The day I learned about placing text around a circle was a great day! I had been doing it manually before that. LOL! And then my mind was completely blown when I found out you could put text around ANY shape. (If you don’t know how this works, you’ll … [Read more...]
Hack to make sure text around a circle is centered
Today I want to share a quick tip with you about getting text in the right spot when you wrap it around a circle or arc. (If you don’t know how to do that, see this post). It’s not hard to do, but one thing that I used to struggle with was making … [Read more...]
Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 Misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (part 4)
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...]
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #8 — How Text or Object on Path affect cut style
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...]
Object on Path Shape: A new version 4 option for replicating shapes
One of the slick new features of Silhouette Studio version 4 is a Replicate option called Object on Path. This is very similar to Text on Path, which is most often used to wrap text around a circle. What Object on Path does is allow you to put any … [Read more...]