Working With Text!!!

Today we go over one of the most versatile applications that you will ever use on your Silhouette machine!!! Today we are working with TEXT!!! The fascinating thing about your Silhouette is that you can cut EVERY font you have on your computer!!!! That leaves you with SO MANY options! There are so many FREE fonts available on the internet to download that the possibilities are limitless. With every Silhouette CD you purchase you will also receive 4 exclusive fonts.

First thing is first open a new file. Click on view, then view grid. On your left hand toolbar there is a tab that says "Text" click on that.

Next you will see your "Text" menu. Click in your text box and type your desired title I have chosen the word NOVEMBER to welcome the new month.


Now is the awesome part! Choosing our font! Click on the "Font" drop down arrow and highlight the very first font selection by clicking once. This closes the drop down menu, the easiest way for "ME" to choose a font is to then navigate downwards by using the arrow key on my keyboard. With every font that you highlight you get a preview of what the Font looks like in the big window directly below.

Choose your font then below your preview box there are a few editing tabs with which you can edit your font size, height, angle, and aspect ratio. Something that is very important is to make sure your "Outline" box is checked!!! Without an outline your machine will just cut a bunch of lines and no shape!

When you have set all of your options to your liking click ok and place your title. You will get the usual triangles that you can click and drag to edit your title as well when done click anywhere on the screen to deselect and press cut! BUT if you dont like what you have chosen once you see it select your title one more time and right click

Go down to "Text Settings" and click. Once you click your text menu will appear again and you can edit your title once again to your liking!

Below is an example of cutting out a font that was already on my computer and using shapes from the "Sweetheart" CD.


Thank you all so much for reading along and sharing my passion for the Silhouette!

Working With Text!!!