FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on May 31, 2006 · 8 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 12:31 PM
I've been following a tutorial, and I've got as far as Step 11 but then you're supposed to use a "Dingbat" according to the tutorial.
Now I've heard of the Game "Dingbats" and I've heard of "wingdings" and "Webdings" and such like for using symbols.
But none of those look anything like the "Dingbat" that the tutorial uses - not that I have to use EXACTLY the same symbol - in fact if I knew how to make one - I'd rather do that.
But I'm not very good at drawing straight lines on the computer, and I don't really know how to make one... especially one where the symbol is drawn/created on a transparent background so you can add it to a layer and continue with the tutorial.
Oh, this is the tutorial I'm doing:
http://67.15.36.49/team/Tutorials/texture_katherine_dinger/dirty_texture03.asp
Can anyone help?
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
aprilgem posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 12:58 PM
Attached Link: http://www.dafont.com/hazard.font
I'm including a link to a set of dingbats that might be appropriate for what you're going for.Check out the character for the single quote key. I think it's the same one the tutorial author might have used.
FranOnTheEdge posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 1:20 PM
Fantastic!
Er... how do you use them?
I mean I've downloaded the zip file- and after unzipping what do I do with it next? You see I've never used a font before, apart from what's already in PhotoShop. Does it have to be put into a particular place?
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
Hawkfyr posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 2:22 PM
Just drop them in your Fonts folder.
Mine is located at C:WINDOWSFonts
PhotoShop should find them there
“The fact that no one understands you…Doesn’t make you an artist.”
retrocity posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 10:09 PM
make sure you close PS before you dump the font into the FONTs folder or PS wont find it.
because PS loads the Font List at launch, any additional fonts won't appear until you launch it again...
:)
retrocity
dreamer101 posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 10:56 PM
Wingdings and Webdings are just 2 of the sets of Dingbats. Dingbats are symbol fonts. There are tons of Dingbat sets out there for every occasion.
Byrdie posted Thu, 01 June 2006 at 8:40 PM
AcidFonts.com is my favorite place for free dingbats & fonts. Lots of good stuff there, you can also buy commercial sets.
FranOnTheEdge posted Sun, 04 June 2006 at 5:48 PM
Woooohoooo!
Fun stuff there!
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)