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TypeTalk: Find Figure Styles in OpenType Fonts

IleneStrizver99 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:36:01 -0600

TypeTalk is a regular blog on typography. Post your questions and comments by clicking on the Comments icon above. If Ilene answers your question in the blog, you'll receive one Official Creativepro.com T-Shirt!

Type Luminaries Speak on PRI

Editor in Chief — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:20:28 -0700

Public Radio International program "To the Best of Our Knowledge" recently devoted an hour to type.

Listen to the episode here.

SEGMENT 1:
The style of type used by the Obama campaign is called Gotham and was designed by the team of Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. They tell Anne Strainchamps how they feel about having designed the font of Hope and Change and where the design originally came from.

Free For All: Photoshop Brushes, Fonts, and Image Tools

Editor in Chief — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:59:51 -0600

ColorSuckr
Print and Web designers and illustrators often want to extract one or more colors from an image. Typically, it's a tedious process of clicking the Eyedropper tool to pick up the desired color, switching to the Swatches panel, and creating and naming a new swatch, or hovering the Eyedropper tool over pixels and writing down the color value from the Info panel. The more colors in the image, the longer and more boring this process is likely to become.

Until now.

New Fonts from Independent Foundries

Editor in Chief — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:23:39 -0700

Press release

FontShop doesn't just carry fonts from the big guys; it's also your source for the best of independent foundries. Each of these outfits are run by a small group of talented craftsmen and women who are creating original, useful typefaces under their own banner.

Premiéra

Mega Prizes for Veer's Logo Contest

Editor in Chief — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:08:09 -0700

Press release

Over the past two months, Veer has awarded $42,000 in prizes to winners of daily creative challenges. Now everyone has a chance to compete for the Grand Prize, in a contest where one person will win a laptop, software, and merch prize package worth nearly $8,000!

THE CONTEST

A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 1

Editor in Chief — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:59:32 -0600

When I asked a few columns back about your interest in Unicode, a lot of hands shot up. But just as many of you said you wanted to know how to get at characters that have been hiding in your fonts since long before Unicode was dreamt up. Unicode may be the key to understanding and using fonts with very large character sets, but on a daily basis most of us use smaller -- and often much older -- fonts that present mysteries of their own.

Creativeprose: Wacky Web Site of the Week Archive

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:54:28 -0600

November 2, 2009
Have your fortune told by The Great Bernie.
http://www.TheGreatBernie.com

October 26, 2009
Read about (and try, if you're brave) classic home science projects from the early to mid-twentieth century.
http://bizarrelabs.com

October 19, 2009

CreativePro.com—Design Tools Weekly Podcast

Editor in Chief — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:35:33 -0600

Our weekly podcast is hosted by Jeff Gamet and Jay Nelson of Design Tools Weekly. To hear any episode, click on the dated links below (for example, "February 23, 2009"). You can also subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.

Click a date to listen to that week's podcast.

November 2, 2009:
Windows 7 Arrives
"Is Snow Leopard Ready for Prime Time for InDesign Users?"
New AirPort Base Station Extends Range
New Time Capsule Improves Snow Leopard Support
CreativeTechs: "OpenType Font Secrets" free live seminar and weekly email newsletter
PitStop Pro 09

Tips:
- Hide Edges in Illustrator and Photoshop
- Protect Transparent Pixels in Photoshop
- Painting "Behind"
- Peruse the Best of the Web

October 26, 2009:
Hold Off on Snow Leopard
Ikea and Verdana vs. Designers
Font Problems in Snow Leopard
When "Adobe PDF" Printer Stops Working
Affordable Photoshop
FontExplorer X Pro Server Now $999

Tips:
• See Document History in InDesign
• Email Long URLs
• Reset Misbehaving Photoshop Tools
• Larger Comments in Acrobat

October 19, 2009:
Fax for Free Online
Recover Photos from Memory Cards
Simple Online Billing
Map Resources Now in Any Format
FontGenius Identifies Fonts in Photos
Print Font Catalogs from InDesign

Tips:
• Background Eraser Tip
• Hide the Non-printing Items in InDesign
• Stop Text from Jumping When Wrapping

