Quickutz Silhouette: Digital Craft Cutter Reviews from Mad Cropper readers
January 12, 2008 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Home & Living
In August of last year, I posted reviews of the Quickutz Silhouette from various source in the web. Now, we have a couple of Mad Cropper readers who have shared their experience with the tool. I hope you find these useful in helping you decide whether to buy that Quickutz Silhouette or not.
If you have a different experience from what was posted here, feel free to share by leaving a comment in this entry.
Barbara Haynes
I do love my Silhouette, but have downloaded Inkscape and I am learning to weld works using this program. Lots of learning curb, so I would love an upgrade on the Silhouette that would weld the words right in the program. Then it would be PERFECT!
Kathleen
I recently purchased the silhouette and am having the hardest time making anything. The letters are impossible, it does use many fonts but without being able to weld them together it’s sometimes impossible to use them. I have a lot of computer experience and am having an extremely difficult time using it. I downloaded inkscape, am using word and the software that came with it, ROBO Master. It’s very frustrating and I’m considering returning it. I was debating between this and the Cricut Expression and the deciding factor was the fact that I wouldnt’ have to buy cartridges. You still have to buy cd’s or files though unless you can make your own or use free ones, which aren’t always the greatest quality, or the largest selection.















To weld words: type in Photoshop Elements and save as a file compatible with Craft ROBO. Import into Craft ROBO and get the outline of the image (process described in Silhouette digital manual).
My understanding is that QuicKutz intends to make a patch that allows for easier welding within the Silhouette software. Hope that helps!
For more fonts (free!!) try doing a websearch for free font websites. Though a word of caution: stay away from fonts which are “distressed” because the silhouette (no pun intended) of them is, ironically, not as nicely cut as some other more standard fonts.
http://www.dafont.com
http://www.freefonts.com
http://www.acidfonts.com
http://www.fontfreak.com
If you really get into downloading you might want a font organizer like “The Font Thing” which allows you to catagorize fonts as you like, preview your text in multiple fonts at once and view a font’s entire character catalog at once.
It makes life with a Silhouette a lot more fun!