dot-font was a collection of short articles written by editor and typographer John D. Barry (the former editor and publisher of the typographic journal U&lc) for CreativePro.  If you’d like to read more from this series, click here. Eventually, John gathered a selection of these articles into two books, dot-font: Talking About Design and dot-font: Talking […]
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Following a short run of bad luck during its ramp up phase — brief only when compared with continental drift — broadband Internet access is finally making its way to previously neglected neighborhoods. Depending on the access technology, you could face a choice of the more common dynamic and the more expensive static IP addresses. […]
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I usually write these tips to show you something terrific that InDesign can do. This tip is to help you avoid a problem that InDesign 2 has created. Type a lowercase letter “n” and then a tab and then some text. Now, let’s pretend you want that letter “n” to be the equivalent Zapf Dingbat […]
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Since you’ll all have to wait a few more weeks before you can get your hands on Photoshop 7, I decided against doing a Photoshop 7 story. But here’s the Photoshop 7 hook. A great many people have asked me if Photoshop 7 has more support for high-bit files (that is, files with more than […]
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“Just because a client pays you, doesn’t mean they own you.” That (paraphrased) is what one designer/reader wrote in response to “Your Client’s Bill of Rights,” my suggestions as to how clients can get what they want from designers. I couldn’t agree more. Even though you may be on the provider end of the client/provider […]
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This story is taken from “Inside PageMaker” (Element K Journals). Creativepro.com readers can subscribe to Element K Journals at a discount. Click here to learn more. Calendars have become a hard thing to live without. They help us keep track of important dates such as birthdays, holidays, meetings and deadlines. Next time you need a […]
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Many content creators may appreciate the benefits of a color-calibrated workflow, but that awareness is often intellectual, rather than drawn from regular hands-on experience. Instead, color calibration is the good thing that happens to someone else, like the winner of the weekly Lotto. So I was understandably interested when offered the chance to put GretagMacbeth […]
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Perhaps the biggest transition when moving to InDesign from XPress is the difference between the programs’ selection tools. Instead of the Item and Content tools in XPress, InDesign has Selection and Direct Selection tools. It’s actually not too difficult to make the transition if you just remember the following: The Selection tool acts like the […]
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Macromedia is done putting the finishing touches on Flash MX, the latest version of its flagship Web animation and interface development tool. Released on March 15, we looked at a late beta version of the product, and with its new video and audio capabilities, streamlined and “Macromedia-standard” workspace, and new tools, it looks as though […]
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