Flourish Help

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07/04/2009 at 08:08 am

I download a font that has a flourish I love, but when I make it the size I need (about the same size it is on the screen), it gets all pixelated and the line breaks are very obvious.  Any ideas on how a non-computer savvy girl can smooth it out?  I tried Paint and it got ugly FAST!

Any help is appreciated.

07/04/2009 at 09:03 am

*BUMP* ~ crap I have no idea! Maybe we can find you a similar flourish on the web?

07/04/2009 at 09:09 am

www.vectorstock.com 

www.deviantart.com

--the kind of image you want is called a 'vector' -- where you can keep making it bigger and it doesn't loose the sharpness at all. :) I'm not computer savvy, but my FI is a web designer, that's the only reason i know about this, haha :)

07/04/2009 at 11:08 am

Thanks for the sites, Amberly! 

Halloweenbride, TomboyBride is very talented with this stuff.  Maybe PM her and ask?

07/04/2009 at 01:46 pm

Pardon the stupid question, but I'm new to this site. What is PM?

07/04/2009 at 01:57 pm

private message

 

07/04/2009 at 07:31 pm

 

Here's two different versions I created in adobe illustrator. Unfortunately it still doesn't look great. If you can PM me the link to where you got the original flourish I might be able to get it a little less rough. :)

 

I'll PM you.

 

07/05/2009 at 04:57 am

I guess the problem I'm running into is that it's not a real "flourish" it's a font called Line Art Doo Hickies One and this is what comes up when you type a lowercase k. 

I don't know how illustrator works, so would it be easier to work with as a doc, or if you downloaded the font?  I found it through a knot users bio and she has a bunch of others in with it. 

 

http://mcdonaldka.googlepages.com/papergoodness

 

I think I should have known better than to DIY.  I'm the least crafty person I know.

07/05/2009 at 04:59 am

And can I add that those are way better than anything I did in Paint!

07/05/2009 at 05:17 am

 

Here you go. This is the font enlarged to 300 point. :)

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