Looking for a "fancy certificate" frame like what Quark used to generate

[Fontaholic]

Hey everyone,

I am looking for an Illustrator .EPS version of a "fancy certificate" frame -- preferably as close to the one that Quark Xpress used to generate as possible!

It's for (you guessed it) a gift certificate that will fit in a #10 envelope, so it doesn't need to be hugely tall or anything.

Any and all help would be vastly appreciated!   :embarrassed:

Thanks in advance,
John

[Skryber]

I don't know what Quack used to generate but here's a bunch of certificate elements and frames I have laying around. Hope it helps!

http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/dbHhZCRfdWqe5ASt%2FvyeLg

There are 2 downloads!

[Joe]

I don't know what Quack used to generate but here's a bunch of certificate elements and frames I have laying around. Hope it helps!

http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/dbHhZCRfdWqe5ASt%2FvyeLg

There are 2 downloads!

And now they are mine too! Thanks! :laugh:

 

[Tracy]

mine too! Thanks skry

[frailer]

Downloadin' here in OZ.    :cheesy:

[t-pat]

not sure if you've looked but there are some certificate borders built into illy, they're under brushes/borders. Nothing as ugly as the quack one though.

If you want the actual quark border I could be persuaded to save one out as an eps.

[gnubler]

Thx Skry!

[Skryber]

You're welcome. 

[JCPenfold]

Speaking of certificate borders, this place I just started at uses Fortuna for creating borders. The person I replaced was gone before I got here, and since it's for security printing there are no web tutorials. Trying to teach myself, but just wondering if anyone here had ever used it.

Thanks,
JC

[Fontaholic]

not sure if you've looked but there are some certificate borders built into illy, they're under brushes/borders. Nothing as ugly as the quack one though.

If you want the actual quark border I could be persuaded to save one out as an eps.

*using powers of persuasion*

Pretty please??  :cry:

Cheers, John

[Fontaholic]

For that matter, does anyone know why InDesign has never duplicated/replicated the border options of Quark Xpress?

They're not the prettiest things in the world, I know, but sometimes I miss the "maze border" and the fancy border options that Quark has.  Plus, it makes updating these sorts of borders when I'm converting old Quark files to InDesign files, I big pain in the arse!

Cheers, John

[t-pat]

not sure if you've looked but there are some certificate borders built into illy, they're under brushes/borders. Nothing as ugly as the quack one though.

If you want the actual quark border I could be persuaded to save one out as an eps.

*using powers of persuasion*

Pretty please??  :cry:

Cheers, John

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9115277/quackborder.eps

let me know if you want it a different size or something. It is, by nature of quack's lameness, raster.

[Slappy]

For that matter, does anyone know why InDesign has never duplicated/replicated the border options of Quark Xpress?

They're not the prettiest things in the world, I know, but sometimes I miss the "maze border" and the fancy border options that Quark has.  Plus, it makes updating these sorts of borders when I'm converting old Quark files to InDesign files, I big pain in the arse!

Cheers, John

I'd imagine with the advent of better tools for creating your own in Illy (and *gasp* Freehand!) they just didn't feel the need to add it into InDesign. I bet there are tutorials around if you're serious about making truly "custom" versions.

[Slappy]

Oh yeah, anybody remember the Blanks™ forms you could run through copiers & duplicators? I found a pack of their Certificate borders not too long ago in a box at home, and actually used them at the last place to run some Participation Certificates for a group of kids they had tour the plant!   :laugh:

[gnubler]

As ancient as the drawers full of negs & stripping material I found today. Anyone need some dylux?