I am publishing this blog post again because people are constantly asking for this information.

This post contains a tutorial on accessing the special glyphs (extra characters) in the Samantha font, which you can still get on sale. (just click the link and then type "samantha" in the search box)

The easiest way of all is to use SCAL4 (Sure Cuts a Lot) because the font viewer displays all of the available characters and all you need to do is click the characters you want.

This capability is available in the Mac and PC versions of the software. For more information on Sure Cuts a Lot, join us in my Facebook group.

If you do not have SCAL, there are other ways you can access the special characters. If you have Illustrator or CorelDRAW, this video shows you how you can access them very easily.

If you have none of these software programs, you will need to follow the procedures described in the FAQ on Laura Worthington's site (under How do I?).

This procedure only works with fonts that have been coded to be compatible with character map. The latest version of the Samantha font has been coded by Laura Worthington to be compatible with character map. If you have an older version (you will know this if the procedure doesn't work), contact the designer, Laura Worthington, and ask her to send you the updated version of the font. You will have to provide proof of purchase.

Samantha font is available at MightyDeals for only $17 (regular $75). Just click the link above and then type "samantha" in the search field to find it.

Go down to the bottom of the page and choose between Upright Pro or Italic Pro.

The Complete Family Desktop version includes both Upright and Italic Pro.

The Complete Family Desktop + Web Fonts version is for those of you who want to be able to use the Samantha font on your web sites without first manipulating the text in other programs.

Most of you will only need the Desktop version, either Upright or Italic, or both. You will know if you need the Web version or not. Most of you are not designing your own Web sites.  

If Samantha isn't quite your cup of tea or if you want more gorgeous fonts, check the MightyDeals site because they have special deals on many other fonts.

Once you have purchased the font, you will need to save it on your computer.

The best way to manage your files and be able to find everything is to set up directories (folders) for all your files. 

I have all of my files on an external hard disk, but if you don't have an external hard disk, you need to set up a separate directory for all of your files. 

Files are everything that you create, download or purchase. They are what you put all of your hard work into, spend a great deal of time or money on, and what you cannot easily replace if (knock on wood) something happens to your computer. 

They are what you want to keep safe and what you want to back up regularly so that if you do have a hard disk crash, you know those files will be safe somewhere and you will be able to put them right back on your system.

I save all of my fonts in a Fonts sub-directory on my external drive. 

Once you have saved it to your computer, unzip the files if necessary to extract the files. After you have done this, double click the file with the .otf (open type font) extension. This will cause your system to install the font. 

Once you have the font, you will need to know how to access all the beautiful extra characters.

Check back tomorrow for my post on accessing the special characters on a Mac or on a PC.

The Unicode Character Viewer is actually an iPhone app, not an iPad app, but it will work on your iPad and will allow you to select the extra characters in the Samantha font in the Cricut Design Space app.

The video below shows the two apps you need for this and how they are used.

Some people have written me to say that they have had trouble finding the Unicode Character Viewer -- you can download it from HERE.

The AnyFont app mentioned in my video is available HERE.

Note that you can still get the Samantha font on sale from Mighty Deals. Just type Samantha in the search field on their site.

Yesterday I promised that I would post a tutorial on how to access the special glyphs in the Samantha font, which you can still get on sale.

The easiest way of all is to use SCAL4 (Sure Cuts a Lot) because the font viewer displays all of the available characters and all you need to do is click the characters you want.

This capability is available in the Mac and PC versions of the software. For more information on Sure Cuts a Lot, join us in my Facebook group.

If you do not have SCAL, there are other ways you can access the special characters. If you have Illustrator or CorelDRAW, this video shows you how you can access them very easily.

If you have none of these software programs, you will need to follow the procedures described in the FAQ on Laura Worthington's site (under How do I?).

This procedure only works with fonts that have been coded to be compatible with character map. The latest version of the Samantha font has been coded by Laura Worthington to be compatible with character map. If you have an older version (you will know this if the procedure doesn't work), contact the designer, Laura Worthington, and ask her to send you the updated version of the font. You will have to provide proof of purchase.

If you have been bitten by the Samantha bug, this will be right up your alley.

In this Cricut Design Space iPad app tutorial, I describe the two iPad apps I used to install the Samantha font (and others) on my iPad and to choose the special characters (glyphs).

 

The easiest way to access the special characters in the Samantha font is to use Illustrator or CorelDRAW. In this tutorial, I teach you how to do that.

Further information is available in a document I have written about using character map and other options. The document is available in my Silhouette group.