Where are my Silhouette fonts? Making Herb Labels

Hello Janet here with a post on locating the fonts you've purchased from the Silhouette Design Store.

There are some beautiful fonts available from the Silhouette Design Store, but I sometimes hear folks saying that they can't find fonts once they have purchased them. Today I have some hints for helping you locate them if you are having a similar problem.

I recently downloaded this lovely font (#212857) from the store called Vision, by designer Rhonna Farrer, with the idea of cutting it from vinyl to make plant labels. It is a lovely thick script font - a combination of style and thickness that was just perfect for the job.  I'm not singling out this font for criticism, it just happens to be the last font I purchased; there are other fonts, by other designers, that can be similarly difficult to locate.

However, I had a great deal of difficulty finding the font, convinced that it hadn't downloaded it.  I found the font in the Library, but couldn't locate it in the dropdown font list. I've included a brief tutorial for making the labels further down the page, but firstly I'll run through a few things which might help you locate those elusive fonts.


(1) Is the Font Installed?
When fonts from the Silhouette Store are installed you should see them in two places, (1) in the library,

and (2) in the font list (Text Style panel > Text Style tab > All Fonts).

Note, fonts purchased elsewhere, once installed, appear only in the font list and not in the library.



(2) Restart the Silhouette Software
Some versions of the software require that you to close Silhouette Design Studio and reopen it in order to see your newly downloaded files in the places shown above.

(3) Find the Font Name
You might have noticed in the above example that the font name in the font list is different than that in the library (that is why I initially had difficulty finding it).

(a) From the Silhouette Design Store
Sometimes the correct name (corresponding to the one in the font list) is shown in the store listing. If you can't locate it easily by browsing searching in the store you can look it up via your purchase (STORE > My-Account > My Download History, or STORE > My-Account > and browse My-Downloads).

(b) From your computer
You can also look up the correct font name (corresponding to the one in the font list) in your computer system's font list.

Search Font Book (Mac)
Open Font Book (double click it  in  Finder > Applications > Font Book, or Launchpad > Other > Font Book, and enter part or all of the font name in the search box. Results are shown in the list on the left of the window.

Search Installed Fonts (Windows 10)
Open Control Panel and select Fonts. In the search box (top right) type the partial file name. Results are displayed in the window below.

Using the Fonts

Once your fonts are installed you can either access them by (1) double-clicking on them in the library, which will take you to your workspace with a text cursor ready to place to type, or  (2) by clicking on the text tool located on the left-hand side of the software screen, and while still in text editing mode, highlighting the text you've typed, and selecting your desired font from the dropdown font list. With some older versions of the software only the second method is available.

These instructions relate to v4 of the Silhouette Studio software (v4.1.191, at the time of writing), but in earlier versions you might receive this message on downloading fonts "Fonts are different from other designs you purchase and do not appear in My Library. Rather, you will find access to all of your fonts by using the Text tool in the Silhouette software and choosing your new font from the dropdown selection box in that dialog box."

Making the Plant Labels

I know I'm a bit late in the season, but I wanted to mark my perennial herbs before they died down over winter, so I could locate them again in spring (they are slow to get started again this far North)


What You'll Need
Plastic or slate plant labels
White permanent vinyl
Clear transfer tape
Rhonna Vision Font (#212857)


Brief Instructions

1. Type out the herb or plant names in your chosen font.
2. Reduce point size to fit the labels (I drew a shape of similar size to the label).
3. Adjust character spacing as required.

4. Draw boxes around the names to aid weeding.
5. Left align the words so that they will be readable when the label ends are in the ground.

6. Cut the names from white vinyl.

7. Lift the names from the backing sheet with strips of clear transfer tape.

8. Burnish (rub) the words firmly onto the labels and peel away the transfer tape.

9. Hold off using them in very wet weather until the adhesive has had time to cure (48 hours).

10. The labels are ready to use.



I hope this helps you keep track of your fonts AND your herbs.


Bye for now,

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