How to Thicken Fonts for Laser Cutting in Adobe Illustrator

How to Thicken Fonts for Laser Cutting in Adobe Illustrator

Have you ever cut something on your laser cutter from your favorite font and then break it because it’s so fragile? Those upstrokes from the gorgeous hand lettering are simply too thin. This tutorial will show you how to thicken the fonts for laser cutting using our preferred software, Adobe Illustrator.

Watch How to Thicken Fonts for Laser Cutting in Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial will walk you through how we thicken fonts in Adobe Illustrator so you can add a little more weight to them and still maintain that gorgeous hand lettering feels when you cut them from your laser cutter or CNC machine.

In This Tutorial

• I’m using the Free Floral file you can get by signing up for our email list below
• Adobe Illustrator

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