Archive: 2007 December

The Cintiq tablet/monitor by Wacom has been around for a long time but has been more of a status symbol for illustrators with scads of money—until now, with a sub-$1,000 Cintiq just released.

2007-Dec-25 | Jeremy Schultz | Filed: News | Photoshop

Scott Kelby is a prolific writer and his books are predictable sometimes, but his newest book is different and offers a system that's great for getting the most out of photography.

2007-Dec-25 | Jeremy Schultz | Filed: Photoshop | Reviews | TOP STORIES

Portland logo designer's book illustrates ins and outs of brand rethinks in format that pleases both the logo maven and at least a few members of the public at large

2007-Dec-20 | Samuel John Klein | Filed: Features | Graphic Design | News | Reviews | TOP STORIES

ThinkSecret.com, an Apple rumor Web site, has settled the lawsuit Apple had brought against it—and will not publish anymore.

2007-Dec-20 | Jeremy Schultz | Filed: Creative Culture | News

If you often work with eBay product images or ad photos that need their backgrounds cut out, Bling! It can be a very useful tool.

2007-Dec-18 | Jeremy Schultz | Filed: Photoshop | Reviews | TOP STORIES

O'Reilly's new Fonts & Encodings book is a behemoth, covering all technical aspects of fonts and font encoding. Not only that, but its chapter on fonts and webpages is thorough and illuminating.

2007-Dec-18 | Jeremy Schultz | Filed: TOP STORIES | Tutorials | Typography | Web Design

If you haven't heard the latest Adobe news, here's a recap.

2007-Dec-18 | Jeremy Schultz | Filed: Creative Culture | News

Simple typographic artistic neighborhood posters entertain the eye and the mind.

2007-Dec-13 | Samuel John Klein | Filed: Cartography | News | Typography

Contributor Jeff Marshall sends along this example of a party for the eyes, proving, sometimes, too much is indeed more than enough:

All those type sizes! All those colors! I was still drowsy from sleep when I looked at that; that scene of the two all-fruit fruit juice nugget factory workers fleeing in terror from the explosion at the factory cleared that up. I just hope they made it out okay. Reuters, are you on this one?

Read more on The Gallery Of Regrettable Type: We’ll Pass On This Party…

2007-Dec-12 | Samuel John Klein | Filed: Features | Typography

This text ain't big enough for both of us

2007-Dec-11 | Samuel John Klein | Filed: Features | Typography