It’s great because I can access all my fonts and increase the size of the display of the group of fonts on the left and the individual characters on the right. Ultra Character Map is a great program available for the Mac that has more features than Font Book.
Using a PC and Silhouette Studio Basic Edition Continue locating the individual letters and using Copy/Paste to place all the letters in your Silhouette Studio workspace.Select the font you want to use and the letter should change to l ook like the letter in Font book. With the “letter” selected, click on the Text Style icon.If you have not already selected the font, you will see a box instead of the letter. Use CMD-P to paste the letter into the workspace. Scroll down the right side of the Preview Window and locate the letter you want to use.Click on the second icon at the top so that the individual letters are displayed in the preview window.Scroll down and locate the font you want to use.Open the application called Font Book on your Mac.If you have a Mac and the basic edition of Silhouette Studio, you can still access the glyphs and other special characters in a font. Using a Mac and Silhouette Studio Basic Edition Click on the letter to insert it in your word. Scroll down and locate the letter you wish to insert. Make sure your font is selected in the font dropdown.Click on the Glyphs tab in the Text Style box.Highlight the letter you wish to change.Start with a word already in the workspace.You can continue in this way until you have all the special characters added. Click on the letter and it will be inserted in your text box. Scroll down in the Glyphs box and locate the letter you wish to use. Make sure that the font you want to use is selected.Click on the Text Style box on the right side of the screen.Click on the Text tool and then click in the design space to open a text box.This will give you quick easy access to these characters in the Glyphs tab of the Text Style Box.
I will tell you that the easiest way to access these characters is to upgrade the Basic Silhouette Studio to at least Designer Edition. But how do you access them in Silhouette Studio? Using Silhouette Studio Designer Edition (or DE+ or Business Edition) glyphs) that make our text look so great. Next, find your exported file and select it and click OK.Īfter you have completed these steps, the transfer is complete! You can now go to your Library and you will find your downloaded library, identical to the one on your other computer.We all love those “special” characters (a.k.a. To initiate the import process, open Silhouette Studio then click on File > Library > Import library. Import your Silhouette Library to the new computerĪfter you have saved your export, you’re ready to import the designs into the Silhouette Library on your new computer. Next, click the drop down arrow next to your name and select Library Export to save the file.Ĭlick the blue Browse Computer button and choose where you want to save it, I recommend desktop - but whatever is easiest for you is fine. To export, open Silhouette Studio and click on the Library icon in the top right corner.
After re-installing the Silhouette software be sure you are signed into your account with them, and that the software is fully up to date.Īfter you have downloaded the software, you’ll need to export your Silhouette Library.
You can grab the Free Basic Edition of Silhouette Studio from their website. Even though you can use the same key, your Silhouette Library won’t import automatically, so we are here to show you exactly what you need to do to move those files to your new computer.īefore we begin, you will need to have Silhouette Studio installed on both of your computers.
Did you know that Silhouette Studio will allow you to use your Designer Edition Upgrade on more than one computer!? You can actually use your License Key on up to 3 different devices at one time.