October 12, 2009:
Test Windows Browsers on Your Mac
Easy Web File Sharing with Dropbox Pro
Skype 2.8 Adds Screen Sharing
RealVue3D for 3D Print Simulation
< a href="http://www.markzware.com" target="_blank">Convert Microsoft Publisher Files to InDesign

Tips:
• CSS Troubleshooting Help
• Font Replacement Tips
• Edge Feather Preview
• Check Your Website's Colors for Contrast

September 28, 2009:
GridIron Flow
Epson Stylus Pro 3880
Threading InDesign Text Frames
Your Logo Makes Me Barf

Tip:
Share Color Management Settings in Adobe's Creative Suite

September 21, 2009:
Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) bug reports and fixes
Adobe Ends PowerPC Support
Halloween fonts from Chad Savage and CreativePro.com

Tips:
• Replace Pages in Acrobat 9
• Select Though Stacked Objects
• 50% Off at lynda.com. Use code BTS909 at checkout.

August 31, 2009:
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) ships:
* Runs on Intel-based Macs only
* Adobe CS3 not fully tested on Snow Leopard
* Font manager compatibility with Snow Leopard
* Printer and scanner driver compatibility with Snow Leopard
* Other utilities' compatibility with Snow Leopard

August 24, 2009:
$300 Blu-ray Writer, with Toast!
Mobify Your Websites
SeeFile 4.7
Illustrator CS4 WOW! Book
PercepTool 1.5.5
Ideas from I.D.E.A.S.

Tips:
•Where Was That Tip?

August 17, 2009
Amazing new Panasonic digital camera/camcorder, Lumix FZ35
Nikon's Pocket Camera/Projector
Google's Advanced Image Search
Report on Logo Trends
Quark Releases Version 8.1 of Quark Dynamic Publishing, etc.
SWF Protector Blocks Flash Theft
Convert SWF to FLA

Tips:
• Patching in Photoshop
• Remove Permanent Ink

August 10, 2009:
Test Web Site Designs with Adobe BrowserLab
Vivozoom Guarantees Legal Images
QuarkXPress 8.1 adds several improvements and new features
Learn Every Feature in QuarkXPress with Jay's new training video
QuarkXPress 8 & Instant PDF package: $299
HVC Color Composer Now for InDesign CS4
Smasher 1.7 for CS4 & Quark 8

Tips:
• Change Text Case of Panel Titles in InDesign CS4

August 3, 2009:
Google Now Shows "Usage Rights" for Images
Google Developing Chrome OS
QuicKeys 4 Adds Text Expanding
Single User Edition of Cumulus Returns
SnapFlow: Extract Great Still Images from Video
High Quality Hubble Images
iPhone Tutorials

Tips:
• Find Your Fonts with Smart Folders
• Create and Update Table of Contents in InDesign and QuarkXPress
• Change UI Font Size in Photoshop

July 27, 2009
Snow Leopard: $29 in September
Acrobat.com: The Free Ride is Over
Adobe Profitable, but Smaller
Retrospect 8.1 Adds PowerPC Support
Universal Type Server 2 from Extensis
New Pricing for FontExplorer X Server
Creative Business

Tips:
• Select Text Columns in PDFs
• Move Objects Within a Group
• Safer Healing

July 6, 2009:
New Windows 7 Coming this Fall
Wacom Intuos4 Tablet
iTimeZone
Eltima Software's Flash Optimizer 2.3
FreelanceSwitch.com portable hard drive

Tips:
• Get Back in Acrobat
• Editing Non-PDF Files in a PDF Portfolio
• Editing Common Attributes in Illustrator

June 29, 2009
New MacBook Pro models
iPhone 3GS
Mac OS X 10.6 coming in September
Canto Cumulus 8
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Triple Interface portable hard drive
Map Resources

Tips:
• Design Interactively in Dreamweaver CS4
• Setting Exact Line Lengths in Illustrator
• Finding a Scanner's "Sweet Spot"

June 22, 2009
Google’s New Similar Image Search
USB 3 Doesn't Support USB 1
90 Minutes on Social Media Marketing
PDF Security Rendered Useless
Complete Blu-ray Mastering Solution
Book: From Design Into Print

