Here Comes the Sun… and another Free Font Friday
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Everybody needs a little sunshine, so this week we bring you Sun Catcher, a freeform handwritten script font from Mr. Typeman. The casually elegant styling adds a bit of magical charm to your projects. The full version comes with uppercase,...
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What Would Happen if Targeted Ads Were Banned?
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Show of hands...Who here enjoys getting all that targeted digital advertising every time you go on a device? Anybody? Consumers have spoken, loudly and clearly, that the incessant targeting and retargeting is annoying at best, intrusive and disturbing at worst....
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Publishing During a Pandemic Part 4… The Human Connection
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My friend Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni has been running a fascinating series on publishing in a pandemic, highlighting the publishers who are hitting it out of the park. A week ago I shared his post about Meredith's current thought leadership...
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Publishers Warned to Be Helpful… or Prepare for the Worst
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“The most read ever.” That’s what The Guardian and the Financial Times are saying about articles they’ve been publishing around coronavirus. “Over the last few weeks, The Guardian’s daily digital traffic has been up by a half year-on-year,” writes John...
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What Successful Brands Know about Advertising in Tough Times
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All of us in the publishing industry learned a lot -- much of it the hard way -- during the Great Recession. And now it’s important to share what we’ve all learned with our customers, partners and advertisers. Today I...
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Keep Creating Beautiful Things with this week’s Free Fonts
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If you’re going to create something, make it as beautiful as you can. It’s good advice any time, and it’s absolutely critical now as we all search for a little spark of joy. This week, we bring two fonts that...
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Direct Mail during the Quarantine
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Amid the widespread slowdowns across the economic spectrum, there’s a potential bright spot in our industry that bears mentioning. “While all corners of the print industry have already been impacted by Covid-19, some sectors have seen less of a downturn...
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The Stimulus Package Includes Billions for the USPS … Here’s Why it Matters
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The $2 trillion dollar federal Cares Act helps workers, smaller businesses and industries survive the current pandemic. And the USPS is getting some relief as well, according to Al Root in Barron’s. “The government wants to ensure mail and packages...
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