Polka dot font

Thanks alot. Very helpful.

What if I have microsoft word? Do I have a fill screen?

S | dafont.com

Is that the sort of thing you're looking for??

Mags

I thought that link would bring you straight to the font. The one i was thinking about is called Sams Town.

Mags

No. I am wanting more of the same kind from the post above. The one where they wrote "hello" with dots. I just can't figure out how to do it with microsoft word using the fill in.

Joe, thanks for the polka dot font tip using Corel! Your tip was one of the main reasons I just joined this forum. A Google search led me to the T-Shirt forum.

This is great. Can you help me create a polka dot font for illustrator?

Thanks for sharing, this is great but I looked at it in wireframe and the dots where not there. I would like to do this and cut it on the plotter so I can make shirts with the dots cut out (they will be the shirt color).

ThreadConnection said:

This is great. Can you help me create a polka dot font for illustrator?

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Unfortunately I don't have a whole lot of Illustrator exposure, however I followed the instructions on this page and was able to get something similar:
https://www.layersmagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=23886

jmj said:

Thanks for sharing, this is great but I looked at it in wireframe and the dots where not there. I would like to do this and cut it on the plotter so I can make shirts with the dots cut out (they will be the shirt color).

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This is because it uses a bitmap fill instead of vectorizing. You can convert your text to a bitmap (arrange, convert, Bitmap, I suggest doing a fairly high quality ~300 DPI just to make sure your shape turns out ok) then do a trace on it to get the polka dots, this may take awhile. Keep in mind that you will be weeding this stuff as well, which could take a long long time or be impossible if the dots are too small, so make sure the dots are a decent size. Once vectorized you can also get rid of dots that you think are detracting from the lettering.

If you "expand appearance" will it change the dots to vector?

If you want vector polka dot it is best to make your own polka dot in vector. Here is a tutorial that I wrote for Corel on how to make a template for rhinestones. It also include how to fill any object including font and text with bitmap or vector dots:

http://sites.google.com/site/lnfortunspages/Home/RhinestoneTutorial2.pdf?attredirects=0

Thank you so much Joeshaul. The link info was helpful but when I created outlines for a screenprint job I am trying to run, it outlined of the entire circle. I need only the portion of the circle/polka dot that fits/fills the font. Can you help with this? SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

Ok, here's a way you could do it (fairly labor intensive): Create a pattern of circles (delete outlines). Lay it over the text. Anywhere the circles extend outside the lettering, do this: select the particular circle and the letter, select arrange>shaping>intersect. This will create a new object that is only inside the letter. Then delete the original circle that was outside the letter. There may be an easier way, but I wanted to try to figure it on my own...that's what I came up with. BTW, are you really from Wasilla, Melinda?