August, 2010 | CreativePro Network

New Typeface Design Program Is Unique In the United States

Press Release David Greenstein, Ph.D, director of continuing education and public programs at The Cooper Union, announced the introduction of a pioneering certificate program in typeface design, a first of its kind in the United States. The Department of Continuing Education at The Cooper Union, in conjunction with the Type Directors Club (TDC), will provide […]

InDesign CS5 Users, Download this Update

This update provides key fixes in the areas of Document handling, Export Graphics, Text, UI, PDF Export, and Architecture. Please see below for more details. Resolved issues This section provides a list of the resolved technical problems included as part of the InDesign CS5 7.0.2 update. Note that these issues are stated as the original […]

For Sharpie Lovers Who Like to Change Their Minds

The Sharpie blog (yes, there’s a Sharpie blog) recently announced a major change in the world of Sharpie markers — soon, they’ll be erasable! The new erasable Sharpie Liquid Pencil will be available in stores September 2010. The blog makes these claims for the new pen: * Writes as smooth as a pen * Erases […]

The scope of InDesign styles

Having trouble making sense of how Paragraph, Character, Object, Table and Cell styles function and interact in InDesign? This may help!

Making Relative Hyperlinks to Files in InDesign

When exporting an interactive SWF file, which hyperlink feature you use makes a difference

10 Typefaces from the '80s

Typefaces go in and out of style, and except for a handful of perennial favorites, most are destined to fade into the shadows after their day in the sun. It’s not that no one uses them anymore, but they cease to be household faces, so to speak. I’d like to nominate some of those faces […]

New Rights-Managed Image Library Launches

Press Release Pixelvan, a boutique image library, representing many of the cream of Australian and New Zealand photographers, was launched today. Announcing the launch, Pixelvan’s co-founder John Maynard said “This is no ordinary photographic library. The photographer’s we represent don’t fit the mold of the normal stock shooter. They are creative, talented professional photographers, who […]

iStockphoto Redesigns; Discounts Photos

Press Release iStockphoto unveiled a redesigned version of the world’s most popular stock multimedia marketplace, www.istockphoto.com. The new site offers a clean, contemporary look and feel, and reflects more than a year of customer-focused usability research and design. The new site was built using an innovative back-end architecture laying the framework for several future enhancements […]