Darren Null
09-20-2009, 10:34 AM
It's free, it's clean, it's vector; there's no background to worry about and you can switch fill and outline easily to whatever you want it's...
...dingbat fonts!
Easily viewed and selected in the 'insert character' docker in corel, dingbats can be incredibly useful. And there's some quite intricate ones out there.
To get you started:
http://www.dingbatdepot.com/
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/dingbats.html
Once you get over the temptation to load so many that your computer won't start, you'll find that they are incredibly useful. And, of course, they're naturally in themed sets, so finding stuff isn't too difficult either.
EDIT: And more. Stencil section too...
http://www.acidfonts.com/dingbats1.htm
There goes the afternoon:
http://www.dingbats-uk.org.uk/download/index.html
The computer is full and ....I.....can't.....stop...
http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/omega/omega.htm
EDIT AGAIN:
I've seen equivalents of pretty well all the Dover clipart collections (the useful-to-engravers-ones). Result. Off to install them. If I don't come back, the computer has exploded....
...dingbat fonts!
Easily viewed and selected in the 'insert character' docker in corel, dingbats can be incredibly useful. And there's some quite intricate ones out there.
To get you started:
http://www.dingbatdepot.com/
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/dingbats.html
Once you get over the temptation to load so many that your computer won't start, you'll find that they are incredibly useful. And, of course, they're naturally in themed sets, so finding stuff isn't too difficult either.
EDIT: And more. Stencil section too...
http://www.acidfonts.com/dingbats1.htm
There goes the afternoon:
http://www.dingbats-uk.org.uk/download/index.html
The computer is full and ....I.....can't.....stop...
http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/omega/omega.htm
EDIT AGAIN:
I've seen equivalents of pretty well all the Dover clipart collections (the useful-to-engravers-ones). Result. Off to install them. If I don't come back, the computer has exploded....