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Editor's Corner |
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What's On Your Plate?
The United States government has tried a lot of approaches to communicate the idea of how to eat healthily. Just off the top of my head, I can think of the seven basic food groups, the four basic food groups, and the food pyramid. The corresponding imagery has been, er, interesting:
Now there's a new plate in town:
I can see a few flaws in the new food imagery. But for something that was designed by committee--probably multiple committees--it's pretty good. I would even say it takes the cake.
Terri Stone - Editor in Chief
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Features |
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Centering Lines of Type? Don't Trust Page-Layout Software
James Felici received a print ad in the mail that demonstrates how page-layout software can center lines that look wrong even when they're mathematically correct. Watch Jim perform a makeover that pinpoints the source of the problem and provides a fix.
Related Reading: This page is a great source for page-layout info.
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Scanning Around With Gene: Bon Voyage and Happy Landings
Not that long ago, going on a trip was considered a special occasion, complete with travel-themed greeting cards and good wishes from family and friends. Gene Gable shares the mementoes he found in one couple's travel scrapbook, including this motel postcard (note groovy shag carpet):
Related Reading: Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away.
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Best of the Blogs, June 6, 2011
Pamela Pfiffner shows you what you may have missed in design and photography blogs during the past few weeks: an investigation of Adobe Myriad; a rallying cry for FreeHand; ideas for busting design and illustration roadblocks; a new social networking site for creatives; and much more.
Related Reading: Not that Paul Rand. This Paul Rand!
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News From The Past Week |
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>> Create a Marketing Poster from Postcards
>> Whistle While Photoshop Works
>> Chris Orwig Teaches You Portrait Photography
>> New iPad App Teaches Typography
>> Build HTML5 and CSS3 Websites That Degrade Gracefully with Modernizer2
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Cool Stuff! |
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The price may surprise you. So many creative pros lust after a Wacom tablet. But why wait when you can buy the Intuos4 Medium Pen Tablet on Amazon.com now for as low as $289?
See for yourself.
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Wacky Web Site of the Week |
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How big is the universe? Really, really big.
www.creativepro.com/article/creativeprose-wacky-web-site-week-archive
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