8/21/2023 0 Comments Decorative manuscript writing![]() ![]() Well, there are literally thousands of these kinds or ornaments. This worked well for quite a while until one client said, after perusing the 55 selections, “Don’t you have any more?” I called it “55 Sample Type Ornaments for Use in Books.” I know, not too original, right? That’s why I made up a PDF of some of my favorite ornaments for use in books. Inevitably, some clients say, “Hey Joel, this design looks great, but are there other ornaments I could choose from?” When I’m designing a book for a client, I’ll often include one design that makes use of an ornament in the chapter opener or as a text break. This means they can be scaled to any size, and that they will fit perfectly on a page of regular, alphanumeric typesetting. One of the reasons type ornaments make a perfect complement to the rest of the typesetting in your book is because they are vector art, just like all the other characters in the font. Probably the best known of these is Zapf Dingbats. ![]() I’ve written elsewhere about finding fonts with ornaments included in their character sets, and there are many fonts dedicated to symbols, pictograms, or other designs that work as ornaments in books. Using type ornaments in your book design can add a pleasing pictorial element to your typographic pages.ĭepending on the tone you’re trying to establish with your design, there’s likely to be a choice of ornaments that will complement the other choices you’ve made when selecting fonts and the overall design direction for the book. ![]()
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