Tips:
• New Spring-Loaded Tools in Photoshop CS4
• How to Save Illustrator CS4 Files for Earlier Versions
• See Substituted Glyphs in InDesign
• Better EPS Previews in QuarkXPress

June 15, 2009
Upcoming Events
Free Courses: Illustrator, Flash, and InDesign
Personalized Obama Time Capsule
The Art Directors Club Announces Winners
Free PhotoTools Lite
FontAgent Pro + 750 OpenType Fonts: $150
The Twitter Book

Tips:
Scissors Cuts Paper — and Paths
Drag-and-Drop PDF
Use DNG Converter for Newer Cameras

June 8, 2009
Glance Is Fast, Reliable Screen Sharing
WordPress for Creative Pros
Tutorial: Flash from QuarkXPress 8
Website of All Ads from 1930–1969
Find and Relink Pictures in QuarkXPress or InDesign
Custom Fabric for $18/yard

Tips:
* Reorder or Copy Pages in Acrobat
* Enable Commenting in Any Document
* Live Paint Colors Overlaps
* Photoshop Portrait Popper

June 1, 2009:
New LaCie Display Calibrator
Some Advice on Buying a Display
Free ‘Plain English’ Videos on Social Marketing
Take Control of Fonts in Leopard
InPreflight: Simple Preflight for InDesign
TeXTractor: Intelligently Export Text from QuarkXPress
A Beautiful Paper Site

Tips:
• Round Corners Your Way
• Easily See What's Changed in CS4
• Solid Black Crop Shield

May 25, 2009
Adobe introduces a Marketplace for Photoshop and AIR apps
Lightscoop is a cool accessory for your on-camera flash
Use FontShaker to explore fonts in a whole new way
Caliper is a free onscreen measuring device with some unusual features
CMYK 2.0 is a book that every photographer and designer should own
Badia PrintPreview: Free!

Tips:
• Overcome Email Limitations
• Scale Frame and Content in InDesign
• Preview Changes in QuarkXPress
• Don't Switch Tools to Move Text

May 18, 2009
Spec Work and Crowdsourcing: Gambles that Don't Pay Off
$5 Blu-ray Discs
Book: Scanning Negatives and Slides
Inkd: Royalty-Free Design Templates
Gluon Cropster: Auto-Dimensioning, Multi-page Cropping, and more
PopChar X 4.2

Tips
• Combine All Kinds of Files in Acrobat
• Get Back to the Welcome Screen
• Instant Centered Guide in Photoshop
• Blend Mode Tricks

May 11, 2009
Freeway Pro Discounts for GoLive & Dreamweaver Users
Quark XML Author 3.0
Free Cable Identification Guide
Optimize Images in InDesign or QuarkXPress

Tips:
• Always Use the Latest Versions of Software
• Add a Scan to a PDF
• Feather a Mask — Anytime
• Redefine Styles in InDesign
• Use "Line Check" to Find Widows, Orphans, and Overflows
• Name Your Flash Drive with Your Phone Number

May 2, 2009
Free 10-week InDesign Training
Full-day InDesign workshop (includes free subscription to InDesign Magazine)
Free Flash Workshop
Full-day Flash workshop
40% off Peachpit ebooks and videos
“Copyright Basics” Video
CreativePro.com Job Board
Pantone Color Cue Sale: $249
FontExplorer X Pro 2.0 review

Tips
* Expand Selection Without Rounding in Photoshop
* Delete All Guides in InDesign and QuarkXPress

April 27, 2009
Ghent's PDF Output Testing System
Reports: Adobe and Quark Focus on Efficiency
Book Production Pack for InDesign
VTools Adds Features to QuarkXPress
Free Acronym Converter for QuarkXPress
Web Site: Add Your Own Text to Signs
InDesign Secrets podcast

Tips:
• Batch-Convert Illustrator to PDF
• InDesign: Dude, Where's My File?
• Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider:
- Digging Through Tools
- Sharpening a Multi-Layer Document
- Quick Eye Enhancement

April 20, 2009:
"The Copyright Registry"?
Retrospect 8: Faster, Easier to Use
VideoFlash Converter: Convert Video to Flash
Bokeh Your Photos! Example tutorial / Imaging Insider interview
Video Tutorials from Quark
Video: Photoshop CS4 for Photographers -- Desktop Printing Techniques
InDesign Secrets podcast

