It seems chalkboard lettering/art is sweeping the nation, world…pinterest. I love anything to do with chalkboards! Heck, I even have a huge DIY chalkboard wall going down our hallway for the kids. But when you don’t have photoshop or you haven’t been able to master it you kinda are were stuck when it comes to creating a chalkboard effect for graphics. Well, I’m glad to say………….not anymore!!!
I was playing around with fonts that appear to look like chalk & then it dawned on me I could even download dingbats to give the illusion of chalk artwork. WHY didn’t I think of this sooner? I am a dingbat for sure! The sky is the limit with all the possibilities!!!
To download the free chalkboard background go here.
***EDITED TO ADD: The above image was made using Picasa.***
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you are going to get MAD pinterest and pageview on this!! LOVE it!!
That’s music to my ears!!! I hate seeing the words photoshop!
Good thing I follow smart people with awesome blogs! Thanks!!!
Love this! Just downloaded all the fonts! I tried to get the background but I think I’m missing something, It’s linking to your AMAZING chalkboard wall? Thank you!
can you explain how to use it without photoshop? i downloaded the chalkboard but i can figure out how to “write” on top of it.
Found you on Pinterest…Love this!!! New to your blog…can’t wait to explore!
Leslie
House on the Way
I love this! Bergamont is my new favorite font!
The Bergamot font has dingbats but the font you used for the word “Dingbats” for #4 isn’t Bergamot, is it? Do you know what it is? I LOVE it! Thanks so much!
great idea Kellie! I have a post were I was planning to use some “chalkboard text” soon! So I have a question, I rarely use dingbats because I don’t have a good way to see what they are – so I forget what they have – any tips?
I love it!! Im patiently waiting for my chalk ink to arrive so this will have to hold me over. I love that pinterest led me to your blog its always fun to find new talent!!
How How fun!! Thanks for sharing this!
Great fonts. Thanks for providing this.
Sweet! Thanks for the tips and the links!
Kelly
love this!
is there another option for the birmingham font that i’m missing? yours is outlined and the download is only solid letters.
I’ve already used your tut twice, Kellie! LOVE it!
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Thanks you. I saw this on Pinterest and it is so cool!
I LOVE this!! Thank you Kellie!!
Thanks for sharing!
I’d like to point everyone to one inspiring chick
http://www.danatanamachi.com she’s certainly talented in chalk art.
I love this!! Thanks for sharing.
Love this! I am photoshop illiterate
Love this. Just discovered your blog and entered to win your sewing giveaway. Thanks a bunch!
Just discovered your blog and love it! I just entered your sewing giveaway…Thanks a bunch!
Thank you for the font links. This is just what I was looking for!
This is so fun Kellie!! I love it!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I just used it to make a sign for my retail Christmas space!
Angela
How do you do this? I just download the fonts , but they are not the word I write in dafont , just some sentences
thanks so much, Kelli, for this compilation of fonts! i’m not a photoshop user either – FYI, if you use gimp, i found a tutorial that shows you how to further distress the letters a bit to really look like chalk. very cool.
Thank you VERY VERY much! It was exactly what I was looking for!
I joined Google+ for my blog and wanted a blackboard header. thanks to you, I DID it!
Have a look:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/101582457574137568744/101582457574137568744/posts
What a smarty pants you are!!
Love this…thank you!!!
Geez! How fantastic! Thank you for sharing. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/11/make-it-pretty-monday-week-22.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
when i clicked over to your blog from tidy mom’s link party, i was instantly smitten by your BEEE-U-TEE-FUL blog! then you have these chalkboard fonts and dingbats and well, you had me at hello!
Newest GFC-yay!
Thanks so much for this! Love it!! Pinned it : )
OMG! This is amazing, thank you sooo much!!
This is great, thanks!!
This is amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I LOVE FINDING NEW FONTS:)
Everyone and their mother has got to be glad for finding your post. Thanks for putting the collection together
Thanks for sharing! I recently RElearned how to add new fonts to my computer (had forgotten how to do it). These are great!
This an awesome idea! Thanks for providing the chalkboard background download!
Love these!!!
Thanks for posting this! I loved it so much, I created a tour dates image for my duo, Flagship Romance. Everyone loves it. Thanks, again! xo, Jordyn
You can see it at my duo’s tumblr page: http://flagshipromance.tumblr.com/image/35351399133
Cute blog – just stumbled across it! Have to do some more reading, but I’m your newest follower! Also loved your post about Christmas gift ideas – I’m looking for some more cute ideas for a Christmas countdown calendar!
Anja @ cocalores.blogspot.com
What!?! You can use downloaded fonts in Picasa!?! I love using my crappy old Picasa but did not know you could use downloaded fonts in the program… HOW??? PLEASE TELL HOW!!!
YES!!!! PLEASE, somebody explain!
did you ever get any info on this?…looking for the same info…
here’s a youtube video that will probably be really helpful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M
Thanks so much for a great post! Definitely love your chalkboard ideas. Really appreciate your spirit of sharing! Happy Thanksgiving!
Loved this, it sparked so many creative juices! Really appreciate the Sharing.
thanks for stopping by!
These are AMAZING! Thanks for sharing. Hoping you won’t mind sharing a little more info… I’ve downloaded all the fonts on the linked page (and Things We Said, from above). But, would love to know what font is used for each of the words “tidings”, “comfort”, and “repeat”. Thanks so much!!
tidings: albemarle swash
comfort: SNF Darcy Vaudeville
repeat: Sverige Script Decorated Demo
hope this helps!
