The Current State of Web Design: Trends 2010

May 4th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

Web design is a fickle industry. Just like every other form of artistic expression, Web design has undergone a continuous and surprisingly fast evolution. Once a playground for enthusiasts, it has now become a mature rich medium with strong aesthetic and functional appeal. In fact, we are experiencing what could… read more

22 Awesome Free Grunge Fonts every Designer Should Have

May 4th, 2010
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22 Awesome Free Grunge Fonts every Designer Should Have

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.35)

May 4th, 2010
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by… read more

It’s here! Say Hello to Techi.com

May 3rd, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

And it’s finally out! Please meet our new site: TECHi.com

It’s a brand new and amazing technology blog that focuses on tech stuff that’s always fresh and never boring.

You may have already come across it, or seen a few of the ads floating around the web. But now, it’s official, TECHi.com… read more

Spice Up Your Web Typography with @Font-Face

May 3rd, 2010
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These days, we have the option of embedding a whole new range of fonts into our designs. Let’s look at how the CSS @font-face rule allows us to get fancy with our future website projects. read more

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Best of the Web – April 2010

May 1st, 2010
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Once again we have another month filled with great content for our readers. This month features some awesome tutorials that will cover all types of design topics from advertising, typography, to cinematic photo manipulation. Once you get done with the tutorials, you can move on to a great selection of… read more

Top Articles On The Web Design Billboard In April’10

May 1st, 2010
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InstantShift

A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #46

April 30th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#46 and make sure to comeback… read more

70+ Excellent Fresh Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

April 30th, 2010
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InstantShift

When it comes to web and graphic design, Adobe Illustrator is usually the primary option to consider. However, the software package itself is a quite hard to learn — and extremely hard to master.

Why I need to look any Illustrator tutorial? Out of many reasons there are three reasons for… read more

Photoshop Text Tips and Tricks You (Probably) Haven’t Known

April 29th, 2010
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Learn Web Design

Can using text on Photoshop harm you?

Yes, man! And it can make you lose lot of time when there are superscript and subscript, letter-spacing, line-spacing, etc.

I usally spend one hour at day using Photoshop. Sometimes to fix bad photos, sometimes to create posters, but I also fought against text and… read more

Kindle Firmware Update Includes Facebook and Twitter Integration

April 29th, 2010
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Mashable

Amazon has started rolling out the 2.5 software update for Kindle and Kindle DX to a small group of users — a broad release planned for “late May 2010″ — and boy does it bring a lot of goodies.

Perhaps the most notable new feature is the ability to share… read more

26 Free Progressive and Experimental Fonts

April 29th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Design is constantly changing and moving forward. However, typography is one aspect of design that seems to resist progression. When it comes to typography, there are standards and traditions that have been around for many years. These rules are there for a reason – to make sure that letters and… read more

Setting Up the Optimal Work Environment

April 28th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

How much time do you waste on the average day looking for things buried somewhere on your desk? Or getting up to get something on the other side of your office? Or otherwise retrieving the things you need to do your job?

If you added up all those wasted seconds and… read more

Typography Mania #26

April 28th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Check out this weeks Mania and comeback in 7 days for more.

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.34)

April 27th, 2010
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Specky Boy

We have slightly re-branded our weekly ‘Twitter’ design news, by simply dropping the Twitter from the title. Its not that we no longer like Twitter, we still love, it is just that we use a multitude of other sources as well, and we are not limited to only sharing via… read more

End of CS 1 – It’s a Wrap

April 26th, 2010
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Vector Tuts

This session has seen a mix of character illustration articles that cover theory, techniques, and in depth case studies. You’ve learned how to come up with character concepts, develop a character’s backstory, sketch character ideas like a pro, the process of taking that sketch to a final solution, and more…. read more

30 Pure CSS Alternatives to Javascript

April 26th, 2010
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Specky Boy

With all the cool things that surround Javascript (especially with jQuery) its easy to forget that it’s possible to push pure CSS (with a touch of HTML) into an all singing and all dancing interactive site, with absolutely no scripting at all.
The pure CSS techniques, outlined in this article,… read more

20 new fonts to download

April 23rd, 2010
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20 new fonts to download

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Friday Fresh Free Fonts #45

April 23rd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#45 and make sure to comeback… read more

How the iPad Has Changed One 99-Year-Old Woman’s Life [VIDEO]

April 22nd, 2010
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We’ve seen iPads and cats go viral. We’ve seen iPads and dogs go viral. But the latest iPad YouTube sensation is far more special: it depicts how the device has changed one 99-year-old woman’s life.