Tips:
• A PDF Version of InDesign Help
• Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider

April 13, 2009:
Skills Assessment
Adobe and Quark Integration Guides
Upcoming Events
Free PDF-to-Word Converter
The Newest Camera Features
InDesign Secrets podcast

Tips:
• Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider:
  - Quick black-and-white with color tint
  - Partial color effect
  - Portrait popper (vignettes)
• Lesa's Web site and book

April 6, 2009:
U.S. Senate May Allow Newspapers to Operate as Non-profits
New Postage Rates
Macworld Expo Moves to February
Jay Nelson at HOW Design Conference
13th Annual Webby Awards
Upgrade to Adobe CS4 from Any Version
$299 Upgrade to QuarkXPress 8 -- from version 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7!
QuarkXPress Table of Features by Version Number
Suitcase Fusion 2 Now Supports Tiger
InDesign Secrets podcast

April 6 Tips:
• See Spot Colored Items in Acrobat
• Force Hyphenation in InDesign and QuarkXPress
• Crop a Layered Document

March 30, 2009:
Google Quick Search: Search Everywhere At Once
QuarkXPress 8 Video Training
Adobe Videos: Everyday Timesavers
Quick Look Plug-in for Illustrator, InDesign, FreeHand, and EPS Files
Quick Look Plug-in for QuarkXPress
Track Text Changes in InDesign and QuarkXPress with CtrlChanges and Blacklining
Badia Duplica XT 4: an Über Eyedropper for QuarkXPress
Business Card Design Inspiration

Tips:
• Find First in QuarkXPress
• Flip Across Pages in InDesign
• Quickly Crop to Edges in Photoshop

March 23, 2009
Facebook's Shameful Ownership Policy
Dangerous Acrobat Security Flaw
Fall '09 Fashion Color Report
WhatTheFont Now on iPhone
iTunes for Audiophiles
Suitcase Fusion 2 Reviewed
AreMySitesUp.com

Tips:
• Try OCR in Acrobat
• Better Importing from MS Word
• Bring Photoshop CS3 Features Back to CS4

March 16, 2009
Free Photoshop Webinars
Much Easier File Sharing with MobileMe (video)
Professional Portfolios
How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
Buyer's Guide: When To Buy a Mac
Report: Flash in InDesign vs. QuarkXPress
Motionographer
Forbidden Color Combinations

Tips:
• Much Easier Commenting in Acrobat
• How to Collaborate Live in Acrobat
• Using .,/&X in InDesign

March 9, 2009
Pantone Mugs
Gluon's ProPack 8 & StudioPack
Web Style Guide: Timeless Wisdom
Design for Special Events
New MyFonts Website Rocks!
Incredible Census Maps

Tips:
• Use Acrobat to Generate Hyperlinks
• Tricks to Control New Document Sizes in Photoshop
• Better PDF Names from QuarkXPress
• Use Help Menu to Find Menu Items

March 2, 2009
HOW Design Conference
FileMaker Pro 10
Suitcase Fusion 2 review by Jay Nelson
Freeway 5 Makes iPhone Website Content
Voyager Q: A Unique Hard Drive "Enclosure"
Auto-Flow for InDesign
Nametag: Quick Labels for Pictures in QuarkXPress
Top 10 Advertisements Worldwide

Tips:
• Find Ornaments in Fonts
• List Fonts in PDFs
• Space the Dots in Dotted Leaders
• Optimize Multiple Exposures in Photoshop

February 23, 2009
Web Design: An Event Apart: Discount code is AEADTM
Vista + PostScript Fonts = Bad News
17-inch MacBook Pro Gets 8-hour Battery: watch the video
PDF2ID 2.0 Improves PDF-to-InDesign Conversions
StudioPack: Four Powerful Plug-ins for InDesign
Eye Candy 5: Textures
Best Practices for Managing Fonts, 5th Edition
Newseum: Front Pages Around the World
InDesign Secrets podcast

Tips:
• How to Link an Excel Spreadsheet to a Table
• Click-drag Lightness, Hue and Saturation

