Fug-Nique!
In last week's newsletter, I asked you to comment on AOL's new logo. You responded in full force. Here's a small sampling:

• The story headline should read: Strawberry Shortcake and Her Friends Create New Logos for AOL During Kindergarten Art Class.
• But really, was AOL ever respectable? They were the clip-on tie of the internet.
• Perfect except for one thing... Just change the font to Comic Sans. There, now you're done.

And here are a few of the words you used to describe the mark:

• irrelevant
• irritating
• craptastic
• fug-nique

To read the rest and add your voice, go to the Forums.

Terri Stone - Editor in Chief

The 2009 CreativePro.com Gift Guide
Are you looking for presents for creative types (including yourself)? Browse this selection, hand-picked by our editor in chief, for inspiration.

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TypeTalk: Step Away from the Computer
Use nontraditional means to get type no one else has. From lipstick on a mirror to letter-shaped junk in a scrap yard, let the examples in this article by Ilene Strizver be your inspiration to explore the unconventional.

For the Earnshaw’s Magazine spread below, Nancy Campbell and Trevett McCandliss placed wood type from a craft store in a water-filled plastic container and froze it.

Related Reading: Type lovers, here's a ticket to Nirvana.

Them's the Breaks
Forcing lines to break -- or not break -- where you want them to gives you more design control, better type composition, and faster formatting. James Felici explains.

Manually insert a soft return (Shift-Return) to, for example, create flush-left lists in the midst of paragraphs formatted for a first-line indent, as in the following example:

The Colorful Art Of Camera Tossing
You have to be brave to try the art of camera tossing, but if you’re a good catch, the results are worth it. Check out the unusual photos David Sommers collected for this article:

Scanning Around with Gene: Add Inches to Your Manhood!
No, it's not what you think. Rather, the 6'5" Gene Gable has scanned ads for elevator shoes from the 1940s and '50s, including this one:

Make Cut-Paper Portraits with Photoshop & Old-School Tools

RIT Launches New Graphic Design Archive

Acrobat.com Gains New Productivity and Collaboration Capabilities

Quark's BOGO Offer

Plug-in Suite 5 for Photoshop Now Available

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