99-year-old Virgina Cambell of Lake Oswego, Oregon is an avid reader, according… read more

40 High-Quality Latest Free Fonts For Your Designs

April 21st, 2010
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InstantShift

It’s essential for Designers to have a good understanding of typography and selection as the importance of typography in design can’t be neglected. The proper selection of typography can convert your normal design into attractive piece of art.

Among other things, effective typography manages to achieve three necessary objectives of web… read more

9 [More] Powerful Image Editing Web Apps You May Need to Bookmark

April 21st, 2010
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Smashing Apps

Few days ago, I have blogged about Tired Of Photoshop’s Complexity? Try These Free And Easy Apps For Your Photos and after a great response I am coming up today with another post to fill up the demand of more image editing tools.

Yes, There are some more image editing tools… read more

Stylish White Package Design Inspiration

April 20th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Last year we published an article featuring some beautiful dark package designs, it was the Ultimate Dark Package Design Inspiration. Following the same idea in this post we will feature only white package designs, but as usual, we tried to look for very stylish examples to really inspire you.

For more… read more

15 examples of big fonts used in web design

April 20th, 2010
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15 examples of big fonts used in web design

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Showcase Of Beautiful Vertical Navigation Designs

April 19th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

Go to any website and you’re guaranteed to find one thing: a navigation menu. Navigation menus enable visitors to move from page to page; without them, we would have no way to conveniently explore websites. Perhaps this is why designers, information architects, usability researchers and user experience specialists invest so… read more

40+ Essential iPhone Apps for Freelance Web Designers

April 17th, 2010
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InstantShift

For one reason or another, a lot of freelancer designer use iPhone for their daily work. As a full-time freelancer and part-time geek, I also like to manage my daily activities with applications on iPhone too. iPhone based applications have many advantages over software that you have to download and… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #44

April 16th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#44 and make sure to comeback… read more

15 Useful CSS3 and HTML3 Templates and Frameworks

April 16th, 2010
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Specky Boy

CSS3 and HTML5 are two of the coolest things to come along within web design for a very very a long long time. Whats not to love? And the best thing of all? The major browsers are now catching up and giving support.

Below you will find a collection of visually… read more

20 Excellent Icon Sets for Application Design

April 16th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

In our continued effort to find and deliver to you the best free design resources, we’ve compiled a list of 20 excellent icon sets for application design. Just like fonts and textures, you can’t have too many icons in your design library. In this collection you’ll find a variety of… read more

57 Great Websites Where You can Download Free Fonts

April 15th, 2010
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57 Great Websites Where You can Download Free Fonts

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Design Makeover: High-flying Redesign

April 13th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

Client:
Good Bird Magazine! www.goodbirdinc.com

BEFORE
I don’t have a huge number of subscribers, but the ones I do have are really into their birds.

Good Bird Magazine! is just one part of Good Bird Inc., a source of information for owners of parrots and similar birds. The complete product line includes DVDs,… read more

20 Beautiful Script Fonts for Your Designs

April 12th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Since script fonts are based on the fluid stokes of natural hand writing, they’re a great way to add a personal touch to a design. The only issue I have with script fonts is that I’ve always had trouble finding good ones when I need them. Assuming you may have… read more

Logo Design Inspiration: 50+ Smoking Fresh Designs

April 12th, 2010
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InstantShift

A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors,… read more

The Gradual Disappearance Of Flash Websites

April 12th, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

If you want to “go big” visually with a website, delivering complex interaction and a rich experience across a wide range of browsers, Flash is the only way to go. Right? Nope. Given the widespread adoption and advancements of modern browsers and JavaScript libraries, using Flash makes little sense. But… read more

50 Inspiring Examples of Hand Drawn Elements in Web Design

April 12th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Hand drawn elements are great way to give a website a unique look. You can do that by adding a nice hand drawn illustration as a background, a stylish hand draw font, icon, line work, characters or any other element you might think of. Hand drawn elements can give your… read more

45 Awesome Free Grunge Fonts

April 11th, 2010
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45 Awesome Free Grunge Fonts

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20 Free Unique Fire Fonts

April 11th, 2010
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20 Free Unique Fire Fonts

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Our Favorites Tweets of the Week Apr 4-Apr 10, 2010

April 10th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #43

April 9th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#43 and make sure to comeback… read more

Serif Fonts and Their Peculiarities

April 9th, 2010
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Noupe

Typography obviously belongs to the cohort of the fine arts, where even the smallest details and elements are meaningful and can influence the overall perception of the final creation, whether it is a picture or a text, printed with a particular typeface. In terms of fonts design, serifs are those… read more

The Basics of Business Card Design

April 8th, 2010
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Design Informer

The Basics of Business Card Design

A business card in some cases is the most important marketing piece that a company will have. It has the potential to make or break business deals, and is just as important as the way you present yourself during a first impression. In this post,… read more

Medialoot Competition Winner Information Announced

April 7th, 2010
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Specky Boy

Last month we published the competition MediaLoot Competition – 5 Free Year Long Licenses up for grabs, the competition has now ended and it is now time to announce the winners.

