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[ back to the front page | Index 5 | Previous | NEXT ]Interview: Leslie Cabarga
Frequent questions about type, typography, fonts and lettering in email, the Design Cafe and classrooms prompted us to contact the logo, font and lettering wizard himself
... Leslie Cabarga
Editors Choice: Photoshop for Right Brainers
Want to expand beyond typical tips and techniques? Tired of those "hot" tricks without a reason or purpose? Al Ward's technical expertise gives you precision training and a creative jolt in the arm that won't quit... Photoshop for Right Brainers
Is your graphic designer costing you money?
The pitfalls of using an inexperienced graphic designer can have financial and emotional consequences. Designers must understand what software program to use for the task at hand. Gary Reichel, experienced pre-press designer shares his experiences with Design Tools
Graphic Design Training
How do you like to learn? Books? CD-Videos? DVD? Or surfing the web? There are hundreds of ways to learn graphic design, Photoshop and other facets of the visual communications industry, and here we take a look at just a few ways to learn graphic arts
July: Patriotic Art & Design
This three-page essay takes a star-spangled march through the lives of noted patriotic artists and how their styles and talents served to define a people and their country; Patriotic art is a part of everyone's history. Here we glimpse just a few of the forms of Patriotic Art, then celebrate the lives and times of James Montgomery Flagg and J.C. Leyendecker
Airman Magazine: Patriotic Design
Airman Magazine takes to the skies with powerful photo journalism and commanding design styling. Take a look at this excellent lesson in putting together a magazine we can truly call Patriotic Design
The Benefits Of A Buddy For The Solo Designer
Are you a home-based studio or freelancer? The benefits are many for the solo designer, but feeling isolated can spell trouble. Designing Women Janet Bertucci and Julianne Nardone recommend you find a Design Buddy!
Beware: Online Criminals at Large
You are drawn into a web site appearing to be authentic with familiar graphics and logos... but wait! Something's wrong with this email... something's seriously wrong! Rusbiz.com's Nowshade Kabir demystifies the emerging crime wave of Phishing for Your Identity.
Design From the Edge
Gary Dickson from Epidemic Design provides some noteworthy observations regarding edge-designers, center-designers, their characteristics and their relationship to one another. He asks: "Would you rather Design from the Edge?"
Master of Color & Texture
DTG interviews Jon C. Lund creative energy behind the Spring Travelsmith catalog cover -- impressing everyone with rich colors, texture and the extraordinary style of the golden era of posters. Jon C. Lund
Big Promotion: Little Cards
Promo, promo, promo... here we share some proven promotions that bring a lot of notoriety to your business! If you want to bring them in, just try these Promotion opportunities with creative cards...Promoting Yourself
A major step in all desktop publishing and graphic design business is self promotion. But be careful to heed: The Top Ten Reasons to Throw your press release inthe trashDesign Consciousness
Special guest writer Jennifer Proia gives us a bit of a pep talk with: Going green with your marketing materialsMarketing through the tough times
Jennifer Proia, Principal of FIRE CREATIVE, a graphic design studio based in Cambridge, MA, suggests no-nonsense, low-cost marketing ideas: Five ways to increase business without breaking the bankComputer vs. Man
In this feature, expert Research Analyst Jaclynn Bumback points out your need for intrusion protection, and Broadband security woesSoftware with Built-In Advertising
Security expert Wallace Wang provides insightful information about a growing concern for all online marketers with Secrets of Adware and SpywareMarketing approaches upheaval?
Noted direct marketer and online marketing wizard Stacey Hall says universally accepted premise on which traditional marketing approaches are built could use some serious thought and updating -- and points out how to grow your business through Collaboration Over CompetitionTable of Contents continues:
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