Oct

16

Try before you buy at Font Haus

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Font Haus is one of the most important typographic resources on the web. Not only does Font Haus help you choose from among tens of thousands of typeface designs, you can preview how a name, phrase, or line of type, will look when formatted using the words, typeface, and type size of your choice.
If you […]

Oct

13

Microsoft Publisher versus Adobe InDesign, Pt. 3

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Although Microsoft Publisher can claim the “best value” position, Adobe InDesign’s superior typesetting ability pays off in terms of setting great looking type.
One of the reasons is InDesign’s Paragraph Composer which improves the quality of both flush-left/ragged-right and justified text. The Paragraph Composer automatically selects the best possible line breaks early in a paragraph in […]

Oct

8

How to create a logo to promote your brand

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Doyald Young is an internationally known type designer, master teacher, and author willing to invest his own money in his vision. His vision involved “no compromise” production of his two books, Logotypes and Letterforms and Fonts & Logos.
These two books define the state of the art in describing how alphabets become transformed into powerful visual […]

Sep

27

Using Adobe InDesign to set great type

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Nigel French’s InDesign Type: Professional Typography with InDesign CS2 is an excellent example of relating the why’s of design concepts to the how’s of a specific software program.
Effective design is based on details, and InDesign Type shows how to take full advantage of the program’s extensive capabilities.
Whether you’re a newcomer to InDesign, or an […]

Sep

27

Ascender Creativity Font Pack

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Inexpensive Source of Type for Branding Your Messages
One of the best bargains in design is the Ascender Creativity Font Pack
Ascender’s founders have been designing type for general, as well as custom fonts for corporate branding, for many years.
The Ascender Creativity Font Pack costs about the same as a fast food lunch for two, but contains […]

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