Thanks to everyone for there suggestions and comments, they were all great. But we did have to pick five winners,… read more

Topnotch Microblogging with Tumblr

April 6th, 2010
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Web App Storm

In a world where even adults have the attention span of a three year old, conventional blogs with thousand word posts will not cut it. Blogs are very effective for professional bloggers and blogging networks like Envato, Techcrunch, etc. However, when it comes to personal weblogs, blogs are going fast… read more

30 Free Web 2.0 Fonts You’ll Love

April 6th, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

Finding that perfect font can be a real nightmare! Especially, if you’re on a budget and can’t pay for expensive premium fonts. At You The Designer, we want to enable designers to create art and not spend hours searching for resources online. That’s why we put together 30… read more

30 Free Fonts You MUST Have

April 6th, 2010
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Learn Web Design

Today we didn’t really concentrate on creating a set following specific font styles. This time, we put together a mix of free fonts which are really worth using and shouldn’t be missing in your personal font library. We are sure you’ll find you own favorite between these 30 below.
Enjoy!

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Preparing Photoshop Files for Web Developers

April 6th, 2010
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Noupe

By Brian Rhinehart

Whether you’re a freelance web designer or part of a team at an agency, handing off Photoshop files to a client, developer, development team or even another designer is part of the process of building websites.

Whereas the development process is generally more structured, by contrast, the design process… read more

45+ Fresh WordPress Tutorials, Techniques and Hacks

April 5th, 2010
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Specky Boy

The growth and popularity of WordPress continues to spiral to a seemingly endless end. It continually proves itself time time and again that it has very few limitations, and is rapidly pushing itself to being, if not the best, but certainly the most versatile CMS available. Out of the box… read more

Creative Bookmarks: Best of March 2010

April 5th, 2010
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Tutorial9

March was another month full of amazing tutorials, showcases and articles. Here’s Creative Bookmarks March!

Quick Nav:

Photoshop TutorialsIllustrator TutorialsWeb/Blogging TutorialsFreebies, Inspiration, & ResourcesPhotoshop TutorialsCreate a Dark and Surreal Poster Using Your Own Portrait

This tutorial was inspired by the work of digital artist Rob Shields titled “Keep Me in the Dark”. This… read more

Fontcase Revisited: A Step Forward in Font Management

April 5th, 2010
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Mac App Storm

When we first reviewed Fontcase over a year ago, one of the things we said we’d like to see was auto-activation. If you take a look at the comments on that review, you will see that several readers agreed, and one or two said very plainly that this was a… read more

Top Articles On The Web Design Billboard In March’10

April 4th, 2010
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InstantShift

A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes… read more

75+ Truly Useful Tutorials & Colorful Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In March

April 2nd, 2010
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Smashing Apps

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #42

April 2nd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#42 and make sure to comeback… read more

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: April 2010 (Easter Edition)

March 31st, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months. And to make them… read more

Daily Inspiration #469

March 29th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

50 Retro and Vintage Web Designs to Inspire You

March 28th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Last week, Henry posted an article with 30 Fonts Perfect for Vintage and Retro Style Design and I simply loved the first font of the list, the matchbook typefaces. By the time I saw it I could think of several good ways to use it in web design, print design… read more

Best of the Week #112

March 27th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #41

March 26th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#41 and make sure to comeback… read more

30 Fonts Perfect for Vintage and Retro Style Design

March 26th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

A Vintage or retro style design is meant to transport it’s audience decades into the past. Designers try to do this by using various design elements such as textures and patterns from a certain time period. But it’s also important to use accurate typography from the time period you are… read more

The Little Known font-size-adjust CSS3 Property

March 25th, 2010
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Ever wanted to use fallback fonts on your CSS with different aspect ratios without them looking huge (or tiny)? The sparkling new CSS3 font-size-adjust property could do just that, maybe. read more

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10 Beautiful Free Blogger Templates

March 24th, 2010
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Mashable

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

Let’s face it: The default themes that come with a Blogger account aren’t going to win any design awards. They’re plain, fussy, and lack that bit of the snazz you’re… read more

13 Clean Unicode Free Fonts

March 24th, 2010
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13 Clean Unicode Free Fonts.

