Typophile

Borders, flourishes, and embellishments

Sean McEntee

Hi. I'm trying to find a viney looking element to be used as a border. Adobe's Woodtype ornaments and Emigre's Dalliance are symmetrical and in this case, inappropriate. What I need is something that looks irregular and organic or hand drawn.

Anyone have any ideas? I'd hate to have to break out a pencil and paper...

Thanks.

Have you seen Briar Press?

I found a lot of good vector examples of borders recently at istockphoto.com. You might want to check that out. I was searching under "art nouveau" but if that isn't the style you want, there should be something good.

Wow,thanks folks. I love Briar press, my new BFF. I somehow neglected to search dingbats, but there were a few ideas there. And Don, the istockphoto reminded me that we have an account at clipart.com, where sometimes I can find some good Dover repros.

When it gets late at night I forget to remember...

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