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I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for the Swiss magazine "MigrosMagazine". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.
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I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for web site "Les Passeurs". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.
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I am trying to find the fonts used in the following Logo for the French website "Psychologies.com". I've been trying to use whatthefont.com, but haven't had much success.
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I have multiple screenshots and it appears that when I put them into illustrator and click off the image it then becomes pixalated. Is there a possible way to make this clear. As I don't have the original files I NEED to use the screenshots.
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I want to create a halftone effect in Photoshop. The only output I'm getting is hard pixels and nothing like dots. I also tried lines, diamonds, etc. etc. and the output is always the same. It also doesn't matter if I change the output value or frequency.
I think there is some setting in Photoshop which I may have chan... |
I'm working with Photoshop and AI files, both of which are pretty new to me. When placing an AI file on my image, it creates a layer just as I would expect. However, the layer shows up in front of all other layers, even when I place it at the bottom of the list. I'm assuming there's some sort of adjustment I need to ma... |
Here's the task: I import an image, trace it black and white, and then try to convert the result into a compound path in order to use it easily later on.
Here's the problem: When I combine to a compound path, nothing shows up - either it appears as completely white or completely black. All the vectors forming the objec... |
Can I use Acrobat X Pro to batch process hundreds of multipage PDFs to JPGs?
This question is very similar to what I am after but I am wondering if there is a way to do it in Acrobat X Pro. I have asked on superuser.com and the adobe forums and have received no conclusive answers. The previously linked question brought... |
I want to convert the images by the following Images Conversion Method. How do i convert in photoshop cs6 Response Me..
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I am designing a theme for our web application & I really like the new Adobe Photoshop layout (which is dark, though not black), so I took the cue & created my own dark layout. However, our designer shot it down by saying that we shouldnt use dark theme as it constricts the space & users will not like the layout & besi... |
I do understand that colour wheel, however, Im struggling with finding colours that match a particular shade of gray. For my web application, Im interested in using this pattern of gray!
gray pattern
Now, say Ive decided to use the colours purple & green & orange, how do I go about finding the particular hue of each of... |
I am trying to make 3d text in Sketchup but the font I want is not showing up. The font (Gotham) is loaded on my computer and I am able to use it in Photoshop, Word, etc but can't find it in Sketchup. I think it is a purchased font. Does anyone have any ideas why this font isn't showing up and how I can load it into sk... |
For example, for a tech company, should one be able to look at a logo and immediately see 'tech company', or whatever niche that company may provide\service? Also, is the color scheme important as well? There may not be a way to say 'high tech' by the color scheme but should that be taken into consideration? Should the... |
Hello I would you to propose me a program which can be used to make figures on scientific papers. An example of a figure that I want to create is of a body (2d) with forces on it, or figures with strings, simple masses in 2D. Thank you for your time, if someone want more information please tell me.
These are similar to... |
If I have some text that is expanded, how can I distribute it along a path?
For example, if I'd like to have the Stack Exchange logo follow an arc
Using an Envelope Distort, well, distorts the logo:
Instead, I am looking to achieve something more like this:
Is this possible once the text has been outlined/expanded?
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What are some Graphic Design resources online that regularly post content addressing history, trends and changes in- or explaining principles of Graphic Design?
In the best case they offer a feed to follow updates.
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When I try to use slices, it won't me select custom sizes in both Hoz and Vert aspects. In the UI that asks for # of Slices or pixels, I can never set custom Horz / Vert pixels. If I pick 500 Horz and 500 Vert, it changes the vert without asking me, I can't ever get it to be square at the size I want. Is there a work a... |
I don't have a formal education in design, so have never been taught any industry secrets or methodologies of general design.
I am however a seasoned web & graphic designer, and usually end up doing a full re-brand or brand refresh for companies when I take on their website, as they often go hand in hand (If their webs... |
I frequently shrink down large images for online photo galleries. What I want to know is, when I tell photoshop, et al, to shrink my image to a certain size/percentage, will it retain better quality if I use round percentages like 25%, 50%, etc, or does it make no difference?
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How to quickly create an interactive presentation of the layout where user can click buttons to navigate through the site.