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10 Essential Design Tools for Social Media Pros

March 23rd, 2010
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Mashable

This series is supported by Wix.com, an online design tool that enables you to create your own Flash websites, social network layouts, and more, for free. Learn more about Wix here.

Good design is a critical part of any web or social media presence. Like the clothes you wear… read more

Splitting, Merging and Optimizing PDFs Online

March 22nd, 2010
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Web App Storm

More times than I can remember I’ve encountered situations where I need to split, merge or just reduce a PDF’s file size (optimizing). Fortunately I have had Adobe Acrobat (not reader) available the large majority of the time. Unfortunately, however, the PDF’s I’m generally working with are in collaboration with… read more

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Mar 14-Mar 20, 2010

March 20th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

18 Beautiful and High Quality Fonts for Your Designs

March 19th, 2010
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18 Beautiful and High Quality Fonts for Your Designs

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Friday Fresh Free Fonts #40

March 19th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#40 and make sure to comeback… read more

The Best E-Commerce Icons All In One Place

March 19th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Whether it’s textures, Photoshop brushes, or fonts, we love finding top notch free files and sharing them with our readers. We do the searching so you don’t have to. This saves you time and helps you focus on what’s important. For this article, we’ve rounded up high-quality icons that you… read more

40 Extremely Cool and Inspiring Typography Designs

March 18th, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. It is often performed by typesetters, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists and graffiti artists. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. More designers are creating… read more

Curtis CSS Typeface

March 18th, 2010
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Curtis is the name I’ve given for a family of geometric sans-serif fonts currently in development. This version takes form in CSS. All shapes are rendered by the browser, using a combination of background color, border width, border radius, and a heavily reliance on absolute/relative positioning.

Read more at desandro.com… read more

The Art of Type: Dash Away All

March 17th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

After quotation marks, dashes are the most abused characters in the typographic stable. Dashes have visual, typographical roles as well as grammatical ones. These modest characters fall under the sway of both copy editors and typesetters, and using them correctly depends on knowing a bit of both disciplines. By the… read more

Apple seeds new build of Mac OS X 10.6.3

March 17th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

<p Compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
Performance improvements for 64-bit Logic
Changes to QuickTime X that increase reliability and improve compatibility and security
Printing reliability and compatibility with third party printers
Issues resolved that prevented files from copying… read more

26 Hot Free Fonts Inspired by Movies

March 17th, 2010
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26 Hot Free Fonts Inspired by Movies

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40 Fresh Free Fonts For Your Next Designs

March 17th, 2010
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InstantShift

It’s essential for Designers to have a good understanding of typography and selection as the importance of typography in design can’t be neglected. The proper selection of typography can convert your normal design into attractive piece of art.

Among other things, effective typography manages to achieve three necessary objectives of web… read more

30 Free Fonts For Creative Projects

March 16th, 2010
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30 Free Fonts For Creative Projects

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What Every Designer Should Do Right Now

March 16th, 2010
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Design Informer

1. Back Up All Your Files Now

"Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday." – Napoleon Hill

I’m sure that you’ve heard this over and over again but how many of you have actually taken the time… read more

Print May Be King, But The Future is Digital

March 15th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

Going Digital

People are consuming information much differently these days and it’s your responsibility to make sure your content is available for the most popular forms of consumption. Here, we’ll take a look at distributing content through everything from Zinio to Amazon’s Kindle to Apple’s iPhone.

Personally, I’ve been a fan of… read more

Daily Inspiration #457

March 15th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

47 CSS Tips & Tricks To Take Your Site To The Next Level

March 15th, 2010
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InstantShift

CSS is a wonderful language for presenting web pages. It’s not too difficult to learn, though like most things, it does have a learning curve. Where many people seem to get tripped up is in specific solutions to specific problems. Fortunately there’s a good chance that someone before you has… read more

50 Yellow Web Designs to Inspire You

March 15th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Color is an important aspect of web design. Good web designers choose color carefully to serve a purpose. Sometimes that purpose is to be bold and get people’s attention, and yellow happens to be an excellent “attention getting” color. Yellow is a high energy color that can evoke mental activity… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #39

March 12th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#39 and make sure to comeback… read more

How To Organize Calendar, Tasks Manager, Address Book And Notes Modules The Easy Way

March 10th, 2010
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Smashing Apps

For the person who wants to use his/her computer as an interactive personal diary, there are many options available. There exist countless applications for each of the following tasks: organizing your calendar events, scheduling your tasks, recording your contacts, and taking down notes. Freeware programs available on the internet specialize… read more

Round-up of awesome eroded & grunge style fonts

March 10th, 2010
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Round-up of awesome eroded & grunge style fonts

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Re-Create a Logo in Illustrator Based on a Photo

March 10th, 2010
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Layers Magazine

Have you ever worked on a layout that required a specific logo but all you had was a photograph of that logo, and no matter how hard you tried you couldn’t find a nice high-res or vector version to use? In this tutorial, we’ll take you through one example of… read more

WordPress vs. ExpressionEngine: Apples and Oranges?

