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Understanding Web Design, Hand Coding, and WYSIWYG

Web Design is very intimidating for quite a few people. For just over two decades it’s been the domain of the tech savvy and coding elite. Today having an online presence is essential for business, marketing, or developing a personal brand, and the ability to build a good website often holds people back. Not everyone […]

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Sharpen Color Awareness with Fun Vision Test

I don’t know anyone who actually enjoys taking tests. Heck, even the eye doctor’s exam gives me sweaty palms. I recently stumbled upon a little color vision test that adds a little gaming excitement while testing your ocular acuity—and you won’t end up being told you need bifocals. It’s dubbed simply “Vision Test,” from a […]

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TypeTalk: The Ins and Outs of F-ligatures

F-ligatures are special characters found in just about every professional font. A ligature is two or more characters that are combined to form a single glyph. Ligatures fall into two categories: standard and discretionary. Standard ligatures are designed to solve the problem of neighboring characters that either collide or combine in unattractive ways. Discretionary ligatures […]

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Adobe Unleashes Creative Cloud 2015

This week (June 15) Adobe unleashed the latest version of Creative Cloud: Adobe CC 2015. This has been a much anticipated release for many designers and other creative professionals! There have been some substantial updates to many of the Adobe Applications, but also some completely new products and services have been introduced as well, such […]

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Where Did DPS Go in CC 2015?

With every new version of InDesign, features large and small are added. But occasionally features are removed as well. Anyone seen the Position Tool or the Navigator panel recently? I didn’t think so. Another case in point: InDesign CC 2015 does not (yet?) support DPS—that’s the old DPS, aka the Digital Publishing Suite. Don’t believe […]

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Fixing Text Indent Problems in Rounded Corner Frames in InDesign

This article appeared in Issue 74 of InDesign Magazine. Q. There’s something wrong with one of my text frames. The first line is slightly indented when it should align with the rest of the paragraph. I’ve checked and double-checked, but the first-line indent is set to 0. And I’ve looked all over and there is no text […]

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