February 16, 2009
Seagate Fixes Hard Drive Problem, But...
Avoid Barracudas
Trojan Horses in Pirated Software
Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update Fixes InDesign Problems
Updated MacBook Has FireWire, Faster Graphics
iPhoto '09 and iMovie '09
Mac Box Set = $149 for Mac OS X 10.5, iLife '09 & iWeb '09
Photo Calculator for Your iPhone

Tips:
• Create Your Own Blog Avatar at Gravatar
• Click the Text, Not the Checkbox
• Add a Background to a PDF
• Quick Color Boost in Photoshop CS4

February 9, 2009:
Answers to Professional Font Questions
Shadow Mirrors Your Data
Graphic Authority Design Elements
Tiffen: 2,000 Professional Photographic Filters
The Web Designer's Idea Book
Preview Web Designs in 85 Browsers
Veer: Explore Your Model
PhotoshopUser TV

Tips:
• Optical Kerning & Numbers Don't Mix
• Create Another iPhoto Library
• Magic Setting for Dodge & Burn Tools in CS4

February 2, 2009:
QuarkXPress 8.02 Updater
QuarkXPress 8.02 List of fixes
Buy FlightCheck, Get Q2ID, ID2Q or PUB2ID Free
Q2ID & ID2Q Updated for QuarkXPress 8 and InDesign CS4
iTornado
Mpix
Lynda.com: Advanced InDesign and Basic Final Cut Express
Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
The Graphic Reporter website

Tips:
• Acrobat's Object Inspector
• Diagonal Guides in Illustrator
• Click-and-Drag Graphics in InDesign

January 26, 2009:
Two Solutions for Glossy Displays: Photodon & TechRestore
MagneCote: Magnetic Paper
Photofont WebReady: Searchable Web Headlines in Any Font
Convert PDFs to InDesign docs: PDF2ID 2.0
Ben Willmore's Photoshop CS4: Up To Speed
Website: Convert RGB Colors to Paint Tints

Tips:
• Zooming Tip
• Compare Documents in Acrobat
• Drag-Select Entire Paragraphs in InDesign
• Blend Artwork Into an Image in Photoshop

January 19, 2009:
Macworld Expo roundup
Softpress Freeway
Suitcase Fusion 2
FontAgent Pro 5
TypeDNA
Future of Macworld Expo
Layoffs at Adobe & Quark
The Modbook for Designers
Free Guide to Integrating QuarkXPress with Adobe Creative Suite
Website: The Best Flash & CSS Designs

Tips:
• Share Your Screen in Acrobat
• Illustrator Smart Objects in Photoshop
• Rotate Spread View in InDesign

January 12, 2009:
• Bert Monroy retrospective
• Why and How to Buy a UPS: UPS Buyers Guide
• Migrate to the Mac with Belkin Cable
• Download popular logos

Tips:
• Manage Third-Party Photoshop Plug-ins
• Exact Text Links in Acrobat
• Replace a Graphic in InDesign

January 5, 2009:
• LogoLounge.com: Logo Trends in 2008
• Excellent Masking Tools:
- Vertus' Fluid Mask
- onOne's Mask Pro
- Digital Film Tools' EZ Mask
• Download Adobe's Guide to Acrobat 9
• Affordable, Professional Film Clips from Thought Equity and iStockphoto

Tips:
• External Hard Drive Advice
• Use InDesign & QuarkXPress Style Sheets in Word
• Spotlight Searches Photoshop Files!

December 29, 2008:
ReadyImages: New Image Service for Corporate Presentations
iStockphoto for corporate presentations
Artbeats: HD Stock Video & Textures
Color Oracle previews color blindness
Bracketeer combines bracketed photos
50 Sets of Free Photoshop Brushes
Cumulus: mega-asset manager
Studio Lettering Collection from House Industries
Design Parts Sourcebook: Rock and Street Culture
Photoshop Lady: Photoshop tutorials

Tips:
• The Key to Successfully Open Files Downsaved from QuarkXPress and InDesign

December 22, 2008:
CS4 Trial Versions Now Available
Pantone GOE Libraries for Creative Suite 4
QuarkXPress 8.01 Update
10 Million Photos from Life Magazine
Verbatim's Movie-Reel DVD-Rs & 45-RPM CD-Rs
Verbatim's Archival DVDs Join AIGA
Pantone's 2009 Color of the Year

