Convert to stencil font. Creating a stencil in MS Word

I remember when I was at school, there was still the Great Mighty Soviet Union and stencil rulers were very popular among students. We signed notebooks with stencil letters, composed texts that seemed interesting to us, and tried to realize our children's creative ideas. Time passed, all this became unnecessary, and with the advent of graphic editors, such as Photoshop, it became easier to reveal and develop your talents. I wouldn't say that Cyrillic stencil font is now in trend, but there is still a small demand for it. For example, stencil font according to GOST 14192-96. This is an interstate standard for cargo labeling. It is also present in my collection. not to mention that it is ideal for retro stylization of works in Word, Coreldraw and Photoshop, but it is also used where the use of any other font is unacceptable.

Stencil font Russian and English

Not all stencil fonts are universal. That is, you can write with them both in Russian and English. But I chose the 8 most outstanding, in my opinion. One of them is the most popular Trafaret Kit font. This is what they look like:

I remember when I was at school, there was still the Great Mighty Soviet Union and stencil rulers were very popular among students. We signed notebooks with stencil letters, composed texts that seemed interesting to us, and tried to realize our children's creative ideas. Time passed, all this became unnecessary, and with the advent of graphic editors, such as Photoshop, it became easier to reveal and develop your talents. I wouldn't say that Cyrillic stencil font is now in trend, but there is still a small demand for it. For example, stencil font according to GOST 14192-96. This is an interstate standard for cargo labeling. It is also present in my collection. not to mention that it is ideal for retro stylization of works in Word, Coreldraw and Photoshop, but it is also used where the use of any other font is unacceptable.

Stencil font Russian and English

Not all stencil fonts are universal. That is, you can write with them both in Russian and English. But I chose the 8 most outstanding, in my opinion. One of them is the most popular Trafaret Kit font. This is what they look like:

The question of how to make a stencil in Microsoft Word interests many users. The problem is that finding a sane answer to it on the Internet is not so easy. If you are interested in this topic, you have come to the right place, but first, let's figure out what a stencil is.

A stencil is a “perforated plate,” at least that is the meaning of the word exactly translated from Italian. We will briefly talk about how to make such a “plate” in the second half of this article, and immediately below we will share with you how to create the basis for a traditional stencil in Word.

If you are ready to get seriously confused and use your imagination at the same time, you can easily use any font provided in the standard set of the program to create a stencil. The main thing, when it is printed on paper, is to make jumpers - places that will not be cut out in the letters limited by the outline.

Actually, if you are ready to sweat so much over the stencil, it is not clear why you need our instructions, since you have all MS Word fonts at your disposal. Choose the one you like, write a word or type the alphabet and print it on a printer, and then cut them along the contour, not forgetting the jumpers.

If you are not ready to spend so much effort, time and energy and a classic-looking stencil suits you quite well, our task is to find, download and install that same classic stencil font. We are ready to save you from a grueling search - we found everything ourselves.

The Trafaret Kit Transparent font completely imitates the good old Soviet TS-1 stencils with one pleasant bonus - in addition to the Russian language, it also contains English, as well as a number of other characters not present in the original. You can download it from the author's website.

Setting the font

In order for the font you downloaded to appear in Word, you must first install it on the system. Actually, after this it will automatically appear in the program. You can learn how to do this from our article.

Creating a stencil base

Select Trafaret Kit Transparent from the list of fonts available in Word and create the desired inscription in it. If you need an alphabet stencil, write the alphabet on the document page. Other symbols can be added as needed.

The standard portrait orientation of a sheet in Word is not the most suitable solution for creating a stencil. It will look more familiar on a landscape page. Our instructions will help you change the position of the page.

Now the text needs to be formatted. Set the appropriate size, select the appropriate position on the page, and provide sufficient padding and spacing, both between letters and between words. Our instructions will help you do all this.

Perhaps the standard A4 sheet format will not be enough for you. If you want to change it to a larger one (A3, for example), our article will help you do this.

Note: When changing the sheet format, do not forget to change the font size and related parameters accordingly. No less important in this case are the capabilities of the printer on which the stencil will be printed - support for the selected paper format is required.

Stencil printing

Having written the alphabet or inscription and formatted this text, you can safely proceed to printing the document. If you don't know how to do this yet, be sure to read our instructions.

Creating a stencil

As you understand, there is practically no sense in a stencil printed on a regular piece of paper. It can hardly be used more than once. That is why the printed page with the base for the stencil needs to be “strengthened”. To do this you will need the following:

• Cardboard or polymer film;
• carbon copy;
• Scissors;
• Shoemaker or stationery knife;
• Pen or pencil;
• Board;
• Laminator (optional).

The printed text must be transferred to cardboard or plastic. In the case of transferring to cardboard, ordinary carbon paper (copy paper) will help to do this. You simply need to place the page with the stencil on the cardboard, placing carbon paper between them, and then trace the outline of the letters with a pencil or pen. If you don't have carbon paper, you can press the outlines of the letters with a pen. The same can be done with transparent plastic.

And yet, with transparent plastic it is more convenient, and it would simply be more correct to do it a little differently. Place a sheet of plastic on top of the stencil page and trace the outline of the letters with a pen.

After the stencil base created in Word is transferred to cardboard or plastic, all that remains is to cut out the empty spaces using scissors or a knife. The main thing is to do it strictly along the line. It is not difficult to move the knife along the edge of the letter, but the scissors must initially be “driven” into the place that will be cut, but not into the edge itself. It is better to cut plastic with a sharp knife, after placing it on a strong board.

If you have a laminator on hand, the printed sheet of paper with the stencil base can be laminated. Having done this, cut out the letters along the outline with a stationery knife or scissors.

When creating a stencil in Word, especially if it is an alphabet, try to make the distance between the letters (on all sides) no less than their width and height. If this is not critical for the presentation of the text, the distance can be made a little larger.

If to create a stencil you did not use the Trafaret Kit Transparent font we suggested, but any other (not stencil) presented in the standard Word set, let us remind you once again, do not forget about the jumpers in the letters. For letters whose outline is limited by internal space (an obvious example is the letters “O” and “B”, the number “8”), there must be at least two such jumpers.

That's all, now you know not only how to make a base for a stencil in Word, but also how to make a full-fledged, dense stencil with your own hands.