In this “Three Minutes Max” video, Mike Rankin demos a fun way to create some unique custom bullet characters in InDesign. He first goes into Illustrator and uses the trace function to convert his photos to vector artwork. Then using a plug-in called Fontself Maker, he creates glyphs from each photo and saves out his newly created font. Back in InDesign, Mike assigns a custom bullet character using that font.
Three Minutes Max comes from a fun—yet very competitive—session at our annual CreativePro Week conference. Speakers have three minutes to wow the audience with the tip and win a prize for a lucky conference attendee.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on June 6, 2024
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