Celtic Knots was developed by Daniel Isdell and released by Clanbadge. Celtic Knots consists of 6 designs and household package choices. p > While it is obvious that this is an ornamental style font, it is more than that: it is a Celtic Knotwork style tool! Irish, Scottish, Welsh, even Norse and Viking cultures have actually used knotwork designs for millenia. These ancient standard interwoven styles are experiencing a revival as Celtic culture gains direct exposure in the contemporary world. Elaborate Celtic knots are included all over from fashion jewelry to tattoos. While lots of enjoy them merely for their charm and interesting twists, they can also be used to add an air of misconception, magic and secret to any job. The interlaced lines make them best for wedding invitations, borders, dividers and guidelines, web graphics, and logos.

I began utilizing Celtic knotwork designs in my own work as part of my knifemaking and precious jewelry making hobbies. I read all of the books I might discover about Celtic knots and at first I drew them by hand with pencil and paper. Then as I recognized how great it would be to have 'undos' I switched to using Corel Draw. Draw proved to be a natural for this kind of artwork with tools like shape and the trim function. However even with these excellent tools, it was still laborious to create these styles. I saw that I was able to reuse a great deal of parts in repeated sections. I established a little library of multiple-use bits and chunks of Celtic styles. I found them so useful and fun to work with that I started thinking about ways to market my Celtic design package. I believed about CDR and EPS formats, but then I thought about creating this toolset as a True Type Typeface. That method anyone with ANY program that utilizes typefaces might quickly create Celtic knotwork designs. Word processing program, embroidery programs, etching programs, fashion jewelry design programs, CAD/CAM programs ... nearly every program can utilize typefaces.

I was likewise interested in CNC work and believed that this font style would work well for applications such as laser etching, vinyl signs, and machining. With that in mind, I created each character of the font style with extremes of accuracy. If one character from the font style is utilized at one inch tall, every control point will be put to an accuracy of much better than 0.0001 inch. I desired every piece to meet precisely with the next, with no possibility for misalignment. The various styles are all extremely carefully created to fit accurately with each other. So the Filled Design fits exactly into the Outline Style, and the Inverse Design fits exactly around the Summary Design so regarding make up the background behind the knotwork. Combining the designs permits you to have complete imaginative control.

By assembling the nearly 200 pieces it is rather simple to produce very complicated styles. It is actually a bit like having fun with a puzzle and numerous individuals really take pleasure in putting the pieces together to make styles. In fact, I have had many clients tell me of how they like playing with this typeface and making knots into the wee hours of morning. If you like puzzles then you will absolutely love this typeface!

And producing the patterns is just the beginning of the fun! If you apply your preferred Photoshop tricks on them you can make anything from amazing chrome knotwork to carved stone. Photoshop plug-ins like SuperBladePro are great for transforming knotwork text into corroded bronze or rusted iron. Utilize your knotwork to include texture to a virtual landscape, or add them as surface embelishments on architecture and furnishings.

You can likewise make round knotwork by utilizing this typeface with 'WordArt' (WordArt is included with every copy of Microsoft Word. See http://clanbadge.com/round_knots.htm for a tutorial on how to make round knotwork).

For Crafters there are limitless uses for this typeface. It has actually been utilized for embroidery, precious jewelry, leatherwork, stencils, stained glass, quilting, painting, pyrography, woodcarving and lots more. We have even offered copies to monks for use in decorating handcrafted books!

Font Family:
· Celtic Knots
· Celtic Knots Filled
· Celtic Knots Inverse
· Celtic Knots 3 D
· Celtic Knots 12 B
· Celtic Knots 12 G

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