DTG News for September 2012

Welcome to the 18th Annual Fall Fonts Festival! This year there's lots of new stuff -- and the festival runs all through September and October ... enjoy:
02 18th Annual Fall Typography Surf
03 150 Inspiring Typography & Hand Lettering
04 Free Script Fonts
05 2012 Typography Resources and Links
06 GALLO FONTS over 200
07 Photoshop (Fonts) Madness
08 Photoshop (touch-n-run) Madness
09 Infographics 101: Using Pictures to Communicate
10 What makes a great logo?
11 CREATIVE Tidbits : Deciphering Ideas
12 Pasting and placing MS Word text into Adobe applications
13 Print Advertising delivers Best ROI
14 60-Seconds: What if the Internet went away?
15 &Else : SVG Import is Here
16 3D Miniature Volkswagen Test Drive Cars
. . . and lots more! August 31, 2012

2012 Typography Resources and Links

Every year we like to ad to our most preferred listing of typography resources online. Please send in your favorites ... prizes will be awarded!
So here are just a few of our favorite typography resources August 30, 2012

18th Annual Fonts Festival surf THREE

Continued from our previous page, we complete the kick-off surf ... but wait: there's more coming all through the month of September, so stay tuned. . .
* Nosey Logo Design
* Pale Horse WOW
* What Is Design
* Cigar Search
* Modern Myth
... and more: August 30, 2012

18th Annual Typography Surf TWO

Continued from our previous page, we're moving along to we see some new talent -- but also some rather revolutionary uses of type and typography . . .
* Typographic Logo Design: Twins
* McDonald's McFlurry: Bob
* Chupa Chups: Lollypops
* Seriously good sauce
* Killed Productions
... and more: August 30, 2012

Free Script Fonts

everyone needs a good script or two. You'll need something elegant, something fresh, something wild, something retro, and something grunge. While this is a good collection of scripts to start, we'll be uploading more and more during the festival. These are ready to download for free:
* Take me out to the ball game! Sedona Script
* PIA FRAUSS' Extraordinary Calligraphy Collection
* Learning Curve simplified monostroke script
* Scrips and more from Digital Graphic Labs
* Ballpark Weiner by Mickey Rossi
* CAC Champagne, 'Wedding Script'
* The King and Queen Font
* Quilline Thin
* Moody Boys
... and more: August 30, 2012

18th Annual Fall Typography Surf

All year long, I've been saving up typography references for our annual fonts surf. There are now so many typography knock-off and replicator sites it is almost no longer worth the surf. With Pinterest, and any number of other specialized social networking sites with topics, you're almost sure to get an overload of visual stimulation very quickly. So, sit back and take a little time . . . August 30, 2012

Photoshop (Fonts) Madness

PHOTOSHOP MADNESS is where you practically go mad trying to find the most useful stuff for Photoshop! We transition from "Back to (Design) School" Madness to Fonts & Typography madness getting ready for September's 18th Annual Fonts Festival . . .
* 3D Photoshop Typography and samples
* An Untitled work by No10x
* TM Abstract by Tamilia
* 3D dr3amX by dr3amx
* Library Refreshed
and more August 29, 2012

Fred's XYZ Blocks

We've all seen, and probably owned ABC Blocks at one time or another. But for kids today, do you think it's time to get a little different perspective? Fred of course has XYZ Blocks ... October 12, 2011

DTG News for October, 2011

The October issue of DTG continues the Fall Fonts Festival, with more fun, tips and tricks for designers ... including
01 One more note about Steve...
02 Michael Doret's Steinweiss Script
03 Copperplate Calligraphy
04 Retro Fonts : the real thing
05 17th Annual Fonts Surf Three
06 Ampersand Fever
07 Just My Type - A Book About Fonts
08 Photoshop: Retouching Hair: Darkening a Part
09 Retouching Hair: Changing Hair Color
10 Creative Tidbits: Typography
11 Marketing Update 1109-19
12 Social Media Updates
13 More Favorite Apps for Productivity
14 October and beyond ...
October 1, 2011

Retro Fonts : the real thing

One of my serious on-going complaints in the graphic arts industry is the use of the term "retro" -- fewer and fewer designers actually know what it means. We're seeing literally hundreds of tutorials titled retro-this or retro-that. So, listen up young designers: here's the quintessential reference on the use of 'retro' fonts. In fact, it's called RETROFONTS! September 29, 2011