Font is from the Silhouette Design Store
Click here for steps to ensure all of your purchased content from the Silhouette Design Store is downloaded to your Silhouette Studio Library.
If continued concerns are encountered:
- Close Silhouette Studio
- Install the latest version of Silhouette Studio
- Restart Silhouette Studio
- Go to the Library tab
- Make sure you are signed into your Silhouette account where the font or other content was purchased
- Click on the Sync button in the lower left-hand corner
- Click on the Fonts folder
- Attempt to locate your font
* Also see notes below if you cannot locate your installed font.
Font is from Another Source
If the font was purchased or downloaded from a 3rd party source (not from the Silhouette Design Store), please note that only fonts from the Design Store will be found in your Library. All other fonts will simply be listed in the Text Style tool, or as an option in the font style drop-down list as you are using the font tool.
You will need to ensure the font is fully installed on the computer. Silhouette Studio can only find and display True Type (.ttf) or Open Type (.otf) fonts that are installed on your computer.
To manually install a font to your computer for use with Silhouette Studio and other software programs, please do the following:
Windows/PC:
- Close Silhouette Studio
- Locate your font file
NOTE: If downloaded from another source, it is usually found in your computer's default download location, unless you specifically saved it somewhere else
- Extract the font file (if zipped) or open the folder (if the font file is in a folder)
- Double-click on the font file
- A font management window will open
- Select the Install option in the upper-left of the window
- The Install button will turn grey, indicating that the font has been installed
MAC:
- Close Silhouette Studio
- Locate your font file
NOTE: If downloaded from another source, it is usually found in your computer's default download location, unless you specifically saved it somewhere else
- Open the downloaded folder (if the font file is in a folder)
- Double-click on the font file
- A font management window will open
- Select the Install option in the lower-right of the window
- The font management window will close, indicating that the font has been installed
Alternately, the following may be performed on a Mac:
- Close Silhouette Studio
- Open the Applications folder
- Open the Font Book app
- Go to the File menu
- Select Add Fonts
- Select a font or a folder containing multiple fonts
- Click Open to install the font(s)
* Also see notes below if you cannot locate your installed font.
* NOTE: When looking for fonts, please note that fonts names listed in your Library or under the Text Style list may differ from the name displayed than in the Design Store. For example, the initials of the artist may be at the front of the font name causing the font to be listed differently than expected (i.e. Jersey Font, by Lori Whitlock, appears in the Text Style font list as LW Jersey).
Also, please keep in mind that some fonts may be contained within a font family. This means that they will be listed as a style option once the main font name is selected within the Text Style panel. If the font is from a font family (where there are variations of the same font family name), please locate the main parent font name in the Text Style font list. Once you have selected the main font name, you can then locate alternate font options. These will be available by clicking on the drop-down arrow next to the B I U options.