Arabesques Created With Photoshop

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There are arabesques in music and in ballet, but in the world of type and design, arabesque is a category of graphic ornaments and embellishments, also called printer’s flowers and fleurons.
Decorative elements have been used by designers and printers since the invention of moveable type. Arabesques range from geometric designs to configurations of intertwining leaves and flowers.
The more traditional arabesques are often digital recreations or interpretations of historic designs, while others bring this delightful practice of yesteryear unapologetically into the twenty-first century.
Type designers sometimes create arabesques that are specifically designed to accompany their typefaces. Arabesques can be used in your pages to:

  • (top) To create textured backgrounds.
  • Separate paragraphs or sections of text.
  • Mark the end of an article, often referred to as an end mark.
  • Make borders or large graphic images by combining arabesques.
  • (bottom) Create visual texture and interest by setting an opaque arabesque as a watermark placed behind the copy.


    • Arabesques have countless uses - the key is to play with them and have fun. Don’t be afraid to mix up the elements and combine them into unexpected patterns. When it comes to these versatile graphic elements, the number of configurations is limited only by imagination.