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Border Bits – a new free dingbat font

September 5, 2013 by Kay

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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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Quick video on using transparent tiles in Silh Studio
Adding thumbnails to your .studio files on a Mac

Comments

  1. Marjan van Ingen says

    February 1, 2017 at 2:56 pm

    Thank you very mutch

  2. Jeannette Winters says

    February 3, 2017 at 9:01 am

    I appreciate your willingness to share your talents with us. Cant wait to play! Thank you.

  3. Sharon says

    February 6, 2017 at 10:00 am

    Thank you so much for this. Been thinking I need to figure out how to do this on my own (yea, right), so this is extremely helpful for my new granddaughter’s memory journal.

  4. Rhonda Espinosa says

    February 11, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    Thank you for this awesome “font”! I can’t wait to start using it in my Silhouette software. I’m most excited to try out the banner symbols. I’ve been struggling trying to make these on my own but you just saved me a bunch of time. Have a great day!

  5. Terri Beck says

    March 1, 2017 at 9:34 am

    Thanks for the file and video!

  6. Eva Cousineau says

    March 6, 2017 at 12:03 pm

    Thank you so much for everything you do!!! Your tutorials have been very helpful for this newbie. 🙂

  7. Jen Galang says

    March 19, 2017 at 12:24 pm

    Thank you SO much! This is fantastic!

  8. Tautchia says

    April 5, 2017 at 10:42 am

    This is so awesome!!! Thank you for sharing! 🙂

  9. Dcheeks says

    April 26, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    Thank you !

  10. Dyan says

    April 27, 2017 at 2:43 pm

    Thank you so much! I can’t wait to start playing with it!

  11. Whitney says

    June 27, 2017 at 5:17 pm

    Thank you Kay!

  12. Shannon McConnachie says

    July 5, 2017 at 11:42 am

    Thank you! This is awesommmmmeee : )

  13. Geri Edwards says

    July 23, 2017 at 3:01 am

    I am so thrilled to have found you!!! You have made my software make sense!!! Thank you so much for your generosity in giving free files. I have downloaded the border bits and intend to have a play with it asap. Regards, Geri in the UK

  14. Oddrun Helene Eggum says

    September 11, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    Thank you!

  15. Don Lawson says

    September 24, 2017 at 5:07 pm

    Thanks for the font!!

  16. Teresa says

    October 5, 2017 at 9:54 am

    Many thanks

  17. Reeta M says

    November 4, 2017 at 12:00 am

    Thank you so much. I’ve learned a lot from your video, was having trouble with spacing on text to path and this was just what I needed to figure it out. Downloaded your border bits too, this should come in handy with my next project. Thanks!

  18. Sandra says

    December 27, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    Gratidão pela fonte. Bastante útil.
    Boas inspirações.

  19. frieda says

    January 16, 2018 at 11:22 am

    thanks

  20. Faith A says

    January 21, 2018 at 2:19 pm

    Struggling to make a scallop border I came across the link to your font, whooppee, on https://www.whatchaworkinon.com/scallop-edge.
    Thank you so much.

  21. Sandy Feldman says

    February 13, 2018 at 10:13 pm

    Looks great. using it at a Silhouette support group.

  22. J says

    February 25, 2018 at 10:38 pm

    Thank you! Just upgraded to a Silver Bullet (after my cricut and SCAL quit being friends).

  23. Kátia says

    March 15, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    Muito obrigada!

  24. Flavia Bastos Ribeiro says

    March 31, 2018 at 5:00 pm

    Obrigada adorei o vídeo e a fonte disponibilizada!

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