The Professors of Picas
The past week has seen the debut of two type families so smart, they make Harvard grads look like first-graders.

Take Liza Pro. From the type foundry Underware, Liza may seem a little shallow on first blush -- all curvy script and flirty ornamentals. But underneath that attractive exterior is a fonty brain that analyzes your text and swaps in 4,000 hand-crafted characters as it sees fit. It's so deep, it even comes with its own user guide.

And then there's Rebus Script, from Ascender Corp. Like Liza Pro, Rebus Script relies on OpenType's Contextual Alternates, but it creates rebus puzzles by replacing certain words or syllables with pictures.

And so what if, like me, you went to a state university, or maybe you didn't go to college at all. With fonts this smart, who needs a fancy degree?

Terri Stone - Editor in Chief

Free For All: The Best Things In Life
Yes, you get two installments of Pariah Burke's Free for All column in one month, you lucky thing. What do you feel like? Textures? Illustrator brushes? Faxes? Or how about a utility that never forgets? Why not take 'em all -- they're free!

This handy utility lets you view all your Photoshop brushes:

Scanning Around With Gene: Magazine Covers that Broke the Rules
Magazine covers speak to us on many levels. Some of Gene Gable's favorites break a cardinal rule of publishing and speak directly to us as magazine buyers.

A classic rule breaker from 1973:

How to Take Inspired Photographs
Do you want your photographs to be like visual poetry? Then follow this advice from Chris Orwig, the popular workshop speaker and Brooks Institute faculty member.

Chris shot this photo in his childhood backyard to remind himself of where he came from and who he wants to become:

Related Reading: One way to stay inspired is to have fun. And nobody's better at fun than Russell Brown.

Make Photoshop Zoom!
You can create a zoom effect in-camera, but if that's not possible, there's always Photoshop. Follow Colin Smith's tutorial to learn how.

You'll start with this:

And end with this:

Related Reading: If you like Colin's style of teaching, be sure to read his other tutes.

TypeTalk: Collect OpenType Fonts in Smart Sets
Font managers' Smart Sets make it easy for you to find and activate only OpenType fonts. Ilene Strizver shows you how to do that in three major font managers, as well as how to search for many other attributes to organize your fonts, such as family, foundry, library, and keywords.

Creating a Smart Set in Suitcase Fusion 2:

Related Reading: Died-in-the-wool type fans should attend this event at least once.

This week's podcast: Lots of Apple news; map resources; and tips for Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and scanners

At Last! GridIron Flow Ships

Extensis Releases Portfolio Server 9

New Joby Ballhead Extends Gorillapod Functionality

Avoid Color-Blindness Issues with CheckMyColours

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