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Scanning Around with Gene: Jules Verne Meets Terry Gilliam
Written by Gene Gable on May 8, 2008
The Steampunk movement is bringing Victorian fantasy to the digital era. The results are often stunning.
TypeTalk: Spot OpenType Fonts Fast
Written by Ilene Strizver on May 7, 2008
Here's how to tell whether a font is OpenType without leaving your page-layout app.
Get Creative Video: News for the Week of May 5, 2008
Written by Shellie Hall on May 4, 2008
Quickly remove a background in Photoshop, check out Dreamweaver resources (especially if you use GoLive), and learn about the Extensis Universal Type Server.
Scanning Around With Gene: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun
Written by Gene Gable on May 2, 2008
The Wrigley Company built its chewing gum empire in part by using striking graphics and clever slogans.
TypeTalk: Good-looking Figures
Written by Ilene Strizver on April 28, 2008
What are the differences between "oldstyle" and "lining" figures, and what situations call for which kind of numbers?
Get Creative Video: News for the Week of April 28, 2008
Written by Shellie Hall on April 27, 2008
Newly returned from the IPA technical conference, Shellie reports on keynotes from Adobe and Quark. Plus, in this week's Master in a Minute, she tackles scaling pattern fills in Illustrator
Scanning Around with Gene: The Islands and Bridges of Stencils
Written by Gene Gable on April 24, 2008
Stencil lettering may seem like the crudest form of marking there is, but at one time cutting attractive stencils was a true art form.
TypeTalk: Create Your Own Fonts
Written by Ilene Strizver on April 23, 2008
What program is best for designing typefaces?
Get Creative Video: News for the Week of April 21, 2008
Written by Shellie Hall on April 20, 2008
Communicate between a Mac and a PC, make a custom Google search engine, and quickly insert and style footnotes in InDesign.
Scanning Around with Gene: When Families Licked Together
Written by Gene Gable on April 17, 2008
Pasting trading stamps into redemption books was once an important family activity, right up there with watching Ed Sullivan and playing a rousing game of Clue.
TypeTalk: Text Fonts versus Display Fonts
Written by Ilene Strizver on April 15, 2008
What's the difference between text and display fonts? And which ones can you use where?
Font Fetish: Jonathan Barnbrook
Written by Terri Stone on April 14, 2008
See what this brilliant designer is doing now.
Get Creative Video: News for the Week of April 14, 2008
Written by Shellie Hall on April 13, 2008
Catch up on package design, AdobeTV, and a cool tripod. Then learn how to synchronize color in 60 seconds.
Scanning Around With Gene: Old News is Good News
Written by Gene Gable on April 10, 2008
Browsing old newspapers can be a great way to put current issues in perspective.
TypeTalk: Access Special Characters
Written by Ilene Strizver on April 9, 2008
Print out this handy chart of key combinations for the most commonly used special characters.
Get Creative Video: News for the Week of April 7, 2008
Written by Shellie Hall on April 6, 2008
Work with type and images in Illustrator, hear about a Windows-only feature in the next version of Photoshop, get a poster of your town, and more!
Scanning Around With Gene: Front-of-the Napkin Wisdom
Written by Gene Gable on April 3, 2008
From billion-dollar business plans to life-altering phone numbers, all sorts of important and trivial things have been written on the backs of cocktail napkins. Here’s a look at the other side, where the real art resides.