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A Free Font this Week that Won’t Let Go
08 June 2018|design
Sometimes a font just grabs you and compels you to read. If that’s the impact you’re after, try Chonburi by Thai design firm Cadson Demak.  It features a bold, stylish serif that leans toward the display category, making it great...
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What’s Print and Screen and Read All Over? This Week’s Free Fonts
01 June 2018|design
In projects where readability is paramount, it’s tempting to go with those familiar workhorse fonts  – Georgia, Helvetica, Open Sans, Verdana – they’re safe, if not entirely inspiring.  Next time, consider Source Serif Pro from Adobe.  The free family includes...
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Bold Meets Quirky in This Week’s Free Fonts
25 May 2018|design
This week we bring you two distinct fonts, each beautifully adapted to a specific purpose.First up is Chivo by designer Hecto Gatti of Omnibus-Type in Buenos Aires. A grotesque-style typeface with four different weights, it’s ideal when you want one...
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Let’s Give GQ a Hand for this One
25 May 2018|design, Magazine, Print
Seriously, this is the best thing I’ve seen all month. The new GQ cover features three A-list female comics in various states of ...  disarray. “To front its comedy-themed issue, the men's monthly lured Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae and Sarah...
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The Designer’s Guide to Navigating those Reality Checks
21 May 2018|design, Print
An art director offers his advice for dealing with the inevitable speed bumps on the journey from design idea to printed reality. We’ve all been there. We have a fantastic, knock-it-out-of-the-park, show-stopping, idea for the client’s next project, and they...
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A Free Font for Modern Professional Branding
19 May 2018|design
Too stuffy. Too casual. Too … meh.   Anyone who’s created business cards, resumes or personal branding campaigns knows the challenge of finding the right typeface. We might have an answer for you. This week we bring you Atzur by...
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Forma – The Failed Quest for a Universal Typeface
17 May 2018|design
Living in the age of speed-of-light technical progress, it’s hard to remember when innovation and change was slower … much slower. Yet businesses faced some of the same challenges we do now when they fail to adapt quickly enough, and...
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Got Headlines? Get Rakesly, One of This Week’s Free Fonts
11 May 2018|design
A few months back we presented a great font in the grotesque category, a design style that’s straight and uniform rather than inspired by calligraphy. This week, we’ve got another one for you. Rakesly by Typodermic Fonts Inc. is a...
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Celebrating 50 Years Since the Launch of Avant Garde
11 May 2018|design
It was 50 years ago that Herb Lubalin introduced Avant Garde to the world, at age 50. So it makes sense that the Herb Lubalin Study Center would honor the magazine on Day 50 of their 100 Years of Herb...
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One Space or Two … The Debate Rages 
10 May 2018|design, Editorial
One space or two after the period?  For some of us in the industry, this debate ranks right up there with other major life dilemmas like when to eat that avocado (right now), or whether to meet the employer match...
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