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Cutting-Edge Conference for Print and Digital Publishing
News: Written by Terri Stone on February 8, 2012
Whether you're looking for the latest tips on publishing to tablets and ebooks, want details on the upcoming Adobe Creative Suite 6, or just need tips to optimize your print workflow, PEPCON is the place. The conference takes place in San Francisco on May 14-16.
What's That Web Font?
News: Written by Terri Stone on February 6, 2012
WhatFont is a free tool that works with your Web browser to identify webfonts.
When It's Safe to Use Free Fonts
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 30, 2012
Type foundry FontShop explains the ins and outs of font licensing in a free, downloadable guide.
Type Is Everywhere
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 23, 2012
Help to preserve the vernacular typography that makes a place unique by supporting this Kickstarter project.
Try These Type Webinars from Ilene Strizver
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 10, 2012
If your print or online projects use type, you can benefit from this series of webinars designed by CreativePro.com columnist and type expert Ilene Strizver.
Hand-Lettering Lovers, Rejoice
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 4, 2012
Lisa Congdon (known for her Collection a Day and her work as an illustrator/artist) is at it again. She's committed to creating and posting an example of hand lettering for every day in 2012.
Daily Drawings Reach One Thousand
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 27, 2011
Professional illustrator/designer Chris Piascik has drawn something every weekday for the last four years. The project has brought him personal and professional satisfaction, and soon there'll even be a book compiling all 1,000 of the daily drawings, many of which are heavy on type. Take a look.
Starry, Starry Type
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 19, 2011
Gravilux 2.0 is an app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that lets you render text in stars and then affect that text with the gravitational forces of an alternate univers. It's art, it's a game, it's Gravilux!
New Alphabets Bring Organic Looks to Your Projects
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 21, 2011
Give a human touch to your designs with SketchType's alphabets. There are three volumes of hand-drawn type sets for a total of 67 different alphabets. You can also buy any of the alphabets individually.
European Design Conference Comes to America
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 16, 2011
The first TYPO conference held in the United States will be in San Francisco on April 5 and 6, 2012.
What Do You Think of the Creative Cloud?
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 11, 2011
Adobe's pushing a subscription model for its software and services, sweetening the deal with access to its Touch apps, webfonts, tablet publishing, and 18 desktop applications. But is it right for you?
Photoshop Plug-in Adds Google Webfonts
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 9, 2011
The Extensis WebInk Web Font plug-in for Photoshop expands its offering with 288 webfonts from Google.
Make Monograms the Easy Way
News: Written by Terri Stone on October 31, 2011
Inexpensive fonts let you create custom monograms and cyphers from any letter combination. The styles range from traditional to childlike.
Be a Type Designer in New Game
News: Written by Terri Stone on October 27, 2011
These font games are not just fun--they're educational! At least, that's what you can tell yourself when you realize you've been playing them for an hour.
Typographic Rugs Are Real Treasures
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 28, 2011
Whether you're a fancier of fonts, connoisseur of comic books, or an appreciator of art, you'll require these rugs from Linus Dean.
If You Like Type then You Better Put It on a Ring
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 15, 2011
Engrave anything you like on high-quality rings. You can choose from any of eight trendy typefaces or send in your own design.
Use Webfonts in Photoshop for Free
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 9, 2011
Do you use Photoshop for website mock-ups? If so, check out the new Web Font plug-in for Photoshop from Extensis. It works with the company's WebINK webfont service to give you a trouble-free (and legal) Web-design workflow from start to finish.
Add Rare Wood Type Faces to Your Digital Designs
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 6, 2011
Wood Type Revival finds old wood type, prints them, turns the results into fonts, and sells the digital typefaces for very reasonable prices.
Download Second Dot-Font Book for Free
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 2, 2011
Topics in the free book by John D. Berry include "the pleasure of old type books," "warm modernism," "industrial cool," and "where type designs come from."
Updates to Font Explorer X Pro
News: Written by Terri Stone on August 24, 2011
Monotype Imaging made changes to all three versions of its FontExplorer X Pro font manager: FontExplorer X Pro 3.1 for Macintosh, 2.3 for Windows, and FontExplorer X Server 1.6.
