Have you ever wanted to make a custom brush? One of the easiest ways is with a Symbol Font like a Dingbat Font.
It is simple, basically in a nut shell …you take a font that when typed is an image, and turn it into a custom brush in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements!
Questions and Answers about Symbol Fonts that can be used to Make Custom Brushes
Question 1: How do you do make a Symbol Font into a Custom Brush?
Answer: Well while it is easy turn a Symbol Font into custom brushes, but it still is much more complex than this simple blog article to cover fully.
The quickest and easiest way to learn how to do this is by taking the “Creating Custom Brushes using Symbol Fonts in Photoshop Elements” which is an advanced digital scrapbooking tutorial, perfect for anyone interested in learning about making a symbol font into a custom brush and other advanced digital scrapbooking brush techniques!
This training comes with 2 video tutorials, Step-by-Step Training Guides and Cheat Sheets. These tutorials cover the basics of the making a Custom Brush using a Symbol Font, and saving Custom Brush Sets for Digital Scrapbooking. After learning these important concepts one can easily advance to other more complex brush techniques in digital scrapbooking. This tutorial specifically focuses on how to easily create your OWN Custom Brushes using FREE symbol fonts found on your computer and showing up within Photoshop Elements, and then how to save them as a Custom Brush Set, (either permanently or temporarily into your Elements 7 program).
Question 2: Is it easy to get Symbol Fonts?
Answer: Yes, your computer probably already has some installed on it. Look for fonts with names like Dingbats, Wingdings, or Web dings. These are usually Symbol Fonts that you can use to make Custom Brushes for use in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements programs. Also you might want to check out these websites for Symbol fonts that you can use.
Symbol Font Resources:
Website 1: 1001fonts.com
Website 2: Fontspace.com
Website 3: dafont.com
Question 3: Once I make a Custom Brush from a Symbol Font what can I do with it?
Answer: You can use these types of brushes in so many ways! For example, you can make coloring pages for your children with this type of brushes. Read this article to find out about making coloring pages out of brushes: Coloring Pages with Digital Scrapbooking Custom Brushes!
Another way to 
use this Custom Brushes – is like a digital rubber “stamp”! Image or Symbol fonts make great custom brushes that work more like traditional scrapbookers rubber stamps. Read this article to know more about this way of using custom brushes: Conversation Hearts and Digital Scrapbooking
But that is not the only way to use custom brushes with images, they can be used to like a “punch out” tool in traditional scrapbooking. Read this article to see an example: Spooky Halloween Brushes for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
There are so many great ways to use Symbol or Image brushes in digital scrapbooking but one of my favorite ways is to Colorize them after they are “stamped” on a digital scrapbooking page. Once 
you add a little color to your black and white Custom Brushes, you can convert them into personalized Digital Scrapbooking Embellishments!
This article tells you more about colorizing “stamped” symbol or image brushes. Read: Colorizing Custom Brushes! A Great Digital Scrapbooking Trick!
These are just a few things you can do when you make a custom brush from a symbol font! To find out more about how to do this get the training – “Creating Custom Brushes using Symbol Fonts in Photoshop Elements”
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Also, if you are new to using brushes in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements you might want to start out with the basic brush training before trying to create your own.
Exploring Brushes in Photoshop Elements is training that really gets you started using brushes. Includes 3 Videos, Training Guides and Bonus Custom Brushes!
These tutorials cover the basics of the Brush Tool, Installing Custom Brushes, and Using Custom Brushes in Digital Scrapbooking. After learning these important concepts one can easily advance to other more complex brush techniques in digital scrapbooking. Also, this training Lesson includes a FREE “Birthday Custom Brushes.” This brush set includes 6 brushes to help celebrate Birthday Scrapbooking Projects!
Need this training but for Photoshop? No problem! Get “Exploring Brushes in Photoshop CS4” which is a great way to get started using the brush tool, including using Custom Brushes in Photoshop.
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Also you can buy custom brushes that are already made and you just install them and start using them right away!
Like this custom brush set: The Back-to-School Brushes for Digital Scrapbooking are a super-fun set of digital brushes, perfect for Digital Scrapbooking Pages dedicated to the start of a brand new school year, special classes or favorite school subjects, getting ready for school, and other school-related themes!
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Check into these resources and make your own custom brushes from symbol fonts, or buy them already made, or just find out how to use brushes and you will find that these ideas can really personalize your digital scrapbooking pages and projects!
Enjoy!
