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Scribbling Her Way to Fame
Many creative pros are visual thinkers. So is Jessica Hagy, but instead of expressing herself with design, photography, or traditional illustration, she scribbles on index cards.
I've never seen more engaging scribbles, and I'm far from being the only fan. Hagy's blog, Indexed, has been featured in the New York Times and won a Webby Award.
The next time you want a reminder of how effective simple communication can be, go to Indexed.
Terri Stone - Editor in Chief
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How to Cure Typochondria
Do you wonder whether you picked the right typefaces for a project? Do you worry that one font doesn't go with another? While this ailment, called "typochondria," can be debilitating if left untreated, don't worry: Doctor* Pamela Pfiffner is here with a cure.
One of Pam's examples is this packaging, which successfully combines three very different typefaces:
* Not actually a doctor of anything.
Related Reading: The best brochure fonts according to John Berry.
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Easy Advanced Masking in Photoshop
To create the best masks, you need to make the most accurate selections. Photoshop's Color Range tools give you an easy way to create more subtle, refined, and targeted selections. In this tutorial by Russell Brown, you'll use the new Masks panel to quickly choose one or more localized color clusters; then adjust the sampled color range with a handy slider.
Subtle selections like this can be yours:
Related Reading: Here's a selection-and-masking how-to for people with older versions of Photoshop.
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Scanning Around With Gene: Clicking at the Green Duck
The Green Duck Metal Stamping Company of Chicago may not be a household name, but before fading into history the company produced millions of iconic buttons, played an important role in D-Day, and helped train dolphins at Sea World. Gene Gable shares scans from its 1952 catalog.
A partial page from the catalog:
Related Reading: I wonder if the Green Duck made these yellow buttons?
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TypeTalk: Ambigrams
An ambigram is a typographic or calligraphic design, word, or arrangement of letters that can be read from more than one direction or orientation. Ilene Strizver's examples show that backwards, forwards, sideways, and every which way, ambigrams are intriguing typographic art forms.
An ambigram by John Langdon:
Related Reading: See many more examples on Langdon's Web site.
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A Podcast for Pros
In this week's podcast, Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet deliver the inside word on Web design discounts; identify mystery computer cables; feather a Photoshop mask; and much more.
Related Reading: Much of the information in these weekly podcasts is relevant for months. Click here to browse past podcasts.
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Lighten Up with Pantone and CMYK Lampshades
Free Photoshop Brushes Evoke Vintage Italian Post Cards
Type Nerd Alert: Adobe's Changing Faces
The Visual Evolution of Photoshop: Icons, Interfaces, and Splash Screens
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