Instructions - Silhouette Studio

Use the TTF version of your Single Line Fonts font to type text in Silhouette Studio on Windows or Mac. These hairline TTF fonts trace over themselves, so the machine follows the same line a second time. They are not the same as the true single-line output created with our FontLab Pad version.

These setup steps have been tested by Single Line Fonts in Silhouette Studio Designer Edition.

Install your TTF font

  1. Download and unzip your purchased font files. Locate the file ending in .ttf in the TTF version of your download.
  2. Install the .ttf font on your computer using Windows font installation or Font Book on Mac. The font must be fully installed, not just previewed in a font manager.
  3. Close and reopen Silhouette Studio after installing the font.

Create text in Silhouette Studio

  1. Choose the Text tool on the left-hand toolbar, click in the workspace, and type your text.
  2. Select your text, then open the Text Style panel. Choose your installed SLF font from the font list and adjust the text size for your project.
  3. If you cannot find the font, check that its TTF file is installed on your computer and restart Silhouette Studio. Fonts purchased outside the Silhouette Design Store are selected in Text Style, not downloaded from your Silhouette Library.

Line appearance and output

The Line Style panel controls line appearance. Increasing line thickness can make fine lines easier to see, but it does not change the actual cut path or turn a retracing TTF font into a true single-line font. A black stroke with a width of 1 or greater is not a required font setup step.

If you are printing lines, select the text, open the Line Style panel, and enable Print Lines of Selected Shapes, or set Line Thickness above 0.0 pt. Choose the printed line color in the Line Colors tab. These print settings are separate from machine tool settings.

Want true single-line output?

Use the FontLab Pad version supplied for that workflow, rather than the hairline TTF version. Follow our FontLab Pad instructions to create and export your text as SVG. Opening SVG files in Silhouette Studio requires Designer Edition or higher. This is an imported design workflow, not editable text created with Silhouette Studio's Text tool.

Official reference: Installing and Using Silhouette Studio.