I like 4. Make em pink!

I agree with Socks

I was drawn to #5.

I would chose either #5, 1, or 4, in that order. Definite 'no' to #2 and double triple 'no' to #3. But we all have different tastes, and that is a very good thing!

Rusty

My vote is for 5.

5, 1, or 4, in that order.

Whatever is decided here you may want to make just one and move it around the garden. Between light and shadows you may find simpler, thicker print reads better from distance.

tj

5 is easiest to read for me -- looks nice!

These are the non script ones i was looking at. I left 1 and 5 from the first post.

Are you using the same font for all the plants? You don't have to! But, I rather like 12 and 13. Of the script I like 4.

To me 5 12 and 13 are all a little easier to read. I think I prefer 12 but I'm not sure it is dark enough.

7

5 or 7

I like #'s 1 & 5.

Where did you get the slate markers?

I got the markers on Amazon.

Thanks Annette!

Oooooo i like 6!

zaph dingbats

With more choices, I like #13 best of all. I prefer print vs script and upper case & lower case vs all upper case letters.

I’m so busy pulling weeds in this very fertile soil, my plants are forced to introduce themselves to each other.

5 or 1 here....

remodeling - laughing, I agree!

you need to make some examples.. and look at them from the distance you will be viewing them ... e.g. approxly 12 inches from the ground... plus your height ... then add a few for guests who might be taller ...

a label is useless if it cant be read easily.. regardless of how pretty it might be ...

ken

I volunteer at our Garden greenhouse and we often have to make handwritten plant tags when the machine is down or if enough tags arent provided. The simpler the lettering the better. I would not use #1, or anything that looks too busy. Of your choices, 7, 11, or 12 would be best for ease of viewing. Maybe 6.

#5❣️

I prefer the print to the script. Favorites: 10, 7, 12, 6

I much prefer print over script for legibility, so #s 11, 7, or 13 would be my choice.

Rusty

#10 I like the #13 but I have trouble envisioning the swirl of the letter B to, for example, an H and making it just as pretty.

I would go with a simple sans serif type. Helvetica, for example, would be easy to read.

I agree with OutsidePlaying, keep it simple. I like #12. If you go with a script, I like #5 the best.

I think it depends on the purpose, and how important it is for viewers to be able to read the label easily, and from what distance. Ken had a really good suggestion -- if you can print on paper or something to mock it up to test.

If legibility at a distance is not a concern, choose a typeface and colors that make you happy.

If legibility at a distance is a big concern, choose a sans serif designed for signs, and choose the highest contrast colors available.

I'm not famliar with how a Cricut works, but if you are able to add slightly more spacing between the letters, that may help legibility; on the other hand with script faces, then the links between the letters sometimes become misaligned. Script faces as a group are some of the less legible faces out there.

Most people read by looking at the whole word shape vs. individual letters, so usually a combination of upper and lowercase letters "Word" is more legible than all uppercase "WORD". (Which is why selection #11 will be more difficult to read.)

ETA: as you mentioned the possibility of using colors to group types of plants, that may be one way to "split the baby" as the colors may be distinguishable at a distance, and then the specifics legible when viewers are closer.

The most legible one you have is #11. I'd go for the closest thing you have to Arial or Helvetica. Those are very easy to read. You definitely do not want anything script or curlicue, as it would be harder to read.

You'll want to take fading into account also. Light colors will disappear over time.

13, 7, 12

Haha, Mary, I actually googled "Mary's horrible handwriting"! Then I came back to see your username. I really should look more closely at posts! But, maybe you have something there and should develop into a font and sell it lol

I like 8 or 13.

Thanks all for the input! I am having to rethink my options slightly as I discovered that the top contenders are all ”distressed” fonts. You don’t realize it until you start finessing the size and spacing and then you see this.

So when you try to cut this style it will basically shred on the machine. I have contacted the designer of a few of those fonts and they can create a non-distressed version, but it will be pricey. I get that, it is work and they should be compensated. However, since this is just a small, fun project I can’t justify spending the funds. So I’m back at the drawing board and looking through my options and eliminating the distressed fonts.

Here are a couple that were simillar to some of the original batch.

That second one reads like "Luna Noth" to me, not moth.

I concur. I have found the capital letter M is a weird one in many fonts. In my earlier post with the multple examples, #12 was pretty popular. But then I tried a few other words and once again the M ruined it! Or am I being too picky?

Could you use the lower-case m there?

Bpath, i think you may have hit on something. I found a font similar to my first choice and just borrwed the capital M from that font. I can do the same with a couple of other letters that don’t do the trick.

Finally got some printed!

Nice! So, how do you hide from a rhino? (Just kidding, I spend too much time on a fun-with-language group.)

Annette, that looks great!

Pretty!

They really look great! I’m loving the J in June especially. So, did you do some mix-n-match?

I’m psyched y’all like it. Yes, I added some letters from another font. I wanted something a little more fun so thanks to input from here I added some other stuff from another similar font.

What fun! And those look great!

I love those!