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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. Yvonne South says

    September 6, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Thank you so much for this – a brilliant idea – I was wondering how I could get shapes to do text to path it is such a pain not being able to use shapes – now you have come up with the answer.

  2. Daphne says

    September 6, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Kay- Leave it to your engineering mind to find a work around for getting objects to follow a line! Brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing.

  3. ag says

    September 6, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    thank you 🙂

  4. Karen L says

    September 6, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    Thanks Kay. I’m going to share your blog link with my Silhouette Group on Facebook.

  5. Alla S says

    September 6, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    WOW!!! This dingbat font is Super…I downloaded it last night and could not stop playing with it Thank you so, so much. I’ve learned a lot about the Silhouette from your blog and love everything you share with us…

  6. Marilyn in Michigan says

    September 6, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    Thanks so much, Kay! What a fabulous font!

  7. Serena says

    September 6, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    Looks like fun! Thank you so much!

  8. Chelsea says

    September 6, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I love every single thing you share! I new to all of this, so I’ll have to figure out how to use these, but I know they will come in handy with my Cameo.

  9. Linda McCormick says

    September 6, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    I love dingbats and these are great! Thanks much.

  10. Shelly says

    September 6, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    Great dingbat font! Can’t wait to use it. Thank you so much for sharing your work!

  11. Carri says

    September 6, 2013 at 10:27 pm

    Wow!!! Thanks!!!

  12. Tam says

    September 7, 2013 at 3:20 am

    Awesome Ms. Kay you are always looking out for us. Great find too. TFS

  13. calidune says

    September 7, 2013 at 4:34 am

    Super ! Merci beaucoup !

  14. Patti G says

    September 7, 2013 at 5:54 am

    Truly awesome thank you for sharing them!

  15. Sue says

    September 7, 2013 at 8:29 am

    Brilliant, thank you very much, off to have a play like NOW!

  16. Kitt says

    September 7, 2013 at 9:37 am

    Thanks Kay for another awesome font. Hugs

  17. Wendy Pannell says

    September 7, 2013 at 11:06 am

    OMG – who knew?!?!? I am cutting a design as I’m typing. Thanks so much!!!!!!!

  18. Mary Adams says

    September 7, 2013 at 12:29 pm

    Thank you

  19. Soraya says

    September 7, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    thanks for this fantastic file!!

  20. Jeanette says

    September 7, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    What a nifty and useful file. Thank you very much for sharing.
    Jeanette

  21. Leanne says

    September 7, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Wow – you are full of great ideas and are so generous to share them. Thank you!

  22. Dona says

    September 7, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    Thanks for sharing. Thinking of ideas already. So much useful information on your site, Thanks

  23. Jill F. says

    September 7, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    Thank you!

  24. Rebecca S. says

    September 7, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    Kay – thank you for another wonderful file. Thanks for all you do and all you share. Really appreciate it. 🙂

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