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Archive: 2007 July
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Campaign Bumper Sticker Wisdom 2008
The 2008 US Presidential campaign bumper stickers as a Rohrschach test
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Fireworks CS3 Is Looking For Its Niche
When Adobe purchased Macromedia, the industry knew some applications would live and some would die. This is the story of one that stayed alive.
We’ve seen big changes in the graphic and web design industry thanks to Adobe’s acquisition of Macromedia:
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Photoshop CS2/CS3 and Flash Updates Address Security Threat
The updates, recommended for all users, prevent injection of malicious code
Adobe have announced the release of patches intended to safeguard users from recently-identified vulnerabilities in Photoshop CS2/CS3 and Adobe Flash Player.
Read more on Photoshop CS2/CS3 and Flash Updates Address Security Threat…
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Font of the Month: 10,116-pt. Times Fraktur
Pentagram designs an innovative sign which cleverly conforms with NYC design codes
The New York Times had a problem: how to mount signage on its new NYC headquarters building while integrating it successfully with the new building’s physical design and staying within city sign codes.
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Linotype Updates FontExplorer X for Mac OSX-With CS3 Support
Version 1.2 release includes plugins for activating fonts in InDesign and Illustrator CS3
Linotype has updated FontExplorer X for Mac OS X, releasing its version 1.2 today.
The update includes a basketful of improvments and additions, including:
Read more on Linotype Updates FontExplorer X for Mac OSX-With CS3 Support…
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Mossberg: iPhone due Adobe Flash Plugin
iPhone doesn’t do flash now, but will soon, says tech pundit
One of the most notable shortfalls currently in Apple’s epochal iPhone is the inability to handle some content, particularly Flash-based. This can be expected soon to change, says respected tech pundit Walter Mossberg, in a Q & A posting on his blog “All Things Digital”:
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Presenting The Mugs Of Pantone
Unique gift not quite as good as a swatch book–sadly, unavailable stateside
A range of Pantone-swatch-themed drink mugs, offered by British gift house W2 (photo copyright W2)And here we have the ideal gift for the designer, the color-obsessed, Pantone fans, or anyone fond of designers.
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Typographic Fairy Delights and Educates
An unusual book, The Serif Fairy is a sweet trip through typographic fantasy lands
Pity the poor Serif Fairy. She has a problem, you see; she’s lost her left wing, and it’s not just that she can’t fly without a matched set; that left one, why, that’s the one she does magic with!
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Upcoming Books on the Waldseemüller Map
Two upcoming volumes promise to open up “America’s Birth Certificate” to a mass audience
The Waldseemüller Map, a world map drawn and first published in 1507, is the map credited with not merely integrating into the cartographic knowledge store the continents at the western edge of the Atlantic Ocean but dubbing them with the name we use today for them: “America”. Two upcoming books aim to explore Waldseemüller even more deeply, coincident to the U.S. Library of Congress’s acquisition of the world-famous map.
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Three Lightroom Books By Evening, Kelby & Sheppard
Lightroom's public beta made it one of the most written-about 1.0 releases in history, and now that it's a full-fledged product there are many books out there on it. Here's a comparison of three, written by some of the best names in the business.
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A program called a keygen will let you use Photoshop CS3 for free–and also turn your production machine into an IRC-botnet zombie.
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Acrobat-FedEx Kinko’s Link Not So Popular with In-Plant Professionals
Printing pros orgs worry about business going elsewhere
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Life, Death, and Garbage Collecting
If you are reading this as someone thinking of a career choice, about getting into design or creativity professionally, hopefully this story will inspire you to follow your dream.
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