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We Heart Dingbats
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on September 8, 2010
Join us on a guided tour of dingbats, picture fonts, pi fonts, ornaments, and very special characters. Includes links to many free dingbat fonts!
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.
Design a 3D Bottle Label in Photoshop
How-Tos: Written by Adobe Creative Team on August 23, 2010
Using supplied art and clear step-by-step directions, you'll transform a flat, blank rectangle and plain text into a convincingly realistic -- and stylish -- label for an olive oil bottle.
New Web Font Service Launched by Partnership of Experts
News: Written on August 23, 2010
Led by Font Bureau and Ascender Corp., Webtype.com introduces a new range of web fonts optimized for high quality text rendering across browsers. Webtype.com launches an innovative web font service to improve web typography.
W3C Opens Typography on the Web
News: Written on August 19, 2010
Though still in the early phases of standardization, the Web Open File Format (WOFF 1.0) is a pivotal agreement among browser vendors, foundries and font service providers.
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.
"Retrofonts" Comes with 222 Free Fonts
News: Written on August 17, 2010
Remember and re-use the typographic past with this book's free fonts.
Use Real Adobe Fonts (not Bitmapped Images) on the Web
News: Written on August 17, 2010
Adobe is collaborating with Typekit to deliver a set of 120 fonts that look great on screens.
10 Typefaces from the '80s
Features: Written by James Felici on August 9, 2010
Some typefaces deserve to be buried by the sands of time, but others undeservedly fall by the wayside. Here are ten from before the age of desktop publishing that merit your consideration.
D.C, Get Ready for Two Days of InDesign Training
News: Written on August 3, 2010
InDesignSecrets is proud to present two back-to-back seminars: Tips and Techniques for Getting the Most Out of InDesign, and EPUB and Interactive Documents from InDesign. They'll take place on September 14 and 15, 2010.
Dot-Font Book Free to Download
News: Written by Terri Stone on August 3, 2010
Download the text (but not the images) of a type-centric book as a PDF or text file. Or read the entire columns online!
Marrying Types: Sans on Sans
Features: Written by James Felici on July 21, 2010
In "Words into Type," two classic sans serif faces join forces to play an elegant and harmonious duet. What lessons can we learn and apply to our own typeface combinations?
Design Hand-Written Fonts on the iPad
News: Written on July 21, 2010
With the iPad's touch interface and the iFontMaker app, you can create a hand-drawn font in minutes.
Three New Type Designs from FontShop
News: Written on July 15, 2010
See the carefully crafted round version of FontFont's most popular family; one of the largest bilingual families ever made (and the first containing true Arabic italics); and a family with a subtle playfulness and extensive character set.
The Ballet Font Project
News: Written by Terri Stone on July 14, 2010
Two dancers were outfitted with infrared lights and their movements filmed as they executed the 26 letters of the alphabet. Now you can download the resulting font for free.
Extensis Makes Web Fonts Easier with WebINK
News: Written on July 8, 2010
The cloud-based web font service, which features high-quality fonts from partner foundries, is now available as a public beta. Later this year, all Suitcase Fusion users will receive a free introductory WebINK account with their new or upgrade purchase.
Fractional Improvements
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on July 7, 2010
Setting fractions can be a headache. Here's your formula for pain relief.
FontsLive.com Enables Web Fonts Without JavaScript
News: Written on July 6, 2010
You can go to the FontsLive.com site for a free 30-day trial of the web fonts service.
Teacup Releases Plug-Ins for InDesign CS5
News: Written on June 30, 2010
BarcodeMaker, TypeFitter and PatternPack are now all compatible with the latest version of Adobe InDesign.