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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2012 | Smashing Magazine

11 Commentsby   |  11.01.12  |  Uncategorized

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2012 | Smashing Magazine.

BBC News – Do typefaces really matter?

0 Commentsby   |  07.21.10  |  Uncategorized

BBC News – Do typefaces really matter?.

Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified | Design Informer

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Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified | Design Informer.

Poyner Institute’s Color Project

0 Commentsby   |  04.13.10  |  Uncategorized

Color Project.

Magazines: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Brain Pickings

0 Commentsby   |  03.30.10  |  Uncategorized

Magazines: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Brain Pickings.

Comic Sans Appears in Wall Street Journal

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0 Commentsby   |  04.23.09  |  Uncategorized

The font, a casual script designed to look like comic-book lettering, is the bane of graphic designers, other aesthetes and Internet geeks. It is a punch line: “Comic Sans walks into a bar, bartender says, ‘We don’t serve your type.'” On social-messaging site Twitter, complaints about the font pop up every minute or two. An online comic strip shows a gang kicking and swearing at Mr. Connare.

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Magazine Design Help from Mike Wiggins

0 Commentsby   |  03.19.09  |  Uncategorized

Hey guys,

Recently Jeff Rogers, a graphic design alum, designed the March cover of Metropolis magazine. He was nice enough to upload all of the process materials to the drop below. He also recorded a 10 minute summary of the process aimed specifically at students. I always think it’s good for students to see the process behind work . If you think it would be helpful for your students feel free to use the link however you want. Talk to you soon:

http://drop.io/wigginsmetropolis/

,Mike