Silhouette Studio software is a real creativity gem, offering a whole range of tools and tips to bring your artistic creations to life.
Today we're going to dive into this software to show you everything it can do when it comes to fonts!
1 - Changing the font in Silhouette
To start writing in Silhouette Studio, click the "A" icon on the far left of the screen, click once inside the Silhouette workspace, and you can write whatever words or sentences you want.
Silhouette Studio software will use your computer's default font. To change the font, click the "A" icon, this time on the right of the screen and not on the left. Select your entire text by highlighting it and choose the font you like.
If you want to change the default font in Silhouette without having to click the "A" icon every time during your session, first click the font you want to use in the "A" icon on the right, then click the "A" icon on the left, and the software will have saved that font. You'll be able to write constantly with your chosen font without having to do the whole thing again.
Note: to get more fonts, you have two options. You can download fonts from the internet. For example, the site 1001 Fonts offers thousands of fonts. Be careful though, most of them are free for personal use only. You can also order fonts directly within the Silhouette software, but those are paid and sometimes quite expensive!
2 - Character spacing
To increase or decrease the space between letters, nothing could be simpler:
Click the word you want to edit and highlight it by holding down the left mouse button. Click the "A" icon on the right of the screen. In the small box, right at the bottom, a slider labeled "character spacing" appears, so you can change the character spacing by increasing or decreasing this slider. You can also change the percentage with the keyboard (the maximum is 500% but you'll see that's more than enough!)
Note: If you have several words spread across several lines, you can also change the spacing between the lines with the slider just above 🙂
3 Silhouette Studio Tutorial - How to make a thin font thicker?
Some fonts, such as script fonts, can be a little tricky to cut with your Silhouette Cameo because of their thinness. We're going to see how to increase the thickness of your font so that it cuts easily on the machine.
Step 1 - Type your text
Type your text in the Silhouette grid area.
Step 2 - Add an outline to your font:
Click the star-shaped icon on the right of the screen and click the text you typed. Now, click "OUTLINE" in the small box that appeared and set the thickness of the text with the distance slider. Once you have the right thickness, click apply.
Step 3 - Move aside or delete the old text
You can hold down the left click on your old text to move it aside, and there you go, you now have thicker text.
4 Silhouette Tutorial - fixing the problem of overlapping letters
Sometimes certain fonts have letters that overlap, like in this image where the letter O overlaps the N, which overlaps the J.
When cutting your text, the software will take this overlap into account and will cut the little overlapping parts. So you'll see cut marks, which may not look very nice on the fabric.
To fix this, click the word, go to the window with the circle and the rectangle labeled "Modify", then click "WELD" and you'll see that the overlap disappears like Magic! 🧙
5 - How to curve text?
Many of us want to curve our text when creating a design, because it sometimes gives an unusual effect and style.
Please follow these steps to curve your text in the Silhouette Studio software:
Click the window with the circle on the left of your screen, choose the circle-shaped design and, with the left click of your mouse, draw a circle of the size you want.
Then take your text and simply place it on the circle by holding down the left click.
Note, as you can see, the circle has turned gray, which means it won't be taken into account when cutting your design.
Be careful: text that has been welded beforehand cannot be curved. Please curve the text first, then weld it.
6 - how to make a wave-shaped curve?
You can also create wave-shaped text.
Click the "Lines" tool on the left of your screen and click the icon that looks like the infinity symbol.
Click in the software's grid area and click again to create the wave.
Once your wave is completely finished, right-click and the wave creation will end.
As with creating curved text, take the text you want by holding down the left click of your mouse and release it on one of the curves of the wave you created. Your text will then take the shape of the wave. 😉
Now that you know how to edit and create text in Silhouette Studio, you'll be able to make beautiful creations with lots of different styles!
The text cutting in this Silhouette Studio Tutorial can be used for textile customization with heat-transfer flex or to make stickers with adhesive vinyl, and there are plenty of other ways to express your creativity with this software! 🤩
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