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How to customize a blank label SVG

Set the label’s size first, then type your wording inside a margin of 3 to 4 mm, with the longest line deciding the letter size. Keep a copy with editable text, and cut from a copy with the text converted to outlines. Our label tool does both in the browser and gives you an SVG with outlined letters.

Measure the flat band between the jar’s shoulder and base; the label goes inside it with a margin.

For a pantry or storage label, add your wording here and download an outlined SVG. Use the steps below for another blank or your own font.

From a blank frame to your own label

Download the blank frame
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Add your wording in your editor

Both examples use the same 76 × 42 mm frame. The download is blank; the example wording shows text you add yourself.

Choose a blank pantry label →

Size, then wording

  1. Measure the flat face of the jar or bin and size the blank to fit it.
  2. Draw a text area 3 to 4 mm inside the label’s edge.
  3. Type the longest line first and size the letters to fit it; set the shorter lines to match.
  4. Save this copy with editable text.
  5. Convert the text to outlines in a second copy, and cut from that one.

Measure the face and size the label →

Letter sizes that cut cleanly

Thin script letters need a bigger size than block letters to cut cleanly in vinyl, so test the smallest line first. Use a font whose licence lets you cut and sell what you make, or our label tool’s lettering, which is under the SIL Open Font License.

What the lettering licence allows →

A worked example

Our pantry rounded rectangle label is 76 × 42 mm. With a 4 mm margin, the text area is 68 × 34 mm. Two lines, FLOUR and 1 KG, fit with FLOUR at about 12 mm tall; the second line goes smaller under it. In our label tool, type the two lines, set the size, and download the SVG with the letters already outlined.

Put your wording on a label →

See the rounded rectangle label →

Check before a batch

Select the whole label and confirm its size. Zoom in on the holes in A, B, O and R. Group the wording with the label if they cut from one color; keep them apart if the letters go on in a second color. Cut one label from scrap before the batch.

Check the finished SVG →

Convert text to outlines →

From the maker’s documentation: xTool: XCS editor function overview, Cricut: unsupported image items.