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What in the world??? — Text doesn’t cut the right size

August 12, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

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In this series, I’m covering topics that stump new users (and even old pros like me). They’re the things that drive you BATTY unless you understand them. The good news is that in almost every case, there’s a quick fix. Today, I’m explaining why you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: font, size, Text, words

Total Transformation: how to use the tools in the Transform panel — Lesson 2 Scale

June 17, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

In this series, I’m going through how to use all the tools in the Transform panel. If you missed Lesson 1 on the Align tab, you can find it here. Here in Lesson 2, we’ll go over the 2nd tab which is Scale. This is where you can choose a precise size … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: height, lock aspect ratio, percentage, scale, size, width

Cut Doctor: Lesson 23 — Bad cuts part 2

March 27, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette cut overlaps

Have you ever send a cut job to your machine, watched it work and away, then removed the material and realized it didn’t cut the material at all or cut it all the way through? Yes, I see every hand going up! We’ve all had this happen at one time or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: blade, cut doctor, cut settings, distance adjustment, heat transfer, htv, mat, material, misaligned, Print and Cut, registration marks, size, Text

7 tricks to make a multi-piece project more interesting

September 6, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

I remember when I first started paper crafting. I would put together a card or scrapbook page and then look at it and think, “BORING!” What is it that makes a project look interesting and finished? It doesn’t just happen. Some folks have a natural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: alignment, balance, color, depth, diagonal, fonts, interesting, mix, paper, pattern, placement, size, texture, thirds, triangle, tricks

Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (Part 1)

August 10, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette text myth letter size

Wow, that title sounds like a bad talk show. LOL! A text myth is information you hear about when working with words and fonts in the Silhouette Studio software that simply isn’t true. It’s not that the person saying it is trying to mislead you. They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Align, font, letters, size, Text, text size, words

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