How to type feet and inch marks and then use GREP styles to automatically format them as prime and double prime characters.
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Pros: Selections are more precise. Interface is more streamlined. Effects look like they were created by hand, not by computer. Cons: As in previous versions, Snap Art does not work with CMYK images, only RGB. Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Some of Alien Skin’s most inspiring products have been its artistic filters for Photoshop. The […]
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You may not have realized that InDesign can auto-correct words as you type them. That feature has been around for years, but you have to turn it on by going to Edit > Preferences > Autorrect (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Autorrect (Mac) and checking “Enable autocorrect”. The keyboards shortcut is Ctrl/Cmd-K. InDesign’s auto-correct […]
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A speedball is a pen you dip in ink and use primarily for lettering. It was invented by Ross F. George, of Seattle, who also wrote and illustrated the booklet I scanned for today’s column. The booklet is titled “Elementary Alphabets and Their Construction.” George’s idea for a new type of pen nib grew out […]
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Nikon introduced six CoolPix cameras. While they’re all compact cameras, these point and shoots are nonetheless distinct from each other. For example, the company says that the 10.1-megapixel Nikon CoolPix P7100 delivers image quality so high that pros who don’t feel like toting their digital SLRs will be happy with their P7100 photos. The P7100 […]
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Maybe you want to apply a standard fix to a batch of photos you’re importing into Adobe Lightroom. Or perhaps you’re looking for effects that mimic toy cameras or old film, or that add a cool color. You may just want a really quick—but good-looking—way to convert color to black and white. If any of […]
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Markzware has upgraded Q2ID, a plug-in that converts QuarkXPress files to InDesign documents. Q2ID version 5.5 can now handle files created in QuarkXPress 9, as well as earlier versions of QuarkXPress. The Q2ID version 5.5 plug-in runs in InDesign CS5.5. Q2ID is also available with QuarkXPress 9 support for InDesign CS4 and CS5. The plug-in […]
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My “Marrying Types” series looks at which typefaces blend well with which others and why. But in the mix-and-match debate, it’s easy to overlook the innumerable collections of faces that were designed from the get-go to work together: typeface families. So let’s consider a singularly successful single-family effort, Marjorie Spiegelman’s original design for Macworld magazine […]
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Monotype Imaging has updated its font manager for the desktop and servers. The new versions are FontExplorer X Pro 3.1 for Macintosh, 2.3 for Windows and FontExplorer X Server 1.6. FontExplorer X Pro 3.1 can now run in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). The update also includes support for a full-screen mode and introduces a […]
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