![]() On sites like SoFontsy this information will often be included in the font description, but on sites like Creative Market that don’t cater specifically to crafters, it may not be, and you’ll need to contact the seller to double-check. So, if you’re going to use a font in Silhouette Studio, Cricut Design Space, Mint Studio, or similar programs, be sure to make sure that it’s PUA encoded before you purchase it. If you’re using a font that is not PUA encoded, you won’t be able to access these characters and the character map will be blank like this one is. PUA stands for “private use areas” and PUA encoded fonts allow you to access any special or extended characters included in a font in programs such as Silhouette Studio, Cricut Design Space, and Mint Studio. If you go through the step-by-step process shown in the video and see a bunch of blank areas where the extended characters should be, then you may very well be dealing with a non-PUA encoded font. The font that I use in the video is called So Fontsy, and as of the date of this post, you can download it for FREE exclusively over on the SoFontsy site. If you’re on a Mac, you can use an app called Font Book to accomplish the same thing. In the video below, I’ll take you through the process of accessing extended font characters in Silhouette Mint Studio on a Windows PC using the Character Map. So, of course we want to be able to access these options when we’re making our Silhouette Mint stamps, right? Each of these types of extended characters adds visual appeal and a more hand lettered, custom look to your finished design. Extended characters can also include ligatures, which are two or more letters that are designed as a single glyph for better visual appeal. These can include multiple variations of characters – for example, two different lowercase “a’s” and/or two different uppercase “S’s” – as well as character variations with beautiful flourished endings and special glyphs for non-English alphabets. ![]() Select your text and delete the letter you would like to replace with a glyph.ġ1- Once the letter is deleted, press Ctrl V to paste the Glyph you copied from the Character Map app onto your Text.ġ2- Repeat the process to add any more Glyphs in your text.Below I have added an "s" glyph and a "t" glyph also.Over the past few years, SO MANY beautiful fonts have been released, and many of them included extended characters. then click Copy (2).ġ0-Click back onto your workspace. When you click on the glyph a little pop-up will come and you can see the glyph more clearly.ĩ- When you are happy with your choice, click Select (1). Scroll through the glyphs and select the one you would like to use. Scroll down and select Private Use Characters.Ĩ- You will see all the gylphs appear in the Character Map window. ![]() ![]() Then in the Group by drop-down box, select Unicode Sub-range (2).ħ-A new window will appear. I am using Silhouette Studio, but the following procedure to use the Character Map app to access your Glyphs will be the same in most programs.ģ-Select the font in yourtext/font drop-down box.Ĥ- When your text is in the correct font, open up the Character Map app/program.ĥ- In the top drop-down box select your font.Ħ-Ensure that the Advance View is selected (1). Ensure that your file has been downloaded and unzipped to use.ġ- Open the program you want to use.
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