August 2020 - Freeport Press

28 August 202028 August 2020|design

Design can be yummy … and this week we bring you two free fonts that will have you dreaming of foodie blogs and cookbook covers. Tahu! is first, a beautifully done script from Indonesian designer Syaf Rizal. It has a...

What Writer’s Digest Can Teach Us All About Readers

27 August 202026 August 2021|Magazine, Print

Writer’s Digest, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, is thriving. “Its secret is a resilience combined with a genuine desire among the team to inspire, educate and connect writers, as cited in the Writer’s Digest’s media kit,” writes Mary Hogarth...

2020 Stressing You Out? Maybe Read a Book

27 August 202009 November 2021|Print

Want an IQ boost? Read a book.Need to build empathy? Read a book.Stressed out by … everything? Read a book.Reading in print, according to this post in Paper & Packaging, has tremendous benefits beyond simply being entertaining and relaxing.“Committing part...

Why Brands Need the Post Office to Function

26 August 202026 August 2020|USPS

Your business sends out a marketing piece. Would you rather get a 9% response rate, or a 1%? It’s not a trick question; it’s an honest look at the difference in response rates between direct mail (9%) and email, paid...

IKEA 2021 Takes a Dive into the Gaming World

25 August 202025 August 2020|Catalog, Print

The lines between the gaming world and retail sales are blurring… in the most delightful way. IKEA, long known for their fantastically creative approach to their annual catalog, has partnered with the makers of Nintendo game Animal Crossing: New Horizons...

New Literary Magazine INQUE to Get Inked

25 August 202025 August 2020|Magazine, Print

Dan Crowe and Matt Willey both have extensive experience in magazines. And they both have a love of the long, literary read that is so suited to print. So when the two of them teamed up to launch INQUE Magazine,...

Not Just a Free Font, It’s an Ear Virus

21 August 202009 November 2021|design

This week’s first free font put a wicked ear virus in my brain. (Watch the video; you’re welcome... Big Bad John...) Aside from that, it also packs some big design choices.Big John PRO is a free typeface from Ionyc Type...

An Internet Minute, Pandemic Style

19 August 202019 August 2020|Digital

As our economy… and our collective patience with this pandemic… both shrink, there’s one thing that’s expanding at an enormous rate. “In an increasingly digital world intensified by the outbreak of COVID-19, 2020 has introduced a new era where technology...

Google Posts First-Ever Revenue Decline

19 August 202019 August 2020|Digital

There’s a glitch in the matrix, folks. Google, that behemoth of ad revenues, forecast a fairly steep drop in projected revenues from their March 2020 predictions. Principal analyst Nicole Perrin of eMarketer and Insider Intelligence’s Eric Haggstrom were recently interviewed...

When Their Local Paper Closed, These Journalists Got Busy

19 August 202026 August 2021|News

Local news is facing a crisis… at a time when trusted coverage of the events in this country and our world is more critical than ever. Local libraries have been stepping into the breach, with projects like the four-page weekly...

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