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16 Top Useful iPhone Apps for Graphic Designers

March 15, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

When you are in transit, at a meeting, or at lunch, having your iPhone with you affords you a chance to get some graphic design work done when away from your computer. These 16 useful apps for graphic designers will help you learn, organize, brainstorm, or research different aspects of your design work. As a bonus, most of these apps inspire creativity all by themselves. Kudos to the developers! … [Read More]

Font Combinations App just released to iTunes Store

March 12, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

We are excited to have our first app be published in the iTunes Store. It’s a simple app called Font Combinations that lets you see how different header and body fonts relate to each other with a simple swipe. So many fonts, so little time!

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How to try fonts online

February 24, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

Many people don’t know how great the font tryout tools are over at MyFonts.com. Here is a quick tutorial to show you just how easy it is to take a typeface or font for a spin, changing it’s size, kerning, and even sampling its extras like ligatures and fractions. It takes about 1 minute to drill down to exactly what you are looking for and start experimenting. … [Read More]

Smilevetica – the younger, happier little brother of Helvetica

February 22, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

What would Helvetica look like if it wasn’t so perfectly stoic, so absolutely neutral? Perhaps it would look like “Smilevetica“, if it took a positive outlook on life. Helvetica, Helvetica, why so serious all the time? Have a chat with Smilevetica and brighten up! … [Read More]

What does Google “suggest” about Graphic Designers?

February 19, 2010 by Douglas Bonneville

I’ve seen a lot of humorous posts lately about the very random things Google Suggest will come up with when trying to read your mind. So what does Google “suggest” about graphic design related topics? I plugged in some terms for some entertaining, informative, and unintentionally funny results. Enjoy! … [Read More]