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Border Bits – a new free dingbat font

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I am proud to introduce another dingbat font designed for diecutters, at least that’s how it started. Silhouette Studio, Microsoft Word and even Photoshop are among the programs that can wrap text on a path but can’t wrap objects … or so it seems. Simply put your objects in a font – problem solved. So here’s my collection of little shapes that repeat or combine to make fun borders and, for the most part, lend themselves to wrapping along a path. Hope you’ll have as much fun with it as I have.

Download Border Bits here and make my day by leaving a comment. This font is free for personal or commercial use but not for resale or sharing on other sites, please. Pinning or otherwise pointing people to this blog page is a great way to say thanks. I’d also love to see creative ways you use this font.

How to make a doily with Border Bits with thanks to Gisela!

For a video on how to use this font and text to path in Silhouette Studio see this post.

And here’s a video on how to use this font and text on path in Inkscape

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  3. Thank you for sharing.  I love your designs.

    Have you thought about making an svg of a dress form and or dresses? I could sure use one.

    Jo Bailey                    ¸…¸      _____ ,·´o`·, /__/ _/_ “`)¨(´´ |__  |   | | ¸,.-·-°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,-. :º° …but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15

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  8. thanks so much….esp was excited about the chevron elements! But they all look like ones I’d use lots. What a thoughtful freebie!!

  11. You are just too CLEVER:) Thank you so much for sharing.
    Your ideas are always Grrrrrr8
    Can’t wait to try this out.

  12. Thanks so much for this great font for cutters and all the other assistance you give to help all of us who are using die cut machines.

  15. What a brilliant idea!!!!! Thank you for sharing it with us, I am going to have lots of fun playing with this font.

    Hugs, Nettte

  22. Thanks Kay! Always appreciate the time you take to share and teach us something. Now I will go back and look at the information you shared about wrapping text. Thanks for inspiring me to learn a little more!

  24. Thanks so much for the great font!! Just a note regarding photoshop – you can wrap objects to a path, such as brushes. Just go to the edit menu, define your object as a brush, then make sure it is selected in the brush palette. Then select the shape, right click on the shape and create a work path. Go to paths palette, right click, choose stroke path, then choose brush from the drop down menu.

    • Thanks for sharing, Jody. Yes, I knew that you could technically do it with brushes, but I can never remember all those steps so like having this quick option, and vector quality at any size.

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