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The paint bucket tool is great for this. Towards the end this video shows how to use it when there are gaps.
http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2010 ... ics-video/

The best way to do this is to go to dafont.com and type in your word in the custom preview box and then you can scroll through the categories quickly and see what catches your eye.

Heres an old trick we used to use before SCAL had a way to see font names. Open a copy of the scut2 file in a text editor like word pad and look through the code for the font name. Search for the word "font" and it should be near there. Or in your case you might want to search for the word...

Have you seen Lobster? It is a true cursive, I guess, but really a fresh look.
http://www.dafont.com/lobster.font

Creampuff is another nice one
http://www.fontspace.com/nicks-fonts/creampuff

wikimedia also has many sports logos in svg format. It is usually the first link that comes up in a google search.

I have a way to do it with Inkscape. The same principle would work in SCAL or you could import from Inkscape
http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2009 ... d-markers/

Check the dingbat fonts here. They have words in place of letters and many are PL-ish http://kevinandamanda.com/fonts/fontsforpeas/category/doodles/ Another great idea if you have an iPad. Use a drawing app like neu.draw (or any that exports SVG), draw your words (it smooths them out and makes them ...

Bravo, Louise!
I am able to use this same technique in Silhouette Studio Design Edition using the sketch tool to create the hatching. A great timesaver!

Assuming your software is properly activated, search this forum for similar problems and I believe you will find a solution. Here is one thread I found referenced as a possible solution, for instance. http://forum.surecutsalot.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6364&p=30217&hilit=mac+freeze#p30217 ...

hmmm, I usually don't trust charts from vendor sites, but this chart is actually hosted (produced?) by duckysdesigns.com and contains this verbiage at the bottom. That's scrap would do well to remove all their logo stuff from the top header to make this clear. "The information contained in this...