. There are a ton of font choices out there, but there are only a few or a few styles at least that match the vibe of what you’re doing with your art piece. Now, the style font you choose can also alter the overall vibe and aesthetic of your piece, so while your font choice may never be the “wrong one,” it can be a very different one that changes the overall experience of your idea.
Some fonts will support the vibe and aesthetic, and some will take it a different direction, and that’s okay. For example, there are some very modern and girly script fonts out there, but there are also some more retro fonts that can make something look more vintage than modern. And that’s where we start to figure out what is the best font for embroidery.
And the answer is annoying: it depends.
What Is The Most Trendy Font?
Font trends vary greatly every year, there is rarely a year that has one set font trend. Since every project, every brand, and every idea calls for something a little different, the idea that one font is the big trend isn’t ideal. In graphics, we usually pair two fonts together, and while that isn’t the case in embroidery, there’s always something new to play around with to make the fonts you use dynamic and trendy.
So, looking at cursive font trends, there’s a general vibe we can look for to see what the big style is in 2023 when it comes to using script fonts.
In the more girly hipster era of 2012 to 2019, we saw a lot of the modern calligraphy type of girly script fonts. This was very reminiscent of the time and the trends during that era, but now the script and cursive trends have changed, as all trends do over time.
Now we’re seeing more popularity with more simplistic, minimalistic, and lowkey fonts. There’s less flare, less pizzazz, but these fonts are plenty pretty, and they’re perfect for any embroidery piece you want to add it to. There are tons of variations of these kinds of minimalist cursive fonts, some do still have the girly flare while some are more chill, and some more retro, and so on. There are so many different vibes that you can get from just a script font, there’s no limit!
How Do You Hand Embroider A Cursive Letter?
Embroidering a cursive letter actually sounds harder to do than it actually is.
First what you’re going to want to do is pick the stitch you’re using to accomplish this. The look is going to depend on the font you choose as well, just like the rest of the design, but this is always going to be a specific look as well.
If you have more of a retro font, a cute and classic chain stitch is a great way to go. If you’re doing something more modern and minimal, a back stitch is a good go-to as well. The stem stitch or the split stitch are both great options for keeping a cleaner look while embroidering cursive.
This is pretty much all it takes to learn how to embroider a cursive letter. If you’re working with a font that has wider parts and narrower parts, you’re going to outline the stitch on the wider parts to create the look.
Minimalist Fonts
1. Daydream
2. Farmhouse Duo
3. Scarlet
4. Black Sea
5. Sailor Lee
Fun And Full Fonts
6. Palm Beach
7. Melanie
8. Orange Blossom
9. I Love Glitter
10. Smoothie Shoppe
11. Sweetheart Font
Cursive is a fun way to write or stitch and make something look a little classier. I’m definitely guilty of having the half cursive half print handwriting when I write anything, but I just love the look of it! Effortless, swooshy… Whatever the words are to describe it is, I know that you know what I’m talking about.
I hope you found the best font for you and any of your projects at hand. These are going to be good on just about anything you could need them for, and if you match up the general vibe of the project with a corresponding font, you’re going to be ready to go with the best cursive embroidery font.
Adding words or letters to anything with cursive embroidery fonts just makes it ten times better, but choosing the right font is crucial. There are tons of fonts out there in the world, and plenty perfect for embroidering, but these, in my opinion, are the best ones.
So utilize these fun fonts and have the best time with cursive embroidery.
Want to play with shapes in your embroidery? Here’s a how-to for creating circle embroidery. Enjoy!
I’m Victoria Hudgins and I believe in learning embroidery to express all the fun and joy that is within you. With the right instruction you can be sure your next threaded project is one you’ll love to keep or gift.