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DT&G: Vol. 14, Number 10, October, 2004 ~ The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics   (since 1990)  

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

CarterRead 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 MunkKenn 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 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

Gary Dickson Gary Dickson from Epidemic Design provides some noteworthy observations regarding edge-designers, center-designers, their characteristics and their relationship to one another. He asks: "Would you rather 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

&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.

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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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