Letters and designs intended for stencil projects typically require the inner parts of the designs (islands) to be connected by a space (bridge) to the outside of the design.




Letters and designs that have islands without bridges will create stencils that drop inner details.

Stencils from the Silhouette Design Store


The Silhouette Design Store offers many ready-made stencil fonts and designs. 


You can find these offerings by searching for the term 'Stencil' and filtering for the desired digital content type (fonts, regular cut images, etc.)

Convert Regular Designs into Stencil Designs


Some letters and designs can be manually adjusted to be converted into a stencil.


To do so:

  1. Create your letter or design
  2. Draw a small shape (such as a rectangle) that connects the inside island to the outer boundary of the letter or design
  3. Select both objects together
  4. Open the 'Modify' panel
  5. Select the 'Subtract' option
  6. Select and move the letter or design to view the new stencil


You can alternately use the Knife and/or Eraser tool in 'Solid' mode to create bridges.