I have written something in cursive for a design and used the cursive font on my computer. I typed up the word I wanted and printed it out. If you have a lace design program, graphics can be imported and then a grid placed on top of the word.
Kim On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 1:18 AM, Beth Marshall <b...@capuchin.co.uk> wrote: > I've not seen any book like this, but if I wanted to do something like > this with "joined-up" cursive writing in lace I'd start with a printed copy > of the grid (on good quality paper that will stand up to a lot of rubbing > out & re-doing), write my words onto that in pencil & then adjust the lines > where needed to fit the grid (or - cheating in torchon - adjust the pinhole > positions slightly to adjust the ground to the words). > > would probably need to adjust letter widths/spacings to get the upright > lines in the right place for the grid spaces, but if you don't want to keep > rubbing out & re-writing could lay a tracing-paper copy of the grid over > the words and move the "word" layer slightly when the verticals get > out-of-sync with the grid - that method probably works just as well (or > better) using layers in CAD drawing/lace software, but I've never had > enough design time to get to grips with those :-( > > It's a lovely idea for a garter, it's perfectly possible to get a gimp to > make a nice flowing text but I don't think I've seen it done in torchon. > > Beth > Cheshire, NW England > > > Jenny wrote: > >> I am going to design a wedding garter for my daughter's May wedding, but >> wanted to use torchon ground with gimp writing words like Love, Hope, Joy. >> My problem is that I am not sure how or even if gimp can do cursive >> writing >> - can you direct me to a book, website or person who may have the alphabet >> and or words already sorted out? >> > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
