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Editor's Corner: On the Logo Lookout
Michaels is a chain of stores that sell materials for arts and crafts. Some of the merchandise can seem a little old-fashioned, and until recently, the logo was also dated -- it would have been at home in a sedate ad from the 1970s.
The new logo reminds me of the signature of a perky, popular young woman. Not my style, but not a bad image to project, considering the company's market.
What do you think about the new logo? Does it succeed? Does it fail? Do you like it? Hate it? Speak up at www.creativepro.com/node/63388.
InDesign How-to: Take Object Styles Where They've Never Gone Before
David Blatner has a cool trick for using anchored objects to extend the power of object styles.
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Scanning Around With Gene: Our Love/Hate Relationship with the Atom
For the generations that grew up in the 1950s and '60s, the threat of nuclear annihilation was tempered by the promise of the atom as a new best friend. Gene Gable's dad had the guest list for the family bomb shelter all planned out.
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Related Reading: Here's the flip side of the atom bomb.
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TypeTalk: Axes Aren't Evil
In the world of typefaces, an "axis" isn't anything evil -- it refers to the way the round part of a character leans (or doesn't lean). Ilene Strizver explains with clear examples.
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Related Reading: Have you checked out Ilene's archive?
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Chimp Photos, Watch Movies, Listen to Music
Ben Long loves the large LCD on the Epson P-7000 multimedia photo viewer. It's handy when you're shooting in the field, and it even plays movies and audio files. But is it worth the price?
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Related Reading: If the P-7000's price is too much, you might prefer one of these.
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Two Publications Join to Produce One Great New Podcast
Our new weekly podcast features the insights of two industry veterans: Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet of Design Tools Weekly. With their wide-ranging interests, each episode will have something for everyone!
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Related Reading: Jay recently wrote up a looooong list of new features in the upcoming CS4.
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Wacky Web Site of the Week
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