March 10th, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

This post has been a long time coming. Whether on Twitter or in the blogosphere, the question often arises, and I have been asked numerous times for my opinion on the ExpressionEngine vs. WordPress debate, and why one would choose one content management system (CMS) over the… read more

Create Your Own @font-face Kits

March 10th, 2010
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CSS @font-face generator by @fontsquirrel could play a huge role in spreading webfonts love. – via @zeldman

Read more at www.fontsquirrel.com →

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FileMaker 11 now available with charting, reporting improvements

March 9th, 2010
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Launch

Right off the bat, the introduction screen is new (after the splash screen “wobbles” into view). It’s wider with more options, like a link to the online resource center. There you’ll find video tutorials, starter solutions (more on that later) and access to consultants. They’re all extremely useful… read more

50+ Free Resources for Charts and Graphs Solution

March 9th, 2010
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InstantShift

A chart or a graph is a visual representation of data, in which “the data are represented by symbols, such as bars, lines, or slices”. These symbols can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structures. For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Charts… read more

Best of the Week #109

March 6th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

It’s time for our best news of this week, the first one of 2010. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to… read more

20 Clean And Modern Free Fonts

March 5th, 2010
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20 Clean And Modern Free Fonts

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Friday Fresh Free Fonts #38

March 5th, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#38 and make sure to comeback… read more

10 Free Beautiful Calligraphic Fonts

March 5th, 2010
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Noupe

By Paul Viluda

The word “calligraphy” is derived from two Greek words, denoting “beautiful writing”. Calligraphy or the art of writing has thousands of years in its history and development, and indeed calligraphy fonts, which we often use these days on our PCs to create a postcard or a wedding invitation… read more

22 Fresh High-Quality Fonts for Your Designs

March 4th, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

Whether it’s textures, Photoshop brushes, or icons, we love finding top notch free files and sharing them with our readers. We try to post at least one collection of freebies every week. We do the searching so you don’t have to. This saves you time and helps you focus on… read more

50 Freebies: Download Free Grunge Fonts

March 3rd, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

A dirty, distressed and grungy font is what tops off a superb grunge design. On the contrary, using the wrong font can really kill the grunge theme you were aiming for. Don’t get stuck without the resources your creativity needs. Download all 50 of these dead sexy grunge… read more

Top Articles On The Web Design Billboard In February’10

March 3rd, 2010
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InstantShift

A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes… read more

Printing Pages with Print What You Like

March 2nd, 2010
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Web App Storm

Generally web developers are supposed to create a print friendly stylesheet for their website(s) in case visitors actually want or need to print something out. Unfortunately, this is often skipped by developers leaving a large majority of websites in a very sad state when printed. Of course, the content of… read more

80+ Incredible Collection Of Inspirations, Tutorials And Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In February

March 2nd, 2010
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Smashing Apps

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list… read more

Creative Bookmarks: Best of February 2010

March 1st, 2010
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Tutorial9

February was a great month full of awesome tutorials, interesting articles and interviews, and stunning showcases for inspiration.

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Photoshop TutorialsIllustrator TutorialsWeb/Blogging TutorialsFreebies, Inspiration, & ResourcesPhotoshop TutorialsSuper Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop

This tutorial, from Abduzeedo, will show you how to use the Displace filter and some Blend Modes to a great… read more

Logo Design Inspiration: 65+ Brilliant Fresh Designs

March 1st, 2010
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InstantShift

A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors,… read more

The Future Of CSS Typography

March 1st, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

There has been an increasing and sincere interest in typography on the web over the last few years. Most websites rely on text to convey their messages, so it’s not a surprise that text is treated with utmost care. In this article, we’ll look at some useful techniques and clever… read more

6 Free Android Apps That Will Make You Drop Your iPhone

February 28th, 2010
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Mashable

The Android Market may still lag behind the iPhone App Store in terms of variety and quality, but there is something to be said for the Android operating system’s extremely tight integration with existing Google products, and the wide choice of devices and carriers.

There’s no question that the… read more