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Chalkboard Background

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chalkboard background info
I’ve jumped with both feet into the chalkboard art and chalkboard lettering bandwagon! Have you? I am having fun with the look and decided to make my own chalkboard background for making printable, buttons, labels, etc.
black chalkboard background

You can download my free chalkboard image background here.
This is the large, full size image so you might have have to resize it.

I made the button for my Valentine’s Day posts with a chalkboard background and the label for the Sugared Pecan with a chalkboard background. I used Ribbet to make both of them and used the fonts they had available, but there are so many fun free fonts out there. One of my favorite free online photo editing websites is Pixlr and guess what? When you install a font on your computer, that font shows up in your Pixlr font choices! YAY!

chalk hand font

So, how do you do it? First, you find a free font to download like something from DaFont or this Chalk Hand Lettering Shaded font by Fonts Cafe. Just remember that most of these free fonts are for personal use only!

Click on the font you want to download and a Downloads box with pop up. Double click on the folder (Chalk-Hand-Lettering-Shaded_demo.zip).

opening font file

This box will pop up next. Choose Save File and click OK.

This box showed up next. Double click on the font folder to open it.

select true type font file

Double click on the TrueType Font File to open it.

choose install font

This is what should show up. Click the Install button in the upper left corner and the font will install on your computer.

pixlr screenshot

Go to Pixlr.com and choose the Pixlr Editor (Advanced). Open the chalkboard background that you saved to your computer. I started by resizing the image (choose Image from the toolbar and then Image Size) so that the type would be larger. Click on the letter “A” from the tool box on the left. Click where you want the type to go and then find the font you want from the drop down box.

pixlr screen shot of chalkboard background

Change the color and the font size and add the text. Woohoo…now go crazy downloading a million fonts!

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  1. Cole says

    July 18, 2018 at 12:11 pm

    I guess fonts café is charging for these now?!?

  2. Charlotte says

    October 20, 2015 at 1:57 pm

    I can not seem to download any of the chalkboard fonts. Perhaps I am not clicking in the right section? I just want the fonts so I can create a board for my school event.

    • Tonia says

      October 20, 2015 at 5:14 pm

      Hi Charlotte,
      You can download Chalk Hand Lettering from Fonts Cafe here: http://fontscafe.com/free-fonts
      Scroll down to where you see the font and click on the image of the font. The file should download to your computer and then you have to open and install it. Best of luck!
      ~Tonia

  3. laura says

    March 23, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    for some reason I cannot find the fonts what can I do?

    • Nicole says

      June 1, 2015 at 1:45 pm

      Go to DaFont.com

  4. Tisha says

    February 28, 2015 at 7:08 am

    Hej Tonia,
    Thanks a lot for the chalkboard. It’s going to make my life easier. Nice work <3

  5. Reya says

    January 28, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Am I doing something wrong? for some reason it’s not working for me.

    • Tonia says

      January 28, 2014 at 10:32 pm

      Hi Reya,
      Sorry that link wasn’t working for you! I’ve updated it to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzzc0kU7BM6FSnU4a0xaeVdXWEk/edit?usp=sharing
      See if that works for you. If not, just let me know and I will email you the file.
      ~Tonia

  6. Sharon says

    January 23, 2014 at 12:05 am

    Love the chalkboard design. Great information thanks for sharing.

  7. Jess Acs says

    November 10, 2013 at 8:52 am

    This is awesome, thanks so much for sharing all this. I love the look of the chalkboard stuff 🙂

    • Tonia says

      November 10, 2013 at 5:19 pm

      Thanks Jess! Your are very welcome. I just found some really cute chalkboard labels and chalkboard markers in the dollar spot at Target!

  8. Mackenzie says

    January 16, 2013 at 7:10 pm

    How fun is this! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
    Mackenzie 🙂

  9. Di from Life is Di-licious says

    January 15, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    Wow. This is great Tonia. I have Photoshop but haven’t leant how to use it yet. I’d never heard of Pixlr either. Loving chalkboard labels and signs (just organised my playroom with them). Would love to play around with them for my blog.

  10. Bonnie and Trish @ Uncommon says

    January 14, 2013 at 11:47 pm

    Girl love some chalkboard art! Thanks so much for the background and the tutorial! I so needed this one!

  11. Jennifer @ Delightfully Noted says

    January 13, 2013 at 1:03 am

    I’m totally on the chalkboard band wagon w/ you! Great and easy looking tutorial, I like easy!!

  12. Ginger says

    January 12, 2013 at 12:12 am

    How did I not know about Pixlr??? I’m off to check it out! 🙂 Oh & I never have printer ink so I always just send my prints to Walmart & get them printed in matte…lots easier & cheaper. 🙂

  13. Lindsay says

    January 11, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    This is so cool! What a fun idea! I would have it printed at Costco if I were to do this, so inexpensive to print there. Thanks for the awesome idea!

  14. Micki Sellers says

    January 11, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    OK, so this is me being DUMB but you’re basically using a TON of black ink then by having the font be in white space?

    • Tonia L says

      January 11, 2013 at 8:36 pm

      Yep, pretty much! 🙂 I haven’t printed a lot of the things I’ve made. I just use them for my blog posts and whatnot. Ginger suggested having prints made somewhere…that might be a cheaper option for you!

  15. Kelsey Poofy Cheeks says

    January 11, 2013 at 3:28 pm

    Thanks for sharing! I just LOVE the chalkboard trend that is going on right now!:)

    • Tonia L says

      January 11, 2013 at 8:34 pm

      Thanks Kelsey! I am having fun looking at everyone creations!

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