99 Free Valentine’s Day Fonts
Designorati romanced every free font resource, sampled every heart-shaped box of chocolatey, type treats, and arranged this bouquet of 99 ways to type "I love you."
Company Marks 10-Year Milestone with Limited Edition Anniversary Book
Devastating news for the design world: After 55 years in publication, I.D. Magazine, America’s foremost design publication, has folded.
I.D. was the oldest design magazine in the country, and was the one-time employer of many noteworthy figures, including Bruce Mau. Its yearly design competition, the Annual Design Review, was the oldest and biggest design competition in America, and had been operating ever since I.D.‘s inception. The competition was also the magazine’s cash cow; F&W, I.D.‘s publisher, plans on continuing the event and publishing the results online.
Read more on Design Icon I.D. Magazine Folds After 55 Years in Print…
Nielsen Business Media today announced an agreement to sell to e5 Global Media Holdings, LLC, a new company formed jointly by Pluribus Capital Management and Guggenheim Partners, eight brands in the Media and Entertainment Group, including Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, The Clio Awards, Backstage, Billboard, Film Journal International and The Hollywood Reporter. Simultaneously Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews will be discontinued.
Read more on Nielsen Sells Adweek, Billboard; Folds Editor & Publisher…
3D Projection on Buildings. New Art? New Advertising?
Is ultra-realistic, high-powered 3D projection of animations and messages the future of advertising?
The Only Way to Prevent Fragmentation–Before it Happens
PRESS RELEASE BURBANK, CA, November 18, 2009 –Diskeeper Corporation launched today Diskeeper® 2010 performance software–the only product available today that actually prevents fragmentation before it happens. Utilizing a new revolutionary technology called IntelliWrite™, Diskeeper 2010 intelligently writes files to the disk to prevent up to 85 percent of fragmentation from occurring. Coupled with Diskeeper software’s superior defragmentation technology, Diskeeper 2010 delivers a complete performance solution for every Windows system at every site, and goes far beyond what defragmentation alone can achieve.
In addition to all the wonderful things in our lives to be thankful for this season—loved ones, health, happiness, and Designorati—we thought you might also like to give thanks for some free* Thansgiving fonts.
300+ Free Halloween Fonts

In honor of this year’s annual fright night, Designorati scoured the globe, peeking into every dark corner, every creepy closet, and under the bed for free Halloween fonts–living or dead. We found over 300 Halloween and Halloween-inspired fonts–and they’re all free!
Are You Helvetica, Cooper Black, Futura, Frutiger, Gill Sans, Avant Garde; white on black, black on white...?
Adobe Technology Integrated into HP Print-on-Demand Platform
Creatively designed and decorated mailboxes around the world serve as offbeat inspiration.
That’s what Gizmodo reports. The venerable gadget blog reports that a previously reliable source claimed:
Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy Apple when the inevitable news comes later this spring.
Read more on Macworld Cancelled Due to Steve Jobs’ Declining Health?…
- A Charlie Brown Ad Agency
Laugh at yourself with this hilarious send up of the advertising business via a spoof on "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
- Save the World with Typography!
World's first environmentally friendly font released for free download.
- Ford Threatens Suit Against Ford-Enthusiast Websites
In one of the most astonishingly blatant shoot-yourself-in-the-foot moves, Ford Motor Company is reportedly threatening suit against Ford-enthusiast Websites unless they cease all use of Ford trademarks in domain names, banners, signs, and merchandise, as well as pay $5,000 US resitution to the near bankrupt Ford by 19 December 2008.
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping
Milestone Release Radically Improves Creative Workflow Efficiency; Redefines Collaboration Between Designers and Developers
- What I’ve Learned from Emptying My Dishwasher
Bruce Colthart is a creative with a morning ritual. one that plays a vital role in Bruce’s work and day. And he’s not alone. What’s your dishwasher? What have you discovered about yourself doing low-concentration chores?
- SoftCare has Turned Into vjoon
The Hamburg-based developer showed its publishing platform K4 6.0, designed for Adobe CS4, at its 4th International User Conference. The first public presentation will take place at IFRA Expo in Amsterdam.
New Spring 2009 Colors Debut; Download Exclusive Swatches Palette
As New York Fashion Week begins, Pantone once again releases the 10 hottest colors for the upcoming season. Download exclusive ready-to-use palettes of the Spring 2009 colors.
Notice to Public Relations Firms
New Designorati.com policy is fair warning to public relations firms too ignorant, lazy, or greedy to do their jobs.
autofillPDF-Labels 1.0, Productivity Shortcut for Printing Labels/Business Cards in seconds
Worldlabel.com has released autofillPDF-labels, a collection of templates for printing labels.
11 Ways to Cartoonize Yourself
Looking for a new forums or Twitter avatar? Ever wondered what you'd look like on "SouthPark" or "the Simpsons"? We've got links to 11 different free cartoon you styles.
- Starbucks to Close 600+ Stores
Starbucks today announced that it will be closing more than 600 stores in the United States during the remainder of fiscal 2008 and the first half of fiscal 2009.
Pariah S. Burke (yours truly) is an avid coffee drinker residing in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. Mr. Burke reportedly drinks upwards of six cups of coffee per day while working as a freelance software industry consultant, writer, and publisher; he drinks even more, he says, on his annual day off. According to the Starbucks.com’s store locator, there are no fewer than 10 separate, company operated Starbucks stores within a 1 minute drive of Mr. Burke’s home.
- Designing Responsibly, Sustainably
Designers sign pact to be environmentally and socially responsible.
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