August, 2002 | CreativePro Network

dot-font: Trends in Type

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 […]

Macworld Review: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

The Mac OS X beta was a preview for hardcore fanatics. OS X 10.0 was not for the faint of heart. And OS X 10.1 was the first version of Apple’s new operating system that was ready for everyday use. So what should we make of OS X 10.2 — also known as Jaguar — […]

PageMaker How-To: Creating a Graphics Portfolio

by Katherine McCray and Suzanne Thomas 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. One aspect of a designer’s life that never seems to change is the constant need to update your portfolio. As if you’re not […]

Create and Collaborate: Adobe DesignTeam Brings Project Management Online

During the Internet boom, online collaboration tools and virtual workgroups were touted as strategic business tools. The Internet boom may be over, but the idea of using a Web site to view, markup, and transfer files between project collaborators still has real merit. Creative professionals have special need of collaboration tools, because they must juggle […]

Real World Tips for QuarkXPress 5: Web Colors

Excerpted from “Real World QuarkXPress 5” (Peachpit Press). Peachpit Press is offering this book at a discount to creativepro.com readers. Follow this link. Tip: Web-Safe Colors in Xpress In the “bad old days,” most people had 8-bit color monitors which could only display 256 colors at any one time, and colors would often get dithered […]

Draw On It: Corel’s Latest Graphics Suite Packs Powerful Punch

Over the years, the CorelDraw Graphics Suite has evolved into a powerhouse for graphic designers. Each version has seen changes in content as Corel continues to refine the product mix. Version 11 contains three major applications: CorelDraw, a premier illustration program; Corel Photo-Paint, a competent image editor, and Corel R.A.V.E (Rave), a basic Web-graphics-animation program. […]

The Art of Business: A Fresh Look at the King of Graphics Business Books

Jump on Amazon and type in the key words “graphic arts business” and 157 titles pop up. That’s a tall hill of books, including a few seminal titles that are favorites for good reason, such as the no-nonsense “Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers,” by Tad Crawford and Eva Doman Bruck, and the elegantly […]

Acrobat How-To: Compression Session

By creating compact Adobe PDF files that can be viewed and printed virtually anywhere, Adobe Acrobat 5.0 makes document exchange a simple process. To optimize the size of your Adobe PDF documents, Acrobat Distiller offers some choices for graphic, text, and image compression. But even more importantly, Acrobat 5.0 lets you create Adobe PDF files […]

Under the Desktop: The ABCs (and G) of Wi-Fi

About a year ago, I took a look at wireless networking for content creation shops and chronicled my experience installing broadband in my home office. Some readers took exception with my mostly negative assessment of Wi-Fi — the sobriquet for speedy wirework networking — feeling my criticisms of its cost, performance and security were a […]