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What in the world??? — No points to edit on a design

September 1, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

In this series, we’re uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Well, at least the Silhouette universe. I’m covering topics that can really stump you no matter how long you’ve been using Silhouette machines. Today, we’re going to talk about what’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Compound Path, edit, group, point editing, points, Text, ungroup

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

August 12, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette text myth letter size

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

Tuesday quick tip: what to do when text on a path messes up as you mirror

June 2, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

mirroring text

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...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Compound Path, flip horizontally, htv, mirror, Text, text on path, text to path

3 ways to cut block text as a single piece

February 3, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

I love making Silhouette projects from paper. It’s the primary reason I bought my first machine. One thing I don’t like, however, is having to glue down each letter separately. It’s takes too much time and I am very bad at keeping them straight or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: autoweld, connect, cut edge, overlap, stencil, Text

How’d they do that? Outline words

January 30, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

I love the look of this week’s Free Design of the Week. It’s a phrase where each word is an outline only. Here’s what it looks like: Note: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click the link and purchase something, I may receive a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: autoweld, cut edge, detach lines, line thickness, outline, Text, words

How’d they do that? Adding spacing between elements

January 7, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

spacing gap knockout

Today’s tutorial is helpful for those of us, me definitely included, who have trouble lining things up perfectly. By creating an intentional spacing gap between different elements, you give yourself some wiggle room. This is helpful for any material, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Compound Path, Fill, htv, knockout, modify, offset, outline, spacing, subtract, subtract all, Text, transparency, vinyl

How’d they do that? Shattered technique

April 22, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette shattered technique

Have you ever seen a design and wondered, “How did they do that?” That happens to me all the time, and I usually don’t rest until I’ve figured it out. If you can understand the techniques someone used, you can use on other designs. Today in our How’d … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: designing, divide, modify, shattered, Text

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

Cut Doctor: Lesson 19 — When your cut starts well but then the machine goes crazy

February 12, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette motor box

Yes, I believe you! Sometimes it seems that your Silhouette machine is possessed. It starts great, then for some unknown reason seems to go completely crazy. It starts fine but then cuts in the wrong place, goes way too slowly, the blade doesn’t go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: blade, bluetooth, calibration, cut doctor, cut settings, machine, packet size, pauses, Print and Cut, registration marks, slow, speed, Text, usb

Drawing filled shapes or text: 2 ways to select attributes beforehand

November 28, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

I don’t know about you, but I always work with filled shapes. Unfilled shapes are harder to move around, you can’t easily see front to back order, and you don’t know if you have groupings or compound paths (which makes a HUGE difference when you use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: attributes, color, default, Fill, filled, font, line color, preferences, Text

How to assemble a Silhouette pen holder

October 30, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette pen holder

The first time I looked at the Silhouette brand pen holder, I was completely confused. There are 5 different pieces in the package, and the instructions made no sense to me. I had to have someone else show me. So I’m going to return the favor and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: draw, pen, pen holder, Sketch, Text, tools, words

Hack to make sure text around a circle is centered

October 24, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

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...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: alignment, Text, text on path, words on circle

Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (Part 6)

August 31, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

broken fonts in silhouette

Here we are in our last post about misunderstanding folks have when working with wording in Silhouette Studio. If you need to start back at the beginning, you can find Part 1 here. Today’s 5 myths cover some miscellaneous topics about working with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Compound Path, cursive, font, fonts, grouping, letters, myths, offset, print, spell, spellcheck, spellchecking, spelling, Text, weld, word, words

Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 Misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (part 5)

August 29, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

text edit in silhouette

Have you been learning lots of new things about working with text? I hope so! (If you haven’t read about Text Myths #1-20, start here). Today we’re going to learn about how to text edit in smarter ways by busting 5 more myths. We’ll focus on how and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: bold, character spacing, edit, font, italic, kerning, line, line spacing, resize, Text, text edit, underline, word

Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 Misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (part 3)

August 15, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

samantha glyphs in silhouette

In our series about working with text in Silhouette, we’ve already busted 10 common myths. If you haven’t read those, then start here. The 5 myths we’re talking about today are 5 more about fonts. They deal with how fonts are organized and working … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: character map, fancy letters, folder, font, font book, fonts, glyph, glyphs, library, Sketch, sketch font, Text, text style, words

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