Large Names

[Becky]

I want to cut out a large name about 8 inches tall and joined in a fancy font for my friends baby. how would I do this?

[rjR]

Try laying ideas out on a split open paper grocery bag.

 

Maybe try cardboard cut letters -- easy to scale down and or up. Use your smallest spring clamps to hold 2 pieces together. Then one can be edge cut down very easily. Make the patterns larger-- easier to reduce than it is to add too.

To add though lightly attach to another piece of cardboard and the draw around staying about the same distance out all the way.

 

Use grocery bags, lighter cardboard like cereal boxes etc. You can easily try many ideas this way! You could attach the lettering to a backer of a contracting color for effect also as another idea.

 

Please post some of the progress and the finished project. Hope that I helped.

[DonR]

Becky, What is the baby's name and which font do you want to use??

Don R

[Phantom Scroller]

Good call Don. Becky if you really want to learn how to do it then download Inkscape and follow the the tutorials on here and once it's been created as a JPEG etc then print it out on A4 printer and enlarge to A3 on a photocopier or printer. It can be split on two A4 sheets which is another way.

Or someone on here will create it for you as Don has just asked for info. Roly

Edited June 24, 2014 by Phantom Scroller

[Travis]

If you want to design your own, here are 2 tutorials using Inkscape that should get what you need.

• Creating Word Art with Inkscape
• Printing Oversized Patterns

[amazingkevin]

That's a whole lot of very helpful info!