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You communicate to your audience in a variety of ways. We write about a variety of media formats and communication tools with an emphasis on print. We also cover paper and distribution, the USPS, social media, and more. We hope you’ll find enlightening posts that can enhance and educate you and your business.

This Week’s Free Fonts: Ostrich and Amble
Inline fonts – typefaces that contain a narrow stroke inside the thicker font body –...
5 Steps to Choosing the Perfect Fonts
Still guessing and hoping? Try this approach for finding just the right type for your...
ESPN’s Chin Wang Talks Magazine Design
ESPN’s creative designer explains why every story meeting should have a visual person at the...
Record Store Day Could Be a Real Goldmine
Music magazines, indie record stores, and a cover shot of a young Mick Jagger –...
P&G’s Brand Officer to Digital Ad Industry: Grow Up
Preach, Mr. Pritchard. As Chief Brand Officer of the huge multi-national Procter & Gamble brand,...
Popular Science Attempts to Reach the Scientifically Curious
When he stepped into his new role as Editor at Popular Science last summer, Joe...
Mailing Industry Up in Arms over the Ongoing USPS Rate Debacle 
Could this be the end of inflation-capped postal rate hikes? Many in the industry feel...
Travel Magazine Built Their Business on Trust
In 2004, South African publisher Media24 took a chance on a new bi-monthly publication call...
Inspirational Print in this Age of Fake News
The news media – long criticized and now much maligned – has one ace in...
Magazines Were Made For This Moment
While we consume enormous amounts of news, entertainment and social chatter online, one magazine industry...