Boldly Spread Peace with our Free Font Friday Pick
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“A peaceful free font for a better world.” That’s how the designers of Peace Sans describe this free font. Designer Sergey Ryadovoy and Art Director Ivan Gladkikh created a font with beautiful, bold curves that makes its presence felt. It’s...
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A Designer’s Take on Print as a “More Precious Thing”
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If you subscribe to the signaling theory of marketing, you realize that your actions as a brand speak volumes about your business. “Almost every element of marketing sends a signal,” writes Patrick Strother of Strother Communications Group. “If you simply...
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Google Decreed, and a Third of News Publishers Now Have No Viable Paywall
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It’s been not quite a week since Google basically demolished publisher paywall models by “closing a loophole” that allows publishers to see when site visitors are using an incognito browser. They gave publishers a two-week notice last month, and the...
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Finally, a Quorum at the USPS Board of Governors
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It’s happened, for the first time in almost five years. The Postal Service has enough members on its Board of Governors to reach a quorum. And that’s good news for an organization badly in need of urgent reform. According to...
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Do Digital Brands Need Catalogs? We Can Stop Asking that Question Now
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For brands that use social media and other online sales funnels, the actual products or services they are promoting is just the tip of the iceberg, according to Sarah S writing for Hansel Group Marketing. “What you’re actually day-trading on...
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Minimalism Meets Strength in this Week’s Free Fonts
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Strength and clarity. That’s the overriding impression we get from this week’s free fonts. First up is Metropolis, a modern, geometric sans serif typeface that stands firm. Designed by Chris Simpson, it’s a minimalist font that’s missing nothing in the...
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David vs. Goliath in the Magazine Industry … Our Money’s on the Niche
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The swing to niche continues in the magazine industry, as smaller, interest-based magazines find passionate, like-minded readers. And according to James Somerton writing in Innova, there are some key reasons why niche is the new normal. “One of the biggest...
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