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How’d They Do That? Half in, Half Out Logo

August 12, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I'm one of those folks who looks at signs not only for the information on them, but to check out the fonts and graphics. This past weekend I was in an airport and saw a sign with the logo for Colorado Mountain College. It looks like this: Note: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: control point, design, Drawing Tools, logo, modify, regular polygon, shapes, subtract, weld

Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 Misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (part 4)

August 23, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

words on circle in silhouette

We’re in the midst of a series about Text Myths in Silhouette Studio – misunderstandings that Silhouette users have when working with wording. If you haven’t read about Text Myths #1-15, start here. The 5 myths today deal with the location of text. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: backwards, control point, horizontal, justification, letters, letters on circle, mirror, slider, text box, text edit, text on circle, text on path, text to path, upside down, vertical, words, words on circle

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #8 — How Text or Object on Path affect cut style

March 9, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette curve word

You may not know this, but in Silhouette Studio you can make words go around a shape. That's called Text on Path. New in version 4, you can also take a shape and use Object on Path to create duplicates of that shape around the contours of another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: clip art, control point, curve text, curve word, cut, cut preview, cut settings, cut view, jpg, no cut, object on path, photo, photograph, png, point, raster, replicate, send, Text, text on path, vector

Successful Beginner Projects: #4 Christmas Tree Gift Tag

November 10, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette tag

We’re going to create another gift tag today. I mean, I can never have too many Christmas gift tags in my house come holiday time ????. In this project, we’ll learn to draw another type of shape, use control points, resize disproportionately, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials, Projects Tagged With: Align, cardstock, christmas, Compound Path, control point, cut, cut edge, cut settings, gift, grouping, rounded rectangle, tag, transform

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