Tengwar font in Cross-Stitch?

As long as your printer pulls paper perfectly straight. I have a
vertical load printer (smaller footprint) which often pulls a bit to one
side.

Isn't there a way to create a watermark in Word? Could you do a graph
paper watermark? I know there are other programs which allow background
and foreground images so a graph background should be possible. I just
don't have those programs...

Jan Lennie wrote:
I've done the put it in Word bit and instead of plain paper , put graph
paper in the printer and it worked ok

--
Brenda Lewis
WIP: "Pink Baby" photo frame, Candamar

I had an idea along these lines (I'm sort of trying to do this with a
flame alphabet) the other day and no one really answered it, so I'll try
it he Has anyone done a saying/picture/etc. in a Word document and
*then* printed it out on graph paper? I haven't yet tried it, but I
don't see why it wouldn't work....

Long time lurker here!

My DH is a big-time John Lennon fan, so as a surprise gift for him, I scanned
the simple line self portrait you see of John Lennon everywhere. I also
scanned an autograph of his I found on the net. I saved both as jpgs and then,
using 14 count graph paper that I got at my LNS (Totty's Framing and Cross
Stitch Corner for those of you in the North Texas/Fort Worth area). I then
printed the saved jpgs directly onto the graph paper. It then became a simple
matter of smoothing out the design on the graph paper by adding 1/2 stitches
and back stitching as needed. I stitched it and my DH LOVED it!! It hangs in
the front entry to our home and is the first thing that visitors see!! I was
soooo happy that he liked it so well. It's a pretty easy method and worked
well for me. You might consider doing this since the counted cross stitch
graph paper is readily available from most LNS and over the net. As I recall,
Craftsoft will even graciously provide a free downloadable program to create
your own graph paper on most Windows compatible printers
(http://www.craftsoft.com/cgi/b?L1=So...L2=All&L3=1101).

This method should work with any saved image files (scanned or created in any
image creating program).

I hope this gives you some additional ideas to play with.

pray for peace,
Velia

On 1/9/04 8:33 AM,"Brenda Lewis" posted:

As long as your printer pulls paper perfectly straight. I have a
vertical load printer (smaller footprint) which often pulls a bit to one
side.

Isn't there a way to create a watermark in Word? Could you do a graph
paper watermark? I know there are other programs which allow background
and foreground images so a graph background should be possible. I just
don't have those programs...

That's a great idea. Yes, you can do watermarks, but it may depend on what
version of Word you have.

In a graphics program like Illustrator, you work in layers (as in
Photoshop), and can always put things on top, behind, etc. If you are comfy
using the layers you can actually have different parts of your picture on
the layers - as if they were all drawn on clear sheets stacked up - and it
makes editing complicated things easy. Plus, you can print just one layer,
or some combination of them so you can edit without the grid interfering
with what you see. But, most people don't bother buying full-featured
graphics programs like Illustrator or Canvas or Fireworks as these are
expensive and not really necessary unless you do a lot of graphics ;^)

Ellice - very attached to Illustrator 10, and my MAC


Jan Lennie wrote:
I've done the put it in Word bit and instead of plain paper , put graph
paper in the printer and it worked ok

BUT................ You could get Photoshop Elements which also allows you
layers, etc. I have it and the only thing I can't do with it is to produce a
CMYK file. But....... I also have Acrobat, not just the free Reader, and
that allows me to create the few CMYK files that I need to send publishers.


--

JoAnn

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.
--Emile-August Chartier


"Ellice" wrote in message
...
On 1/9/04 8:33 AM,"Brenda Lewis" posted:

As long as your printer pulls paper perfectly straight. I have a
vertical load printer (smaller footprint) which often pulls a bit to one
side.

Isn't there a way to create a watermark in Word? Could you do a graph
paper watermark? I know there are other programs which allow background
and foreground images so a graph background should be possible. I just
don't have those programs...

That's a great idea. Yes, you can do watermarks, but it may depend on what
version of Word you have.

