It turns out Photoshop Elements will do exactly what was shown on the video, so now I’ll share it with you! Start with a blank canvas of whatever size will give you room to work. But then I thought, maybe I’ll learn something I can use. I don’t have a Cricut, and I almost didn’t look at the video. Over the weekend I was scrolling through Facebook and came across a link to a video on how to access extra glyphs (those extra characters some fonts include) and use them with Cricut Design Space. Have you ever seen cool projects on Pinterest with fancy, swirly, curly tails and embellishments, only to find the font they used, but no fancy, swirly, curly tails and embellishments? They’re there, you just have to know how to find them!! (I use the paid version.) And I thought it was pretty great BEFORE I learned this little trick.

There are two versions, a free one that will handle up to 2000 fonts, and a standard edition you pay for if you need more capacity. It has a number of ways to preview the fonts and characters within the font. It allows the user to create descriptive tags for all the fonts in their collection, which makes searching for that perfect font for a project much simpler. For those who aren’t familiar, MainType is a very versatile, fully customizable font manager.

If you’re NOT using MainType, this might be your impetus to grab it and go. If you’re already using MainType by High Logic to organize and preview your fonts, this is for you. So… I think this might be a great tutorial… for all you Fontoholics in the room. Unlocking the Secret Extras Hiding in Your Font Files

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