Type Design How-Tos

QuarkXPress Tips for Type, Pages, & Paths

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

Create your own typographic ornaments and decorative rules to use in many designs.

Dot Dot Dot . . .

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

Make type come alive with the Puppet Warp tool, new to Photoshop CS5.

Creative Edge Photoshop Resource Center

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

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

"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

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.