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QuarkXPress Tips for Type, Pages, & Paths
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on April 18, 2011
Learn how to replace fonts across a QuarkXPress document; give editable text a fuzzy edge; flip a Bezier path from top to bottom; and start a file with a spread.
The Joy of Ornaments
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on April 5, 2011
Create your own typographic ornaments and decorative rules to use in many designs.
Dot Dot Dot . . .
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on September 2, 2010
Spellbinding . . . Subtle . . . Mind-Boggling! They're points of ellipsis, and here's how to make them pretty.
Bend and Twist Text with Photoshop's Puppet Warp
How-Tos: Written by Chad Neuman on August 19, 2010
Make type come alive with the Puppet Warp tool, new to Photoshop CS5.
Creative Edge Photoshop Resource Center
How-Tos: Written on August 12, 2010
Creative Edge is an on-demand collection of thousands of digital videos and books. They are giving you, the CreativePro.com visitor, exclusive access to select articles from these Photoshop-related books and videos.
Four Techniques for Combining Fonts from H&FJ
How-Tos: Written by Terri Stone on March 17, 2010
Expanding a typographic duet to three, four, or even five voices can be daunting. Here are four tips for navigating the typographic ocean.
How to Cure Typochondria
How-Tos: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on May 11, 2009
"Typochondria" is the fear that you've selected the wrong typeface. If you've ever suffered from that font affliction, rest easy: This article is good for what ails you.
Tug and Twirl Text in Illustrator
How-Tos: Written by Chad Neuman on September 29, 2008
The sky’s the limit when you convert Illustrator text to outlines. It’s so easy to change each letter’s size, position, and color, and even push and pull letters into fantastic new shapes.
