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**Tamlin** · 03-07-2008

Now I see what you mean.

I think these are what in typography are referred to as "Fleurons" - ornamental borders and decorations based on flowers, vine leaves etc.

There are some fleuron fonts available, which you might find useful:

Font Freak - Dingbats F page 1
Fleuron Fonts : MyFonts

With regard to "stealing" the images from a book: are they copyrighted? If not, I wouldn't feel bad about it - you'll find that a good proportion of Photoshop brushes available on the web are made from images scanned-in from books or other similar sources. At least this way you'd be making your own brushes, rather than just downloading some pre-made ones.

To remove the white background, make sure your scanned image is on a layer in Photoshop. Select the Magic Wand tool and ensure that the Contiguous option is not checked. Click anywhere there is a patch of white background to select it. (If you have CS3, you might want to tweak the selection with the Refine Edge option.) Press Delete to remove the white background and then select Edit > Define Brush Preset... to save it as a brush.

03-07-2008	#4 (permalink)
Tamlin Janitor of Lunacy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sitting in the Wishing Chair Posts: 5,309	Now I see what you mean. I think these are what in typography are referred to as "Fleurons" - ornamental borders and decorations based on flowers, vine leaves etc. There are some fleuron fonts available, which you might find useful: Font Freak - Dingbats F page 1 Fleuron Fonts : MyFonts With regard to "stealing" the images from a book: are they copyrighted? If not, I wouldn't feel bad about it - you'll find that a good proportion of Photoshop brushes available on the web are made from images scanned-in from books or other similar sources. At least this way you'd be making your own brushes, rather than just downloading some pre-made ones. To remove the white background, make sure your scanned image is on a layer in Photoshop. Select the Magic Wand tool and ensure that the Contiguous option is not checked. Click anywhere there is a patch of white background to select it. (If you have CS3, you might want to tweak the selection with the Refine Edge option.) Press Delete to remove the white background and then select Edit > Define Brush Preset... to save it as a brush. __________________ Religion: It's all fun and games until someone gets burned at the stake...