Tips:
• Preview Sharpening in Camera Raw
• Better Grayscale Photos in CMYK
• Save All Open Documents in InDesign
• QuarkXPress 8 Tip: The "Local Formatting" ToolTip

December 15, 2008:
RAM: Cheap Speed Booster
CreativeTechs: Free Information & Inspiration
Free On-Demand Webinars: Color for Creatives
DropCopy
Mister Retro's Permanent Press
Nik Silver Efex Pro
Pentawards: Packaging Award Winners

Tips:
• Always Read the Fine Print
• Redefine Symbols in Illustrator
• Quickly Change View Percentage
• Zoomify Your Photos

December 8, 2008:
Selected Ways to Learn Adobe Creative Suite 4

Video
Total Training
Lynda.com

Books
Ben Willmore's Adobe Photoshop CS4: Up to Speed
Deke McClelland's Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One
Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One, by Deke McClelland and David Futato
Lesa Snider King's Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book
Amazon's CS4 Books page

Reviews
CreativePro.com
Macworld
Ars Technica
Design Tools Monthly's CS4 New Features overview

Web Sites
James Dempsey's list at Macworld.com
Free CS4 Superguide

Other Topics
Book: QuarkXPress 8: Production Tricks and Experts' Tips
Inside Digital Design show
ImageFramer: Realistic Mats and Frames
Phantasm
Suitcase Fusion 2
64 Years of Presidential Commercials

Tips
• View First Page Separate from Spreads in Acrobat
• Make Multiple Frames the Same Height or Width in InDesign
• Helpful Adjustment Presets in Photoshop

December 1, 2008

• $25 Gift Subscriptions to lynda.com
• Canvastic for Young People
• Pando Sends Up To 1 GB Files for Free
• Blow Up 2
• Genuine Fractals 6
• StuffIt Expander 13
• Quick Look Filter for QuarkXPress Documents
• Navigate the Image Grid in BrightQube

Tips:
• Make a PDF Form in InDesign or QuarkXPress
• Select and Distribute Guides in InDesign
• Reselect in Photoshop

November 24, 2008

• 6x Blu-ray drive
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.1
• Freeway Discount for Adobe CS4 Owners
• 2-for-1: Q2ID & ID2Q
• Exporting from QuarkXPress 7 to 6 & InDesign CS4 to CS3
• Quark Posts "New Features" videos for download and on YouTube
• Is It Safe to Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?

Tips:
• Option/Alt Key Resets Dialog Boxes
• Skip the Confirmation Prompts
• Control InDesign's Frame Fitting
• Instantly Name PDF Bookmarks

November 17, 2008

• Apple Updates MacBook & MacBook Pro; Switches to DisplayPort Video. MacBooks Can Use 6GB of RAM.
• 25 Years of Cell Phones
• FCC Approves Unlicensed Use of White Space
• Flash Player 10 Includes 3D Tools
• Acrobat 9 Pro, Bookmarks and Hyperlinks

Tips:
• Add Several Layer Styles
• Save Your Guides as Snippets
• Quickly Change Fonts in QuarkXPress

November 10, 2008

MetalFX: Single-pass Metallic Inks
Galaxy Gauge: An Exceptional Graphic Arts Ruler
Graphic Inspector 1.5
ITC Franklin vs. ITC Franklin Gothic
Switching from Windows to Mac
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual

Tips:
• OpenType Pro "Opticals" Explained
• InDesign's Slug Area
• QuarkXPress and Text in Legacy Files
• Two-Step File Sharing with .Mac

November 3, 2008

* USB 3.0 in 2010 -- substantial speed improvements to come soon
* Drobo: Now with FireWire!
* See Your Favorite Font Designers at Fontshop
* Text Exporters for InDesign
* TeXTractor: Intelligently Export Text from QuarkXPress

Tips:
* Use Command-Tab to Switch Applications
* Force Text to a New Column
* InDesign: Force Paragraphs to Start at Top of Page or Column
* QuarkXPress: Show & Hide Tools in the Toolbar

