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DT&G:   Vol. 15, Number 9,   September, 2005   ~   The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics   (since 1990)  

September: Fall Fonts Festival

It's kind of hard to imagine we've had the festival for 11 years now! Many things change, but then many things stay the same. Be sure to read our reader's comments about type and typography. What have you got to say about fonts & type? Let us know!

Readers talk about Type & Typography

FontsThis month's topic brought some truly insightful and amusing commentary from the DTG and Design Cafe readers! We liked them all, and they all win a great prize. Enjoy... ... Fonts, Type & Typography

Feature: The Font or the Tale

Bayeux Font When the Bayeux font was first downloaded, it presented an intriguing puzzle. Who made it and why? Then we discovered it's an illustration font all about the Bayeux Tapestry, one of Europe's most treasured historic artifacts. Now you can relive the 1066 Battle of Hastings through three versions of the Bas Bayeux Font

11th Annual Fall Fonts Festival

Geko ... come along as we visit some rather special fonts from the archives of the Publishers' Warehouse... Civitype calligraphic font, just in time for the holidays; "Dance Craze" from Blue Vinyl Fonts; "Intimacy" from Emerald City Fontwerks; and two picture fonts "Fantastic Creatures" from Iconian Fonts and the very cool "Desk Space" font from Joan M. Mas. More coming throughout September and October! Fall Fonts Festival

September Photoshop Madness

photoshop madnessThis month's Photoshop Madness column includes * Photoshop Alzheimers - yes, it can afflict software too * Articles: Adobe Bridge & Camera Raw * Beauty Retouching in Photoshop * Tutorials: Change the Color of a Sunset * Hand Tinting * Several excellent PDF downloads for Photoshop users * Duotones Revisited * CS2 Up to Speed ... and others in this month's Photoshop Madness

InDesign CS2 Classroom in a Book

GeorgeAuthor and Macintosh technical expert George M Engel takes a look at the latest Classroom in a book from Adobe; the experts in the tradecraft of image editing and layout design -- InDesign CS2 - Classroom in a Book

Ten things to do with Photoshop CS2

Shaun Pearce ...that you couldn't do before! Yes, CS2 is a major upgrade and Shaun Pearce is back with another of his top ten lists -- this time Ten things you can do with Photoshop, but couldn't do before!

Book News for September

BooksHoliday Gift Giving is just around the corner... so, the Design Bookshelf presents a collection of articles, book excerpts and short reviews for the best new books... * Creating a Digital Family Album * Photoshop CS2 * Choosing and Using Spyware Blockers * Figuring Out How Cookies Work * A Draggable Dock * Alternative to Microsoft Office? * Upgrading to Tiger? * Repair your permissions! * Taking Unix Online... and more! Book News for September

Web Critique: The Beginner Site

critiqueIn this critique, Bennie tackles one of the most difficult types of sites to critique: the beginner's photo album site. Fred then steps back to look at the big picture and offers even more opportunities for Lori's first web site

Grab the Tiger by the Tail

Mac OS X Tiger Unleashed is not about cute pictures and cool sounds. This is a monumental book - the authors have seemingly left nothing about Tiger to the imagination.
Next: Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Tiger All in One by Robyn Ness, John Ray -- brings home the practical works of all the cool apps in Tiger! From video to DVD you'll know it all!

FALL FONTS FESTIVAL (Continues)

FontsWIN some of our valuable prizes by helping DT&G kick off the 11th Annual Fall Fonts Festival with everything to do with typography, type and fonts -- register by sharing your Favorite Freeware or Shareware font; Tip, trick, technique for modifying type; Favorite Fonts web site; or...

  • The thing you like BEST about typography
  • The thing you like LEAST about typography
  • Favorite type face (and why)
  • Most ugly type face (and why)
  • Favorite type or typography technique
  • Favorite type or typography book
  • Best use of fonts or type in a web site
  • Worst use of fonts or type in a web site
  • Then put your comments HERE and you're entered for prize drawings!

60-Seconds: White Washing Spam

FredI recently watched the NBC Dateline story about tracking porno spammers and really couldn't believe what I was seeing... and if that weren't enough, how about an adult magazine suing search engines for "finding" the magazine's web pages! Now, you've heard it all! #175: White Washing Spam

60-Seconds: Phishers with Sharp Weapons

The online crime known as Phishing has been getting worse and worse -- but now, the criminals have honed their phishing tools into a very pointed weapon and they're coming after education, corporate and government computer users... #176: Phishers with Sharp Weapons

Photoshop FAQ

A whole array of new "frequently asked questions" about Photoshop and Photoshop Elements have been loaded into the Tips & Tricks section. Many are from the Photoshop 911 Help Line. See the Adobe Photoshop FAQ

Don't forget to see all the Adobe Classroom Books for CS2!

&ELSE News & Views

See this month's newsletter including: White Washing Spam, Phishers with Sharp Weapons, EuroTypo Typography Training, What Designers and Clients want, Adobe CS2 Learning, Stock Layouts for CorelDRAW, Taking Spectacular Nighttime Photos, QuicKeys, BBEdit, Free Image Editor, Securing BlackBerry * Get un-banned from Google * Safe Eyes * a successful link exchange program and lots more ... & Else: News, resources shareware and contacts

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Got Photoshop Questions? Who do you call?

Visit Photoshop 911's blog -- now you can comment on posts, and even lend a helping hand where needed... who do you call?

See: recent Photoshop FAQs

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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