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Type Luminaries Speak on PRI
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2009
Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Matthew Carter, and Tracy Honn discuss typefaces past and present in a recent episode of "To the Best of Our Knowledge." Thanks to the Internet, you can listen to it right now!
Safely Export Pictures from QuarkXPress
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on November 5, 2009
This process is ideal when you want to give a Web developer pictures that you cropped, rotated, or altered in QuarkXPress. It's also useful for converting a picture from one file format or color space to another.
Design for the U.S. Mint
News: Written on November 4, 2009
Here's an unusual job title: United States Mint designer. It's taking applications now.
Add Language Support to InDesign & Illustrator CS4
News: Written on November 4, 2009
WinSoft's ScribeDOOR adds new complex script capabilities to InDesign and Illustrator. Languages include Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi, as well as many Indic and South-East Asian languages
Mega Prizes for Veer's Logo Contest
News: Written on November 4, 2009
Retailer Veer will give a grand prize package worth almost $8,000 to the winning re-creation of the Veer logo using real-world objects or materials.
Automatically Analyze and Enhance Images in InDesign
News: Written on October 30, 2009
Elpical’s Claro Layout is an Adobe InDesign plug-in that offers hands-off quality analysis and image enhancement.
Safari Books Online Enhances On-Demand Digital Library’s Functionality & Usability
News: Written on October 29, 2009
Safari Books Online 6.0 delivers interactive reading experience, networking with peers and experts, and better organization of content by user preference.
Spark! Ignites Team Concept Reviews
News: Written on October 29, 2009
Spark! from MetaCommunications is a new browser-based collaborative tool for creative concept review, proofing and approval.
Review: CtrlChanges for InDesign
Reviews: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on October 28, 2009
If you pass around InDesign files and want to track who's changed what, this plug-in gets the job done.
EFI Fiery Supports Microsoft Windows 7
News: Written on October 27, 2009
EFI says that users of Fiery server, Fiery Central and EFI MicroPress who move to Windows 7 will have no problem with Fiery products.
New Competition for Package Designers
News: Written on October 26, 2009
You have until December 21, 2009, to enter a new contest created by the inspiring Web site TheDieline.com.
A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 1
Features: Written by James Felici on October 26, 2009
As fonts get larger, finding the characters you need keeps getting more complicated. Here's a chart that gives keyboard shortcuts for the degree symbol, multiplication sign, the cents sign, and much more.
Graphics Gone Green
News: Written on October 26, 2009
"Graphics Gone Green" is for creative professionals interested in building sustainable workflows from concept to output. The ebook shows how to reduce your carbon footprint at work while running a profitable business.
Create Better Marketing Postcards
Features: Written by Jared Tanner on October 22, 2009
Postcards are like freeway billboards: You have a very short time to communicate your message. Here's how to create effective postcards that get the response you want.
Affordable Webinar on Cut-Paper Art
News: Written on October 22, 2009
"Running with Scissors: Cut paper in contemporary art and design" costs just $39. It takes place Monday, October 26, at 4pm ET.
Free Public Beta: Blatner Tools InDesign Plug-ins
News: Written on October 22, 2009
This collection of 12 plug-ins offers 100+ new features: the ability to assign keyboard shortcuts to many previously unavailable tasks, create color and style reports, create fractions automatically, build character and paragraph styles and apply them across an entire document quickly, and more.
20 Design Students Get $20,000
News: Written on October 21, 2009
In 1989, Strata was started by two students. Now the company looks to help other students get started.
More Design Options for MOO MiniCards
News: Written on October 16, 2009
Changes include two-sided image uploading and new layout options, such as more templates, fonts, and colors.
Convert PDFs to iWork Files
News: Written on October 16, 2009
PDF2Office for iWork is a new utility that converts PDF documents into editable iWork '08/09 files.
Troubleshoot InDesign
News: Written by Terri Stone on October 14, 2009
Anne-Marie Concepcion has an entire course on troubleshooting InDesign at Lynda.com, but two of her ten tips are free for anyone to view!