Sunday, August 13, 2017

Treasure trove of menus

New York Public Library 
is sharing menus from all over, going back to 1850s.
A bit slow to load but fascinating.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Top 10 Helvetica Alternatives




















-  on Jeremiah Shoaf's Typewolf

What other alternatives fonts are you aware of?

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Checklist for your essays

~ Check spelling errors.
~ Check for unnecessary changes in typefaces, type sizes, etc. Remember you want a unified feeling.
~ Make use of PARAGRAPH STYLES and CHARACTER STYLES.
~ Space from headline to paragraph should be consistent. Space from paragraph to paragraph should be consistent. Use Styles to do this automatically.
~ Do not both indent and skip a line between paragraphs.
~ Bullet points are too far from the text. Do not rely on the default setting for this.
~ Do not ever use FRRL unless there is an extremely good reason! And do run flush type to the edge of your page when you can set a margin - unless you want edgy, barely-readable text.
~ While your text should be unified, watch out for monotony. Don't do exactly the same thing too many times – employ few tricks in many combinations.
~ Images should be unified by placement, color, scale, etc.
~ Modify initial layouts based on your TEXT. For instance not all columns will be the same depth (vertical measurement) if you pay attention to paragraph breaks.

Friday, May 5, 2017

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

http://inspirationhut.net/inspiration/60-beautifully-modern-and-inspirational-magazine-book-layouts/

Monday, January 9, 2017

Pantone to CMKY chart

Here are some sites with Pantone to CMYK value charts. (remember though, everyone has their own way of deciding what is the CMYK equivalent) 

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

layout 3 ways Q+A

Akeem had some great questions this morning:
1. Can we use grays in the spreads?
Yes – gray is A-ok.

2. Is the point of the assignment to focus on the A-B-A concept and InDesign paragraph styles?
Yes, those are the key ideas.