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Inside QuarkXPress: Working with Embedded Paths

Application: QuarkXPress 4.x Operating Systems: Macintosh, Windows It isn’t really a big deal that QuarkXPress can read the embedded paths of imported images–most design applications are capable of that. Not so common, though, is a desktop publishing application having the ability to create and edit simple paths. QuarkXPress’ Clipping feature makes this possible. How QuarkXPress […]

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dot-font: Design in a Bind

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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Out of Gamut: Why Is Color

If you liked whiling away the study hours during your college years thinking about whether or not the chair that supported you might really exist, you’ll love contemplating the nature of color: In a very real sense, color is all in our heads. But there are tangible, concrete payoffs to understanding a little color theory, […]

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Inside Web Design: Surveying Your Viewers to Add Interactivity to Your Site

Applications: FTP application, any HTML editor Operating Systems: Macintosh, Windows Though we often tend to think of our Web sites as relatively static, there are a number of things you can do to make them more active, even inviting to your viewers–things that allow them to participate in your site. Among these options, none are […]

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