October 27, 2008

* Quark Publishing System (QPS) now supports InDesign?!
* StuffIt Deluxe 2009 Why you need it
* Casio EX-FH20: The latest mind-blowing high-speed camera features
* MenuMeters shows your network activity

Tips:
* Sample Colors from Anywhere
* Color Expert for iPhone
* Drag to Insert Pages into PDFs
* Bigger Previews from InDesign
* Space/Align Tricks in QuarkXPress 7

October 20, 2008

* Orphan Works Act "Hotlined" by U.S. Senate
* Adobe Creative Suite 4 New Features List
* Apple's New MacBook Pro
* SilverFast Eliminates Shadow Noise in Scans
* Beautiful, Affordable Photoshop Actions from PanosFX
* Better Vertical Justification for InDesign and QuarkXPress
* Adorama's 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days

Tips:
* Save Every Page as EPS in QuarkXPress
* Change Phone Number Formats in InDesign
* Use iChat for Text Messages
* Renumber PDF Pages
* Copy Photoshop Layers, Maintain Position

October 13, 2008

* Pantone speaks: What's In For Spring 2009
* Low, low price for big hard drives
* Booklets on printing that are very useful and free
* Newsletter and books with advice on running your creative business
* FontAgent Pro is now cross-platform
* PopChar type-character finder is also cross-platform

Tips:
* Photoshop
* InDesign
* Acrobat
* QuarkXPress

October 6, 2008:

* Adobe Design Achievement Award Winners
* Flashforward Winners
* Pantone ColorMunki Create
* Pantone Color Cue 2.1
* The The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book
* An Awesome Map of Web Trends

Tips:
* Faster Digital Camera Transfers
* Refine Edge of Selections
* Power Nudge
* Small Caps vs. All Small Caps

Free For All: An Awesome Assortment

Editor in Chief — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:23:51 -0600

Your Handwriting as a Font
Back in the 1990s, design-related magazines carried ads for mail-order services that converted your handwriting into a font. You had to wait to receive a template on which you'd draw each character or glyph of the font, and then you had to wait for your TrueType font to arrive on a 3.5-inch floppy. Now there’s a free online service that converts your handwriting into a font in as little as five minutes.

Inside the Publishing Revolution: How the LaserWriter and Photoshop Changed the World

admin — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 03:56:56 -0700

Excerpted from "Inside the Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story" (Adobe Press/Peachpit Press).

Font Fatigue: The Character Palette

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:00:00 -0600

The Character Palette in Mac OS X is a very cool font viewer and character selector -- sort of like KeyCaps on steroids (see Figure 1).

Unfortunately, for some reason Apple made it very hard to get to initially. After you "install" it, it shows up in the menu bar of every non-Classic application (see Figure 2).

Extensis Universal Type Server 2 Improves Font Compliance Management, Updates OS Compatibility

Editor in Chief — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:30:26 -0600

Extensis, a division of Celartem Inc., today released a significant update to its server-based font management solution, Universal Type Server (version 2.1). This product update includes:

* Deeper font compliance management: administrator can see who added which font to which workgroup and reverse those actions.
* Active Directory flexibility: administrator can now exclude individual users from distribution group mappings  
* Enhanced user management allows easier batch application of settings and refined filtering of users  

TypeTalk: Times Roman vs Times New Roman

IleneStrizver99 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:47:16 -0600

Q. What is the difference between Times Roman and Times New Roman, and why are both listed in my font menu? Is Times Roman the “Old” version? Please explain!

Mrs Eaves Gets a Hubby

Editor in Chief — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:01:08 -0600

Mr Eaves is the often requested and finally finished sans-serif companion to Mrs Eaves, one of Emigre's classic typeface designs. Created by Zuzana Licko, this latest addition to the Emigre Type Library expands the versatility of the original Mrs Eaves with two complimentary families: Mr Eaves Sans and Mr Eaves Modern.

One Good Kern Deserves Another

Editor in Chief — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:29:54 -0600

The old saw that "it's the little things that count" was surely coined by a typographer, and few things are littler than kerning adjustments. Consider this: A 1/100 em kerning adjustment applied in 24-point type results in a movement equal to the width of a human hair.