Obvious solution from HTML side would be to use image maps, but these are very tiresome to make - any clue if there are generators allowing me to edit and create something similar, only along multi... |
I am designing a one page site, and I need to go back to basics and learn about how to translate business aims into a homepage design.
Can anyone offer some advice on the relationship between design and business goals? E.g. Where I should put the call to action in a responsive design.
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I am making a game with Adobe Flash. I have completed the mechanics for the game, and I am now trying to make the graphics for it. The game is a simple top down shooter.
I am not much of an artist but more of a decent programmer. So I have played games on various sites like armorgames.com, mofunzone.com etc. Although I... |
I am creating a booklet and want to include a small image on every odd page. To do that, use master pages, right? But here's the catch - I want to rotate and move the image just a little as the pages progress to make the image look like it's jumping. The image is a little man.) I could just copy the same image on eve... |
Under the U.S.'s Copyright Law, would it be an act of copyright infringement if we were to change the color of another artist's image to black and white?
The answer to this question is provided below by Scott.
For further information, please check out graphicsman post, which is also provided below.
This question was as... |
I have a column chart that I've created with the Illustrator graph tool. I've applied a sliding design to all the columns. I'd like to apply this design to a specific column type e.g., People that eat mentos, and a different design to a second column type. In the manual, the examples include column charts that do exact... |
I have a very frustrating problem with my flash project.
I have two scenes in my flash movie, each of them has lots of links and navigation within itself. And there is one button that takes you from one scene to another.
When I test Scene 2, everything works fine. However, when I test the whole movie, the navigation wi... |
I am working on a multilingual book about some European Union countries. The selected are: Poland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Austria, Turkey and Estonia.
I wish to write a chapter about each country using a font in some way specific for it. The Polish (free) fonts are, e.g., Antykwa Toruńska or An... |
I want to be able to create an .ico file containing a complete set of Windows icons (16px x 16px, 32px x 32px, 48px x 48px, and 256px x 256px). Is there a web application that can do this for me given a PNG or BMP that is already 256px x 256px?
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I am building a website and need some advice regarding colors.
My website is mostly white and dark brown.
The logo and menu have to go in that brown color, but I am not sure which seconday color would be good. I picked a reddish pink that matches well with the brown. Any recommendation on other colors that also go wel... |
I have two different shapes, one that looks like a drop and one that is a square. The drop was made using the pen tool.
Now, I want to merge these two shapes, combine their paths to create the illusion of the drop transforming into a square.
I can't figure out how to extract the path of the square, so that I can manip... |
I am trying to optimize the graphics for a webdesign, since I am not satisfied with the performance in terms of load-times. The logo is quite big and in PNG24 so I experimented to see how much I could shrink it. It was thrilled to see that I could get from 158KB to 61KB with practically no image quality loss until I st... |
I am building a website for a student organization. Although I'm a novice at graphic design, I can do basic sites (bootstrap is a lifesaver) and am moreso of a pro when it comes to development.
The problem comes, however, where everyone in the group has an equal say-so on the design. I would like to know the best way t... |
I have a bulleted list with several entries, it's a list of keyboard shortcuts, similar to the text below:
alt+shift+ctrl+2 = Lock Others
alt+shift+ctrl+3 = Hide Others
alt+ctrl+b = Blend
I want to select all the text between the bullet and the equals symbol, no matter how many characters. Thought this:
(?<=•).+?(?... |
When oversharpening an image (w/o protecting detail) in Photoshop a distinct pattern emerges -is there a reason for this? does it maybe have to do with how the tool was coded?
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I haven't been heavily using PhotoShop for a few years and now need to get some work done in CS6 and for the life of me, I can't find the setting for paintbrushes to 'preserve transparency' when painting on a layer.
Is this feature still there somewhere? Perhaps hidden or renamed?
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I am a PhD student in Psychology - Vision Science. I've just started to learn Adobe Illustrator in order to prepare the visual stimuli for an upcoming experiment. I'm not well experienced and since I am having a hard time getting the work done I would like to understand whether this is at all the right software for my ... |
I have an image in photoshop I want to print at 200%, and right now it's 48x18 inches, and the resolution is 72 dpi. I read somewhere that changing it to 600dpi would allow me to scale it by 200% at time of printing without any degradation, but I want to make sure. Should I change the dpi to something larger like 600dp... |
I am working on a fashion website for my own portfolio, that allows users to have their own account where they save fashion related items. A sort of Pinterest for fashion items.
