Free Line Art design elements

BKh · 11-05-2011, 06:16 PM

I just discovered this website with lots of free, high quality line art.

http://www.briarpress.org/cuts/browse?m=free

I find putting in a little decoration with chapter headings give a book some sort of identity.

I'm curious if other folks have found sources for things like this. I'm most interested in decorative lines. And free.

BTW, I'm not associated at all with the website above, I only mention it because they have free stuff.

Keloff · 11-05-2011, 07:01 PM

Oh, these are absolutely fantastic. My students often need images like this for their ebook projects - and some are tempted to use the first thing that pops up in a Google image search result. Thanks for sharing the link!

DSpider · 11-05-2011, 07:48 PM

On a side related note, you could turn them into vector graphics and then into fonts.

http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2...nt-in-inkscape
http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2...inkscape-dings

dwig · 11-06-2011, 09:17 PM

I've used some from Briarpress. I've also made use of characters in pi/dingbat fonts that are available from a number of sites like:

http://www.fontgarden.com/dingbats/dividers.html
http://www.dingbatdepot.com/
http://www.fontcubes.com/dingbat/popular
http://www.dafont.com/

and bitmap images from:
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/200...ornaments.html

Also, there are a number of old type foundry specimen books at the Internet Archive like this one: http://www.archive.org/details/booko...ecim00barnrich You have to use a bitmap image in the ebook when you use these but a simple screen capture, paste into Photoshop, and crop and make adjustments yields very usable ornaments.

I generally place small bitmaps, typically 4 color GIFs if B&W or 8 color if colorized, in my ebooks rather than deal with format specific vector images or embedding a custom font.

11-05-2011, 06:16 PM	#1
BKh Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle	Free Line Art design elements I just discovered this website with lots of free, high quality line art. http://www.briarpress.org/cuts/browse?m=free I find putting in a little decoration with chapter headings give a book some sort of identity. I'm curious if other folks have found sources for things like this. I'm most interested in decorative lines. And free. BTW, I'm not associated at all with the website above, I only mention it because they have free stuff.

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Keloff Electronic media explorer Posts: 64 Karma: 169796 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Kindle (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation), iPad 2	Oh, these are absolutely fantastic. My students often need images like this for their ebook projects - and some are tempted to use the first thing that pops up in a Google image search result. Thanks for sharing the link!

11-05-2011, 07:48 PM	#3
DSpider Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 343115 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: PW2 2014	On a side related note, you could turn them into vector graphics and then into fonts. http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2...nt-in-inkscape http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2...inkscape-dings

11-06-2011, 09:17 PM	#4
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718479 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	I've used some from Briarpress. I've also made use of characters in pi/dingbat fonts that are available from a number of sites like: http://www.fontgarden.com/dingbats/dividers.html http://www.dingbatdepot.com/ http://www.fontcubes.com/dingbat/popular http://www.dafont.com/ and bitmap images from: http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/200...ornaments.html Also, there are a number of old type foundry specimen books at the Internet Archive like this one: http://www.archive.org/details/booko...ecim00barnrich You have to use a bitmap image in the ebook when you use these but a simple screen capture, paste into Photoshop, and crop and make adjustments yields very usable ornaments. I generally place small bitmaps, typically 4 color GIFs if B&W or 8 color if colorized, in my ebooks rather than deal with format specific vector images or embedding a custom font.