#Glyphs in fonts in silhouette how to#

With the letter highlighted, click once on the glyph you want to use. Placing your cursor over the glyph will give you a bigger preview. The position of your cursor is where the glyph will be placed. To add a glyph, you can highlight the specific letter you want to change or delete it. In this panel, when you scroll down you will find all of the glyphs available for your selected font.

You may need to type in your font name or select it from the drop down menu.

With the Text Style panel still open, go to the second icon from the left with the letter “G”. You will be able to access the glyphs using the same Text Style panel that was used to change the font. We will weld our text later to make it a single object but not until we are done editing. We then edited our text by changing the font and spacing using the Text Style panel on the right toolbar. Click back on the canvas and start typing. We have a detailed tutorial on adding and editing text in Silhouette Studio if needed. Open Silhouette Studio and then go to the Text Tool on the left side toolbar. Our chosen font is this lovely modern calligraphy script but we have even more modern script fonts to choose from. We will be using a PC during this tutorial. We do have a video if you would prefer a visual guide instead.īefore we can begin, we first need to download and install our fonts on a PC or Mac.

#Glyphs in fonts in silhouette how to#

If you have the Basic Edition, have a look at how to use font glyphs on a PC or finding glyphs on a Mac. In our tutorial we will show you how to access font glyphs in Silhouette Studio. Glyphs are fun characters designed to enhance your text containing swirls and shapes. Even if you are using the Basic Edition, we have a great workaround for you. Font glyphs are available in the paid Designer Editions and Business Edition. You can access font glyphs right in Silhouette Studio.