In a graphics program like Illustrator, you work in layers (as in
Photoshop), and can always put things on top, behind, etc. If you are
comfy
using the layers you can actually have different parts of your picture on
the layers - as if they were all drawn on clear sheets stacked up - and it
makes editing complicated things easy. Plus, you can print just one layer,
or some combination of them so you can edit without the grid interfering
with what you see. But, most people don't bother buying full-featured
graphics programs like Illustrator or Canvas or Fireworks as these are
expensive and not really necessary unless you do a lot of graphics ;^)

Ellice - very attached to Illustrator 10, and my MAC


Jan Lennie wrote:
I've done the put it in Word bit and instead of plain paper , put graph
paper in the printer and it worked ok

On 1/13/04 1:20 PM,"JL Amerson" posted:

BUT................ You could get Photoshop Elements which also allows you
layers, etc. I have it and the only thing I can't do with it is to produce a
CMYK file. But....... I also have Acrobat, not just the free Reader, and
that allows me to create the few CMYK files that I need to send publishers.

That's true - pretty much all the Adobe graphics type software works in
layers. And all of them, Elements, Photoshop, Illustrator share some tools,
and the layering technique. But, Illustrator has more in the graphic artist
type tools, while Photoshop has more in the specific tools for filtering,
modifying photo images.

I have Photoshop Elements, and Illustrator, plus Dreamweaver & Fireworks
(Macromedia products) and there are most definitely things that Illustrator
does which neither Photoshop nor Photoshop Elements do. But, you're right,
they do all work in layers. And I'm not advocating people rush out to buy a
$600 piece of software when they already have Word, or something like PS
Elements - a really good $100 software.

FWIW, I have a book that came with an awesome CD of tools, called the Hidden
Power of Photoshop Elements, by Richard Lynch. It has tools which virtually
turn PS Elements into the full version of Photoshop. I got it from Amazon.
Very useful.

Ellice

I have that book as well - a must-have for PSE users. :-)

--

JoAnn

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.
--Emile-August Chartier


"Ellice" wrote in message
...
On 1/13/04 1:20 PM,"JL Amerson" posted:

BUT................ You could get Photoshop Elements which also allows
you
layers, etc. I have it and the only thing I can't do with it is to
produce a
CMYK file. But....... I also have Acrobat, not just the free Reader, and
that allows me to create the few CMYK files that I need to send
publishers.

That's true - pretty much all the Adobe graphics type software works in
layers. And all of them, Elements, Photoshop, Illustrator share some
tools,
and the layering technique. But, Illustrator has more in the graphic
artist
type tools, while Photoshop has more in the specific tools for filtering,
modifying photo images.

I have Photoshop Elements, and Illustrator, plus Dreamweaver & Fireworks
(Macromedia products) and there are most definitely things that
Illustrator
does which neither Photoshop nor Photoshop Elements do. But, you're right,
they do all work in layers. And I'm not advocating people rush out to buy
a
$600 piece of software when they already have Word, or something like PS
Elements - a really good $100 software.

FWIW, I have a book that came with an awesome CD of tools, called the
Hidden
Power of Photoshop Elements, by Richard Lynch. It has tools which
virtually
turn PS Elements into the full version of Photoshop. I got it from Amazon.
Very useful.

Ellice

Joan wrote:

I had an idea along these lines (I'm sort of trying to do this with a
flame alphabet) the other day and no one really answered it, so I'll try
it he Has anyone done a saying/picture/etc. in a Word document and
*then* printed it out on graph paper? I haven't yet tried it, but I
don't see why it wouldn't work....


And then BLMoreno wrote:
Long time lurker here!

My DH is a big-time John Lennon fan, so as a surprise gift for him, I scanned
the simple line self portrait you see of John Lennon everywhere. I also
scanned an autograph of his I found on the net. I saved both as jpgs and then,
using 14 count graph paper that I got at my LNS (Totty's Framing and Cross
Stitch Corner for those of you in the North Texas/Fort Worth area). I then
printed the saved jpgs directly onto the graph paper.
What a cool idea!
As I recall,
Craftsoft will even graciously provide a free downloadable program to create
your own graph paper on most Windows compatible printers
I already had a graph paper program, so tried it and it came out pretty
well! There'll be a little tweaking, but I don't think too much. I'll
let you know how the design turns out when I'm done with it.
Thanks everyone!

--
Joan

See my first-ever design he
http://www.heritageshoppe.com/joan.jpg

"Stitch when you are young and poor, frame when you are old and rich."
- Elizabeth's (rctn'r) sister's MIL (Barbara Marr)