Muggsy Sketch (Single Line) Font: A Quirky Handwriting Font for Creative Projects

A lot of single-line and hairline fonts are on the more formal side. However, I decided to take one of my favorite quirky handwriting fonts, MUGGSY, and convert it to single-line format. This new version, Muggsy Sketch (Single Line) Font, has all the same features as the original, but in a format built for sketch pens, foil quill, engraving, infusible ink pens, and more.

Features of Muggsy Sketch (Single Line) Font

• Two uppercase-height alphabets: The font features two uppercase-height alphabets, with a few lowercase-style letters like ‘a’ and ‘e’ in the lowercase set.
• 63 “smallternates”: The font includes a full set of 63 “smallternates” – the same letters, numbers, and ampersand sized down, so they can be mixed in with the full-size letters for variety.
• 30 double-letter ligature sets: The font features 30 double-letter ligature sets, and a few additional alternates.
• Extensive punctuation and language support: The font includes a ton of punctuation, and over 300 extended Latin characters for language support, for a total of over 600 glyphs.

Technical Details

Even though these are TTF files, all of the alternates are OpenType coded and PUA-encoded, for easy access in a ton of programs. You can even use these fonts in vector programs like Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Affinity Designer, Inkscape, and more. Just apply a stroke and not a fill, and you can make the font as heavy or light as you like, then expand the text to outlines.

Single-Line and Hairline Fonts: What You Need to Know

Single-line and hairline fonts aren’t your ordinary fonts; they can’t be used for word processing, printing, or cutting. They’re meant for a sketch pen, foil quill, engraving tool, infusible ink pen, or any other stylus or nib that draws letters with a single line instead of an outline. This font comes in both a single-line version and a hairline version; different software programs will use different formats.

Compatibility and Testing

These fonts have been tested in:

• Cricut Design Space
• Silhouette Studio Designer Edition
• Adobe Illustrator CC
• Inkscape
• CorelDRAW
• Affinity Designer
• Rhinoceros 6

Due to known issues with Brother Canvas Workspace, I cannot guarantee that any single-line fonts will work within that program.

Getting Started

Please ensure you’re familiar with single-line and hairline fonts before purchasing. And be sure to download the two PDF files; one is a guide to help with which font to select, and the other puts all of the 200+ alternates, ligatures, and extras at your fingertips.

Also, note: these fonts are going to look really, really weird in the font previewer. That’s totally OK! 🙂