April is brought to you by the letter A

NO ONE KNOWS WHY  ‘A’ is the first letter of the alphabet. Allan Haley brings you…

Modern Day: Synthesis, Sans, Serif and Grunge Type

 The conclusion to our History of Typography covers the latest ‘synthesis’ fonts, as well as some…

Transitional & Modern Type Families

 Now we continue with the Transitional genre of typography, so-called because of its intermediate position between…

Sans Serif: Gothic and Grotesque

Why do they call Sans Serif fonts ‘Grotesque’ or ‘Gothic’ ? Find out and meet some…

Slab Serif: Egyptian Type Styles

 Continuing the history of typography we now discover many sans serif type faces and how they…

Slidium: The easiest way to create markdown presentations

Slidium 1.0.2, an important update to the popular full-featured presentation tool for macOS. Slidium is the…

A Brief History of Typography

This wonderful account, authored in 2005 by Thomas W. Phinney now comes to DTG readers with…

Graphic Design: Designers discuss How to calculate charges? Hourly or Flat Rate?

As a graphic designer or creative specialist, whether employed, or freelance, how do you charge for…

The Gestalt Principles of Design : the most important lesson for all designers

Bridget Haina, accomplished design educator discusses the Gestalt Principles of Design. For more than a century,…

Designing Logos : what really endures as good logo design?

Everyone and their brother seems to a logo designer and logo design expert these days, no…