Free Fonts for When You’re Really Got Something to Say
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Sometimes you’ve got something to say, and you want everybody to see it. For those occasions, you might consider Panton, a modern, geometric sans serif font family. With good legibility for both print and web, Panton includes light and black...
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Why Reading a Book Can Make Us More Human
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For a lot of us, our days start and end like this: scan a headline, maybe click the link, read a couple of lines, share it, tweet it, send it on its way. There; we’ve engaged with content and shared...
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Are You Putting Good Design into Your Content Marketing?
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“Everyone loves storytelling, so make your design be part of an unforgettable one.” That’s good advice from graphic designer and brand storyteller Jean Phillipe Stanway, writing on LinkedIn. With the massive popularity of content marketing, brands are getting good at...
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Apple Slamming the Lid Down on the Cookie Jar
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For consumers who use Apple’s Safari browser, expect to see a lot fewer ads this fall when the new version is released. According to George Slefo in AdAge, “Apple will purge all their [cookie] data after 24 hours. Previously, marketers...
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What Hearst’s Digital President May Have Gotten Wrong
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He’s been called Hearst’s great digital disruptor. “When Troy Young came to Hearst in 2013 from Say Media, he was faced with the challenge of building the magazine division’s digital arm, a task that entailed disrupting the foundation of the...
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How Highlights Magazine is Innovating with Digital Channels
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As a legacy brand, Highlights offers a solid example to publishers striving to remain vital to a modern audience. “It is a legacy brand, certainly, but it’s also a brand that believes in creativity and innovation, evolving perfectly with the...
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Behind the Lens as Monocle Turns 10
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I suppose a decade of growth is long enough to sufficiently silence the critics who called him crazy. Tyler Brûlé launched Monocle is 2007, probably one of the most challenging times on record for a brand to launch a print...
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What Journalists are Saying about Fake News
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Depending on who you talk to, you might think journalists are the problem. The charge of “fake news” rings out from all sides anytime a news media brand brings up a touchy point. With trust in the media at an...
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Going Gaga for Free Font Gogoia
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One look and you’re transported to the world of Ingrid Berman and Cary Grant’s version of Brazil, ala Hitchcock’s classic film Notorious. Gogoia is tall display typeface in all uppercase letters inspired by Brazilian culture. The free font includes a regular...
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Facebook Math…It Just Doesn’t Add Up
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According to some sketchy metrics from the good folks at Facebook, there are 300,000 invisible Swedes, and about 10 million Americans we can’t find... Let me explain. The Ad Contrarian has uncovered some ridiculousness in how Facebook describes its potential...
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