October: Fonts & Typography
All through October the topic is once again about fonts and typography; as the Fall Fonts Festival continues! Read about the favorites from September and October's posts where DT&G readers talk about typography.
Fall Fonts Festival
... as we continue our quest for fonts and typography, I've updated the Festival pages and added a whole pile of new fonts and font links to the Loading Dock. (If you don't know the address, ask for it.)
* Join me now, as I visit new faces and new places on the typography trail... P22 Foundry Anniversary, and TypeCo Foundry... the fabulous sights of the Letterheads and Chank foundries
Feature: Typography Masters
Read about the Bitstream OpenFonts collection featuring "Charter" font, then read our tribute to Charter's creator, and the creator of the very font you are now reading
... Matthew Carter
Field Trip: Urban Typography
Kenn Munk designs wonderfully different fonts and dingbats, some of which are inspired by urban typography. Travel to his neighbourhood, Frederiksbjerg Denmark, for an insightful visit with typography of bygone days; urban typography in . . .
My Type of Hood!
Autumn: "Rusting in the Rain"
P22 releases a nice new font set inspired by Rod McKuen's latest works, and throws in some fresh drawings (ding-bats) and even some MP3 tunes to sweeten the deal...
... P22 Stanyan Autumn
From Ancient Mexico to Durer to the '50s
Visit four new font sets, totalling more than 24 individual faces covering history from ancient Mexican relics, through Durer, into Art Deco and through to the '50s -- it's a fun romp with some rather unique twists and turns you don't want to miss... P22 October Fonts
Design From the Edge
OCTOBER FALL FONTS FESTIVAL WINNERS
We had some wonderful input during September and October -- so many to chose from -- Melissa shares her favorite "Books to avoid 'bad' type"; Donna says "Type should enhance the sentiment"; Mike writes about "New opportunities for fonts under OS X"; Martha shares her favorites from the "Font Fairy" and four others land in the winners' circle! Read them all in the Creative Networking Department
NOVEMBER Contest: "Designing the Holidays"
How do YOU design for the holidays? Have you seen any Fantastic Folds for Greeting Cards? Can you share any Unique and creative holiday promotions? What's the most memorable greeting card you've received? Answer any of those questions at our PRIZE REGISTRATION PAGE and you could get your comments published and be a lucky prize winner!
Identity Theft: Bad people on the web...
There's a new style of "phishing" in your email box, alerting you that someone has inquired about you... beware of this New Email Threat
&ELSE News & Views
See this month's newsletter including: Photoshop: Need a new face? * Photoshop: Rounded Fading Mask * Mailbag: Reaching Shareware Authors * Mailbag: Photoshop 10 Book? * Contact: Relaxing Design Job Available * Resource: CDs, DVDs and game discs repair service * (WIN) Photo Help: Anti Red Eye Shareware * (WIN) Batch Converting Images * (Mac) GraphicConverter Gets Better * Biz: How to implement e-business solutions * Final Question: Bequeathing a Website * NOVEMBER: "Designing the Holidays" and more: October news, resources shareware and contacts
New Photoshop Tutorials
Fake Circular Text for PS 6/7 * Save for Web * Image Viewing & Navigating * Painting Basics * Choosing Color * Using Texturizer Filter * Using Sharpen and Gaussian Blur Filters * Using History palette in Photoshop * How to minimize overexposed areas from electronic flash too close to subject * Weighted Optimization * Save As in Actions * Optimizing Image in ImageReady * Equalizing Tone * Unsharp Mask * Replace Color * Color Corrections with Hue/Saturation by Andrei Doubrovski and others... all in the Photoshop 911 Resource Department
Got Photoshop Questions? Who do you call?
Last month we opened the doors of Photoshop 911's new blog. Now you can comment on posts, and even lend a helping hand where needed... who do you call? Photoshop 911
Recent Photoshop FAQs
- Fading Photos - Use Feathering or Layer Masks
- Grid Patterns over Photos - Multi colored, grid over art - painstaking process
- Pen Tool in Photoshop CS - Why can't you draw an "Open" path
- Photoshop and Error 39 - NOT Photoshop!/li>
- Automating the Healing Brush - lots and lots of dust spots
- Burned Holes in Photoshop
- Help recall Filter Settings... Reapplying filter effects
- PS Bevels by hand
- PS helps Faded Photo two scans?
- Making round corner rectangles in Photoshop
- Hot spots in photo (Flash Burn)
- Adding Fill Flash in Photoshop
- Removing Date Stamps from Photos
- Mismatched resolution causes problems
- Making round corner rectangles in Photoshop
- Get Rid of White Backgrounds? Classic question!
- Aging Photos: What would they look like today?
- Custom Gradients? break out of the defaults
- Annoying Gray Boxes? Careful what you click
- Selecting Wrong Colors? Eyedropper Spread Trick
&Else News & Reviews
... including: watch for the newsletter next week, along with all the news and happenings in the wonderful world of graphic design, typography and graphics.
Previously:
- Photoshop: For Right Brainers
- Photoshop: Rusty Type
- LA Art Scene: Snap To Grid
- Feature: Patriotic Art & Design Survey
- Design: Airman Magazine Patriotic Design
- Editor's Choice: Deke McClelland One on One
- Photoshop Tutorial: Displacement Maps
- Designing Women: Designing Words
- Glitter Guru Suzette Troche on Beauty Retouching
- Editor's Choice: The Logo, Font & Lettering Bible
- 60-Seconds: #168 Ethics in Digital Photography
- & Photographic: Digital Photo Tips
- Freeware: Digital photo management program
- Commentary: Get A Design Buddy!
- Tutorial: Photoshop or Elements Feathering
- Designing Women: Carey Jones Balance of Design!
- Critique: Tomato Cages.com
- Digital Photography: living photography
- Community: Designers talk about "Getting Creative Ideas"
- Interview: Master Illustrator: Jon C. Lund
- 60 Second Window #167: Creative Juices
- Web Critique: An American Idol Web Site Gone Bad?
- Web Design: The Delicate Art of Web Design Critique
- Photography: A glass of water to quench your thirst...
- Software Review: The Proposal Kit
- Software Review: Wildform FX Pro
- Photoshop Tutorial: Quick, Easy Photo Montage
- Photoshop Tutorial: Photoshop Pixels to Pencil Drawings
- Shoot-out: Photoshop or Elements? Which is best?
- Web Design: Seven Steps to Return On Design
- Web Critique: Joyce Evans Sweetens Sweet Deco
- Web Critique: 9th Street Rag
- Web Critique: Doctors' Support Net
- Web Critique: Rolling Meadow Kennels & Canine Training
- Community: Designers talk about Color
- Photography: Bruce Duncan asks Why Black & White?
- Interview: Cynthia Baron, designing a digital portfolio
- Interview: Melissa Mason is Designless in Seattle
- Designing Women: Catherine Morley's Katz Design Group
- Designing Women: Sandy Wright, Lyric Marketing & Design
- Designing Women: Gina Geick, GAWD Productions
- Field Trip: Creative Latitude
- History Lesson: The Famous Names in Typography
- 60-Seconds: Avoiding New Spam Traps
- Bookshelf: Design: Best "Beginner" Design Books
- Cary Lu talks about Computing's Holy Wars
- James Redelfs: Personal Computer Software and Ethics
Photoshop 911 Call Reports
Here comes this month's batch of reports from the Photoshop 911 call line. The most interesting is how one user solves the problem of removing the background from multiple shots of a rotating product for a 3D video... there are seven others, and you'll want to read them all:In the Photoshop 911 FAQ department
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