Now, I know that the most widely used colours for online fashion stores are black and white or white and black. With so much choice, I wondere... |
I have 50 or so layers (imported images as smart objects) that I would like to scale down, while they stay in place. Is there a way of doing this? I know After Effects has, is there a similar Scale property in photoshop?
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Recently, I was working on an image in Photoshop and wanted to save it for web usage. I wanted to know whether there is a good size to go with for the modern design standards when it comes to websites. I am a little hesitant to save it as a 1920 X 1080 simply because it is on the higher end and then use CSS to move it ... |
I currently have xxx amount of patterns that I want to apply to a shirt silhouette. My challenge is that I naturally want to apply the pattern with realistic "twist" and form on arms, collar etc.
So far ive been looking at Photoshop and the actions auto batch processor, but im wondering if this can be automated and don... |
I want to move a set of objects towards a central point.
Think moving objects that are outlining a circle towards the middle.
I know you can do this through the bounding box, but that results in the objects being resized and I don't want them resized.
The effect that I have in mind is like the Symbol Scruncher tool ... |
I have a client that wants me to create some designs to promote their book. I have done work for them before, but having a hard time trying to come up with a price for this project. The project includes creating 14 Facebook covers that act like a countdown for the book and 10 photos to share with their fans on their Fa... |
Which of the following approaches should I take to design icons in many resolutions?
Create them in vector graphics, as SVG or AI and then rasterize them
Design them directly as bitmap graphics (BMP, JPEG, or PNG and separate files for each resolution)
I'd like to consider the following factors:
Dependable: will no... |
How would I go about highlighting an inline part of a paragraph decorated with a "highlighted" effect as if it were marked by a real highlighter on paper.
<p> The dog <em>jumped over</em> the lazy fox.</p>
Here I want to apply that effect to the em element.
Im looking for something more than just background-color: ye... |
I switch between the original, 2-up and 4-up modes frequently, yet can't find a keyboard shortcut for it anywhere.
What is the keyboard shortcut for changing the preview mode?
If there isn't one, is there any way for me to create the keyboard shortcut myself?
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G' day dear Graphic-design-experts,
I am new to Stackexchange's Graphic Design and I have no clue if this is the right place to ask, so bear with me and steer me in the correct direction if i am wrong in asking thanks. I am new with Gimp and I would like to know if I can add an effect to my image.
I currently have t... |
I manage our company's in-house graphic design. We have a lot of requests that are very simple (ie, ad-resizing, simple web banners, logo-adjustments, etc) and a number of requests that are complex and require a lot of back and forth (ie, brochures and magazines ranging from 3 to 200 pages, concept design for new ad c... |
Hello This is may first question here. I was working with small projects. I have problem with the Brochures (Tri-fold).
At the Back Cover the content are only programme 2 fold and raffle entry 1 fold (i'm not sure what called for 3 fold). I don't have problem with this.
And the front cover is content the cover of our p... |
I have an illustration that someone else created in Illustrator. I need to be able to choose the exact point in which to fill half of the shape with one color and the other half with another color? How do I do this? I guess something like how you could mask something in Photoshop so you couldn't edit that part while ma... |
I have a rectangle, shown below, which has a gradient so that the top and bottom edges fade to black. I wish to reshape this this rectangle into a triangle (like the one pictured) so that top and bottom edges of the triangle still fade to black.
To produce the triangle below I converted the rectangle into a path, remo... |
Can anyone suggest a free equivalent of the Hoefler Text font
On Identifont
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In Photoshop we can easily increase/decrease any values by using arrow keys or dragging left/right after hovering mouse on the subject. But I found neither is possible in Fireworks CS6. Am I missing something?
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What is the name for these type of images? I love these kind of graphics and it's so flat which totally matches my current product development.
Do we have a name for it? A name will make it easier to search for examples and how to's.
