Need help identifying this….

epitomic
on 12 Aug 10 (11:34)
Updated 12 Aug 10 (11:35)

Hello all, I am new to letterpress, and greener than green. I have been looking for an element for a while, that I call a flourish. Not sure what to “officially call it”. I have seen it on several sites online, but cannot find it as a stand alone file. I need a fairly high quality version to do some vector art with it.

Any help finding this is truly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Aaron
epitomic printing, inc.

ornament.jpg

megahurt
on 12 Aug 10 (11:58)

Flourish sounds about right. As for a vector, if that is the exact one you are looking for, that low res version could easily be put into Illustrator and traced with the pen tool to create a perfect vector file.

epitomic
on 12 Aug 10 (12:05)

Thanks megahurt. I don’t mind tracing it at all. I was hoping to find a whole series of these. They are very popular with my clientele right now, and I haven’t found a good source for high quality ones yet.

Thank you!

Adios,
Aaron

CabinPress
on 12 Aug 10 (12:30)

I would agree with megahurt and create your own/trace in Illustrator…if not check out:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/intellecta/calligraphia-latina/
to purchase “Flourish” series.
Good Luck. Denise

pressvirgin
on 12 Aug 10 (12:47)

Hi, that exact ornament appears in the Adobe Wood Type Ornaments 2 font. If you have the font you can simply type in that character and convert it to outlines in Illustrator or InDesign and then you have it as a stand alone vector file.

Hope that helps!