Free dingbat fonts are a great source of images to use with your diecutter, but how do you know which ones cut nicely? I’ve done the trial and error for you on these ten fonts that are perfect for diecutting.
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Archives for 2013
Class of 2013 free SVG
In honor of my niece, and by request, I’m posting the 2013 version of my “class of” SVG.
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Part 7 … Tracing Without Tears really Point Editing
Part 7 of the Tracing Without Tears series is not really about tracing at all. It’s about point editing, or node editing, which is prerequisite information for cleaning up traced images and so much more. I needed to lay this groundwork so I could answer your questions in the next video.
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Vinyl Cost Calculator
I’ve recreated my Vinyl Cost Calculator on Instacalc, along with some instructions (it’s easier than it looks).
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Cheat Sheet: Cut vs. Cut Edge
I have all kinds of powerful software to work in, but I can’t help exploring Silhouette Studio to try and find out why it behaves as it does.
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Part 6 … Tracing Without Tears
For those of you who have been clamoring for a tutorial on tracing photos, I’m happy to announce the release of Tracing without Tears Part 6.
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CAS spinner card and template
In January, I took the Clean and Simple Cards 2 class at onlinecardclasses.com. I really enjoyed it, and am just now getting around to doing some of my homework cards. On of the big pluses of the class was getting to see what others in the class were making, and that’s how I found this great spinner card design from Stephanie at Pink Star Creations.
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Silhouette software comparison updated
It’s been over a year since I visited the details of each software package available to drive a Silhouette cutter. There’s still no clear winner for everyone, because so much depends on what you want to do, how much learning curve you are willing to endure and how much you want to spend, not to mention personal preference.
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Part 5 … Tracing Without Tears
Part 5 of the Tracing Without Tears series is done, and it answers all of you who’ve been wanting an explanation about the high pass, low pass and scaling controls.
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Exporting vector content to SSDE with a Mac
Silhouette Studio Designer Edition is limited in terms of the vector file formats it can read, but by making use of an online converter, we can change popular formats such as EPS and PDF to SVG.
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