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I might need to present content at multiple levels depending on the distance of the observer to a display. Let's say from far away the user perceives a flat colour, but from a close distance the user needs to be able to read some text. The tricky part is the flat background colour is given/can change/I have no control ... |
How do you create a Photoshop action to do the following:
Save for Web, at full size, using the (PSD) filename with "@2x" appended (and .png)
Save for Web, at 50% size, using the (PSD) filename (and .png)
So, if you are editing myImage.psd; you should end up with
myImage.png (50% size)
myImage@2x.png (100% size)
Ap... |
I have rudimentary desktop publishing experience, and I would like to create a resume (not in the publishing field!) that I can give to prospective clients as a free iOS app (iPad/iPhone), Android App, and Web Page/PDF (for those on a desktop computer).
Ideally, I would like to only have to design the content once, and... |
Let's say I have transformed an layer/element in Photoshop and I'm well past the point of being able to undo, or it would be highly inconvenient. Is there a way to revert the transformation back to 100% size, 0° rotation, etc?
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I am trying to find whereabouts and name for this kind of automatic paper scissors, source of image here. I understand it so that one plugs in image with formats such as vector and raster and then it will print. I need to do a lot of repeating cuttings and see a lot of different printing designs in practise. What hardw... |
The title says it all, I want to know what the simplest way to export the selected objects. In Inkscape, there is a menu option called export selected which does just this.
The aforementioned option lets you export the selection as a composite image or as a batch of individual images. Both would be nice, but in thi... |
I want to set the brush to transfer, I tried more than 100 times but nothing. This image shows what I want:
Is it because I don't have a tablet that this function doesn't want to work?
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This question addresses my problem about handling derivative works but I am trying to find some Git compatible solution. Extensis Portfolio may be a good candidate but for me it is essential that I am able to work smoothly between graphics assets repo and programming repo. SourceTree/Git combo works to with programming... |
I'm new to the web design and web comic fields.
I'm a huge fan of The Oatmeal, and thought his tile layout was a good way to share the most amount of comics for given real estate.
So, following the "Power Grid" pattern from this site (the last option), http://designshack.net/articles/layouts/10-rock-solid-website-layo... |
I need to generate sprites where images must not intersect. How can I get a custom-sized grid in Photoshop?
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I am designing a website with Adobe Fireworks and I want to have a design where I have divs with rounded corners. Inside those divs I want to have an image that gets cut (rounded) by the containing div (rectangle in Fireworks) with rounded corners.
I found this tutorial, though it cuts out everything inside the the vec... |
So I've downloaded a google font known as 'Didact Gothic' from Google Fonts. It works perfectly when embedded in a website. However, Photoshop CS6 does something really odd to the 'w' glyph:
The .ttf file completely fine:
And it even works in Pages:
So what on Earth is going on? The rogue 'w' in photoshop appears to... |
I've had my eye on Craigslist for a few months looking for a silkscreen press. I've only ever dealt with my own 1 color/1 station press which I purchased new, so I'm not especially well versed in what sort of things can go wrong.
What sort of defects should I look out for when shopping around for a pre-owned multi-colo... |
I don't see it often, but I've seen it a few times in vector files: some of the shapes were left unclosed. The SE logo is not an example of this, but I modified it to illustrate my question:
You can see from the outline view that all the shapes are left un-closed. It has no effect on the rendered appearance, but I'm ... |
Whenever I am working with Adobe Illustrator, I can't figure this out for the life of me so I end up doing all kinds of knifing to get it sort of the way I want it. I am posting this here so I can find out the actual way to do it once and for all.
Basically, in the below image (left), I want to trim the overlapping ele... |
Please take a look at this image. It's the logo of the charity Childline.
Source
How can I achieve this bubble wrapper effect around text in photoshop?
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Prompted by John's question about leaving paths unclosed.
Drawing with the pencil tool (or the paintbrush tool) in Illustrator leaves the paths it makes open. Unlike the pen tool, there isn't an obvious or intuitive way to close paths when you've finished drawing them.
What's the easiest way to close paths drawn with... |
How do I 'lock' layer effects? In that, when I rotate the layer, the fx rotates with it.
Currently, when I rotate a layer, the fx I have applied (a gradient) doesn't rotate with the layer, resulting in an odd look. Don't want to rasterize.
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I am working in a table. I am creating cell styles for various kinds of cells.
