Vellum Help
Ornamental Break Style
The Ornamental Break Style allows you to select an ornament from built-in options, or add your own.
Configuring the Ornamental Break Style
With your Style selected, click the Configure button:
In the list of Style features, select Ornamental Break:
If you don’t see Ornamental Break listed,
then your book doesn’t contain an Ornamental Break.
To configure the style before you’ve added this Text Feature, use the
popup at the bottom of the list to choose All Features:
Ornamental Break Presets
Use the style carousel to select from Vellum’s presets and change the appearance of all the Ornamental Breaks in your book.
Custom Ornaments
If you’d prefer to use your own image, press the Create Custom button shown below the carousel. You’ll be shown an editor that allows you to customize the image you’d like to use as an ornamental break.
Controls
- Ornament Image
- Drag your image onto this thumbnail, or click to select the file on disk.
- Size
- Use this control to control how large your Ornamental Break appears.
To clear your custom ornamental break and return to presets, press the ⓧ shown in the upper left.
Feedback
Below the controls, the feedback section provides a recommended size for any image used as an ornamental break:
The recommended size is based on the trim size you’ve selected for your book as well as the setting for the Size control above.
Once you provide an image, Vellum will indicate whether the image works for your configuration:
