Glyphs, or special characters for fonts, can be accessed with a glyphviewing feature in Silhouette Studio.


This feature appears in the Designer Edition upgrade or higher.

Glyphs Feature


To access and use the Glyph feature:

  1. Open the 'Text Style' panel (on the right-hand toolbar)
  2. Go to the 'Glyphs' tab


  3. Select your desired font style from the font drop-down list at the top of the panel
  4. Adjust the character size at the bottom of the panel to your liking
  5. Scroll through the glyphs list and select one or hover your mouse over it to see its corresponding glyph name

 


Glyphs Outside Silhouette Studio


If you are running the Basic (free) edition of Silhouette Studio, or if select font glyphs cannot be seen in your glyphs panel*, you can access these characters using the standard operating system 'Character Map' on your computer.


* Silhouette Studio does not currently support all available glyph libraries utilized by font creators

To access glyphs manually using the Character Map on your computer:

PC/Windows


  1. Press the Windows key and R key on your keyboard simultaneously
  2. Type in charmap and press Enter -- the Character Map window will appear
  3. In the Font drop-down, navigate to the desired font
  4. Check the box next to Advanced View
  5. In the Group by drop-down, navigate to Unicode Subrange
  6. The Group By window will pop up next to the Character Map window
  7. Scroll to the bottom of the Group By window and select 'Private Use Characters'. All available glyphs should now be displayed in the Character Map.
  8. In the Font box, click the font you want to use.
  9. Click the special character that you want to insert, click Select, and then click Copy
  10. Open Silhouette Studio
  11. Go to Edit > Paste
  12. Adjust your font style as desired

Mac


  1. Open the Finder
  2. Open the Applications option
  3. Open the Font Book application
  4. Select the View Menu
  5. Select the Repertoire option
  6. Find the font and character you wish to use
  7. Click to select the desired character
  8. Press Command + c to copy
  9. Open Silhouette Studio
  10. Go to the Edit menu and click Paste
  11. Adjust your font style as desired

NOTE: There is a limitation to how much the Silhouette Studio program can accept being pasted into the program at one time. You may need to copy and paste smaller strings of text rather than a larger section of text all at once.