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13 things to do with fonts besides cut them

August 24, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I freely admit it -- I'm a complete font junkie! Every time there's a new text style that comes into vogue, I have to add to my already enormous collection. If you own a Silhouette machine, you already know you can cut out words for things like vinyl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: fonts, Text, words

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

August 12, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: font, size, Text, words

How’d they do that? Outline words

January 30, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: autoweld, cut edge, detach lines, line thickness, outline, Text, words

How to assemble a Silhouette pen holder

October 30, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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: Tools and Accessories Tagged With: draw, pen, pen holder, Sketch, Text, tools, words

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

August 31, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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: Silhouette Studio Software 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 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

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

August 15, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: character map, fancy letters, folder, font, font book, fonts, glyph, glyphs, library, Sketch, sketch font, Text, text style, words

Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (Part 2)

August 13, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff 2 Comments

silhouette premium fonts

Today I'm continuing my series on things Silhouette users misunderstand about text in Silhouette Studio. If you didn't catch Part 1, you can find it here. In this lesson, we're going to go over some information about fonts: where to get them, what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: craft font, font, fonts, install, letters, premium font, silhouette design store, Text, words

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

August 10, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Align, font, letters, size, Text, text size, words

Wedding invitation envelopes with Silhouette sketch pens

February 23, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 12 Comments

They say that you should hand write the envelopes for wedding invitations.  Well, my handwriting is pretty bad so I couldn’t see that happening for my daughter’s wedding.  Enter my Cameo machine! I got the look of handwritten (or better) without … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects, Tools and Accessories Tagged With: Business Edition, envelope, font, pen holder, Sketch, Sketch pen, Text, words, write

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