Get a Free Font from... Toyota?!
In Belgium, Toyota has a new car called the iQ that's small and nimble. It's perfect for parking in crowded urban centers -- and, as it turns, perfect for drawing a typeface.

Recently, Toyota hired the studio pleaseletmedesign to create a typeface. Then a pro racecar driver got behind the wheel of the Toyota iQ and approximated the glyphs in a large hangar while being filmed by overhead cameras. The filmed motion was translated into the font's glyphs. And now that font is a free download and the subject of an online video.

Lots of companies create something unusual and hope it will go viral. Very little does. This campaign deserves to.

Watch the video and download the free font here.

Terri Stone - Editor in Chief

Create an Artificial HDR Effect in Photoshop
True high-dynamic-range photography requires multiple shots of the same image with different exposures. But with Russell Brown's technique, you can create HDR-like effects even if you had time to take only one photo!

Pro Flash Photography without the Pro Price Tag
The Ultimate Light Box flash modifier comes as an easy-to-use kit that makes your photos look like you had lots of equipment and time. Sara Frances' test shows that the ULB beat the pants off of other modifiers.

Scanning Around with Gene: It's Whiskey Time!
When the prospect of serious drinking is on the horizon, even the strongest Cabernet can't compete with whiskey. But how does Gene Gable choose which whiskey? Based on vintage ads and packaging, of course!

Hiram Walker's Imperial went after the rugged individualist in ads showcasing big-game hunters:

Related Reading: Vintage ads about alcohol other than whiskey tended to be a little more light-hearted.

TypeTalk: A Blizzard of White-Space Characters
Flush space, figure space, hair space -- what do they all mean? Ilene Strizver explains.

Related Reading: Ilene began her space walk last week with a column on word joiners. Did you miss it?

Photo How-to: Gifts from the Sky
Follow Jeff Wignall's four simple guidelines, and you'll shoot heavenly sunrises and sunsets anywhere -- including your own backyard.

People provide an interesting foreground subject for sunsets, so head to where people hang out at the end of the day.

Related Reading: Tuck away this how-to for later.

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Toilet paper origami. Go crazy!

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