The Perfect Free Font to Go Big and Take Home
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Need to go big, with posters, magazine covers or other large-size projects? Inspired by Garamond legacy, Cormorant is a display font by Christian Thalmann that has been optimized for high resolution and large sizes. With its razor sharp serifs and smooth...
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The Colors of Life Turned into Pantone Art
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If my mother ever met Italian graphic designer Andrew Antoni, I believe she would enjoy some of these beautiful destinations. “Italian graphic designer Andrea Antoni searches the world for Pantone colors, reminding us to embrace the colorful nature of our...
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“Easy” is not a Good Measuring Stick for Effective Marketing
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“Don’t let the lack of time or the boundaries of a comfort zone completely dictate your marketing strategy.” This solid advice comes from Victor Clarke of Clarke Print | Web | Digital. After all, since when is fast, cheap and...
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Trust, Quality and Magazines’ Saving Grace
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Dorothy Kalins has seen a thing or two in her successful 20+ years in the magazine business. The former executive editor at Newsweek, and now founding editor of Saveur, she’s seen a massive change in the industry.Yet during all the...
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Why 100% Paper Recycling Will Never Happen
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“Today, paper is the most recycled material on the planet,” explains this post from the Domtar Newsroom,” and despite already reaching record high levels, the push is on to reach the maximum practical paper recovery rate of 80 percent. Why...
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The One Thing Small Publishers Can’t Do on the Newsstand
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One industry analyst believes that those deep subscription discounts are bad news, especially for smaller publishers.As the always-intriguing D. Eadward Tree pointed out last summer, there’s one thing that most everybody gets wrong about the newsstand.“There are many reasons to...
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Chart of the Week: Magazine Ads are Most Liked of All Media
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Luxury brands know the score. So do big brands like Proctor & Gamble. And consumers have made their preference loud and clear with their massive adoption of ad blocking technology.Now Kantar Research is the latest source to confirm what is...
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A Little Whimsy, a Little Elegance for Free Font Friday
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We've got fancy fonts this week! Maybe it’s the warm spring weather, who knows, but we think you’ll like our two free font choices for this week. Athene is a traditional font with a Greek classical feel, designed by Matt Ellis from...
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Raise Your Hands for Type Revivalism in the Digital Age
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Traditionalists vs. modernists exist in just about every aspect of our culture. Their preferences and beliefs shape their work, their creativity and their careers, often with polarizing effect. This is evident in the world of font design, as this article...
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Is Amazon the Next Big Thing for Magazines?
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Amazon has been notoriously unfriendly to magazine publishers, with precious little in the way of magazines offered on the retail giant’s site outside of what’s offered digitally with their Prime membership. According to D. Eadward Tree, that could all be...
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