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
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 (http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/dbHhZCRfdWqe5ASt%2FvyeLg)
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Quote from: Skryber on November 27, 2012, 04:21:11 PMI 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 (http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/dbHhZCRfdWqe5ASt%2FvyeLg)
There are 2 downloads!
And now they are mine too! Thanks! :laugh:
:thumbsup:
mine too! Thanks skry
Downloadin' here in OZ. :cheesy:
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.
Thx Skry!
You're welcome.
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
Quote from: t-pat on November 27, 2012, 05:42:30 PMnot 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
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
Quote from: opsprinting on November 28, 2012, 07:29:32 AMQuote from: t-pat on November 27, 2012, 05:42:30 PMnot 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.
Quote from: opsprinting on November 28, 2012, 08:43:38 AMFor 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.
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:
As ancient as the drawers full of negs & stripping material I found today. Anyone need some dylux?
another download, thanks again skry! :thumbsup:
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Quote from: Slappy on November 29, 2012, 11:44:56 PMOh 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:
wife still has some books of those at home.
In case anyone's interested, I just found a font family that allows you to create your own family certificate borders:
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/lettering_inc/certified_family_ot/?utm_source=Newsletter20130116&utm_medium=email&utm_term=em&utm_campaign=LetteringInctypographiesfr (http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/lettering_inc/certified_family_ot/?utm_source=Newsletter20130116&utm_medium=email&utm_term=em&utm_campaign=LetteringInctypographiesfr)
Cheers, John the Fontaholic
Couple more Certificate Border files here.
First one is a greyscale tiff, close the Quack border : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710196/Certificate%20Border.tif
Second one is a collection of quality Illustrator EPS files : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710196/Certificate%20Vectors.zip
Thanks to Skryber - I used one of those Certificates to create this 'Artistic Licence'. Just print it out and fill in your name.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710196/Artistic%20Licence.eps
Quote from: StudioMonkey on January 17, 2013, 07:29:30 AMThanks to Skryber - I used one of those Certificates to create this 'Artistic Licence'. Just print it out and fill in your name.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14710196/Artistic%20Licence.eps
:laugh:
Love it. You're welcome!
For anyone still interested in this topic of the older QuarkXPress certificate and fancy frames:
if you have an older Quark document that you know contains a fancy frame, you can open it in modern versions of QuarkXPress, and then copy and paste the fancy framed box into your new Quark document. Oddly, it won't make the older frame styles available to boxes created in the newer versions, but the box that you copied and pasted from the older Quark document will have ALL of those old styles still available, even with the ability to change the color of the frame and spaces between.
I've attached a zip file containing a simple quark document with the fancy frames pasted in. It's saved from QuarkXPress 9.5.4.1.
You can create some fancy frames in InDesign as well with a little work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocla_dWY-pI