Convert Dingbats to Picture Boxes in QuarkXPress

Wed, Aug 1, 2007

Convert Dingbats If you repeatedly use the same dingbats or illustrations from picture fonts in QuarkXPress, you can eliminate the need to include the font when outputting if you convert those characters to picture boxes in QuarkXPress.

Just select the character(s) and choose Style> Text to Box.

The result is a native QuarkXPress picture box shaped exactly like the dingbat, and the font is no longer necessary for output.

(To anchor it in the text, hold down the Option key when choosing Style> Text to Box.)

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Jay Nelson - who has written 800 posts on Planet Quark.

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay has a monthly Fonts column in Macworld, writes for several other publications and speaks at industry events.

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