You’re so awesome! Thanks so much!!!
Hey! I just featured this on my blog today. Amazing fonts and you put them together so beautifully!!
thank you so much!
Hi Kellie! Love these fonts…used them for a printable and included the link back to you for everyone else to download! thanks for the awesome typography love! http://wp.me/p1SSXe-1Bv xoxo-Cheryl
i’m headed over right now to see!!!!
Just wanted to say THANKS! for these great font suggestions!
you are so welcome!
These are great fonts! Is there any way that you could give a little more info on creating this stuff on Picasa like you did? I haven’t a clue what dingbats is or how to download fonts onto Picasa. I would love to learn how! Thanks so much for sharing!
have you ever downloaded fonts to your computer? dingbats are basically the same thing as a font, just images. and you download dingbats the same way as you would a font. do you already have picasa installed in your computer? if or once you do, all the downloaded fonts should transfer over to picasa automatically. hope this helps.
awesome font set. love bergamot
Hi there, I would love to now more about your chalkboard printables and I’m trying. In the meantime, when are you going to do one for Valentine’s Day?? Thanks
These are AMAZING!! Thank you for putting it all together. I have spent the day playing. One question tho: the Birmingham font you used has an outline, and I can’t find a version that has that. Can you help a gal out??
Added some pink chalk. 
THANK YOU.
Found the SNF fonts you used in another chalkboard share, and LOVE THEM as well. Been a chalkboard fool today! Made a shower invite for my daughter.
thank you! for the Birmingham font, i did everything in Picasa & there’s an adjustable bar by the color options. you can slide the bar to the right & it will fade the font of Birmingham to achieve that look. i think i went almost halfway across for that particular look. you’ll see it.
been playing around today too! how would i do that for the font in Photoshop? i am just learning as i go with ps… can can’t figure it out and can’t find a you tube vid on it… thank you!!!
and.. where did you get the arrow!?
at the bottom of the post, there’s a link to Sweet C’s Design – she has a tutorial for the photoshop version.
thank you! i mean though, making the outline of the font??? i googled it and you tubed it… can’t figure it out!? like the first font and the 4th font.. how you adjusted the outline! It looks so good…
oh gosh, i don’t know…i make ALL of my chalkboard printables in picasa. there’s a slider option for the fonts to make thick/thin & that’s what i used for those particular fonts. sorry, don’t know what to suggest, because i’ve never used photoshop.
hi, thanks for sharing this with us! number 6: handy george looks a lot like “pea ellie bellie” from kevinandamanda.com pea fonts.
can someone please give me a little assistance…I downloaded picasa to make some of my own signs, but I have no idea how to work it ouside of the photo capablities…someone help a frustrated girl out!:)
here’s a youtube video on how to use Picasa 3. download it first & then watch this. it should help.
oops…forgot the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M
Thansk a lot for using my humble Handy George Font. I’m so glad someone likes it and USE it. Great work. You made my day !
thanks for such a fun font!!!! i think many people like it!!!!
Hi there,
This is an awesome post. I downloaded the chalkboard background and used it in GIMP to create a nicely decorated chalkboard. Love this!
Thank you for sharing this post. LOVE the fonts!! As a teacher. I will have lots of fun playing around with these!
I’m assuming Picasa is a program. Do you know if it’s still available? I know there is something called Picasa on Google Chrome, but it is only for looking at pictures. I’ve looked at it a few times trying to figure out how you would have used that but just can’t.
Thanks again for this wonderful post!!
here’s what i found when i googled it just now – http://www.downloadinfo.co/review/picasa/?kw=download+picasa+3&subid=DIPIUS&cust=download+picasa+3&type=picasa&gclid=CKjTy8zC87UCFQnNnAodE2UAvA&utm_campaign=DIPIUS&fwd=1
it’s really a simple program once you use it a few times. trust me, i am not tech savvy at all & i have used it for about 3 years now. it’s still my favorite because when you download fonts to your computer, the “TTF *true type fonts* will be downloaded into picasa as well. so you have your entire collection of personal fonts added into the program to edit pictures. – hope this helps.
Thank you for your incredible post.. LOVE the fonts!! As a teacher. I will have lots of fun playing around with these!
I’m assuming Picasa is a program. Do you know if it’s still available? I know there is something called Picasa on Google Chrome, but it is only for looking at pictures. I’ve looked at it a few times trying to figure out how you would have used that but just can’t.
Thanks again for this wonderful post!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting! I just created an awesome announcement flyer for my church youth group and could’t have done it without this guide.
oh thanks so much! i always love hearing stuff like this!!!
I downloaded the font zip files but it won’t let me open them in anything. I’m not using photoshop. Is that the only way to use these fonts? Please help?!
once you’ve opened the zip files, you download them into your fonts, and then picasa should automatically pick them up through your font downloads.
Hi,
I’ve downloaded all the fonts and then opened picasa and i’m having trouble creating my sign. some of the fonts does not supply all the letters, and the “dignbats” like number 7 wont show up… any hints?
Thanks,
Kari
OMG! This is amazing!!!!! I am so excited! Just thinking of Photoshop makes me break out into a cold sweat! I knew there had to be another way! I want to be able to make signs and invites etc — myself. YOU MADE MY DAY!!!!!
YAY! photoshop makes me break out in a sweat too! i’m so tech challenged!