Ornate Elements
1st edition — by Patrick McNeil — Dec. 30, 2005
The Design Element
Ornaments have been around for ages and have long been used by typesetters and blacksmiths.
They have decorated everything from park benches to wedding invitations,
and now of course, web sites.
Ornaments are beautiful and can really enhance the feel of site. Some of
the samples below completely revolve around the ornaments themselves and
they become the theme of the site. In others it is more subtle and it is
simply used as decorative element adding an extra bit of flair to a page.
One of the best ways to distinguish yourself when using ornaments is to
actually create your own. This can of course be challenging and time consuming,
but the end results can be well worth it.
Sample Usage
Free Ornaments
Briar Press (eps format)
Printers Ornaments (font file)
The Grammer of Ornament
Ornaments For Sale
MyFonts.com (Loads of ornament fonts)
IStockPhoto.com (Wide variety of ornaments for sale - very cheap)
Golden
Era Studios (Beautiful stuff, but at a price)