I want to create what is essentially a spacer cell (unless there's some way to create padding-above like in CSS :) ) which always has an exact height of p6. I can do this manually, but I can't find anywhere to do it in a style sheet. Is ther... |
Ive seen many examples of people using icon fonts but I am wondering what is the best way to execute this process. An example of icon fonts: Raphaël Icon-Set via @font-face. A tutorial I have read. Any ideas on how to go about creating these?
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When resizing a vector group in Illustrator CS5.5 with a custom made symbol in the group I get distortion of the proportion of the shape.
I've tried
Tried resizing with selection tool holding down shift or option
Turning off align to pixel grid in the transform panel
Turning off align to pixel grid in the symbol opti... |
Is it possible (for pros & semi pros) to use Photoshop effectively without shortcuts? (PS newbies, as far as i know, don't use very many Shortcuts)
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Is there a way to export a document in Photoshop using an action that would preserve the file name? Example: I have a document called Home.psd. I'd like to run an action, and it would create a Home.png in some specified location, like the Desktop. I can do all of this pretty easily by recording the action, except to se... |
As a school project, I am graphically designing my own mobile OS. I already have hundreds of hand drawings of each aspect of the OSs design and I need to make the step to digital mockups.
As the designs that I will be concepting are not "usual" iOS or Android elements, I am going to need to make a lot of the elements f... |
So we often run into print designers who choose all these crazy fonts that don't look good for the web.
As a backend web programmer, what do I tell print designers to help them select non-system fonts that will render well via CSS3 on the web? What is the checklist of requirements?
Or perhaps someone can show me some ... |
Using Photoshop, i'd like to create a realistic sun lens flare, like the one shown on this picture :
What I have already tried : draw a white circle, then apply radial blur effect multiple times, but results are poor and not convincing.
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I want to know how to draw waves like patterns in photoshop easily.
I have attached an image of it so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about:
(source: gstatic.com)
Please anybody help me in this.
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Basic colour theory tells us that a colour palette of Green, Yellow and Red is a laughably ugly, they are colours that clash. If we take Green as the prominent colour, the analogous colours that go with it are Red and Blue - there is no room for yellow in such a colour scheme.
So, is there any way that one can combine ... |
Customers are usually proud of their (offline) identities. As webdesigner, I regularly find myself having to explain that I can't legally use their licensed font in their webdesign. When I do, it always ends up as either a long e-mail or me talking to them on the phone, knowing I lost them halfway through.
Is there a g... |
I just want to use some specific fonts for a non-profit project.
I'll never sell or get any money (not myself or anyone related) with this. Not myself or anyone or the makers of those fonts will make any money, at all.
I just thought "these fonts looks great, I want to use them". Before doing anything though, I prefe... |
By default when sampling colors in Photoshop with the eyedropper the color selected shows up as the foreground color, currently when i try sampling a color it sets it as the background color -how can i fix this error? (any clues how this change occurred?)
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How do you create random diamond, crystal design like this ad on Photoshop? Could anybody please teach me and also identify what's the proper name for design like this call? Thanks a lot!
^Check out the picture design that I'm talking about here. Thanks!
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So here's my problem:
I made some vector images (e.g. figures of people, houses, apples, etc.—ones that you use for infographics). I made them for practicum but since my practicum is ending, I need to leave these stuff to my placement, where no one is well-versed with any kind of photoediting software.
My best bet for ... |
I'm interested in getting an iPad to use Omnigraffle. I'm a 5-year+ Omnigraffle fan on Mac, and so far it looks like reviews say that Omnigraffle on iPad has all the same features, except for Applescript.
But what about fonts?
Can iPad, or the Omnigraffle app specifically, support using any font file that I can get ah... |
Take this image for example:
How would I then go and select more of the rabbit after I made that leg selection up into its body?
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Ok, so this is a bit embarrassing: But I cannot for the life of me find instructions that show me how to achieve this type of effect in Photoshop.
If anyone knows what it is called or how it can be done, I would be most grateful.
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I'm failing to find a replacement for Univers Condensed to use on the Web. I'm using Typekit (portfolio), and right now using LFT Etica Web which is much wider than Univers. I tried Googleing but no luck, so I decided to sign up and ask the pros.
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When drawing straight lines in Photoshop, and I'm not snapping to the horizontal or vertical, doing diagonal lines by clicking on the start point and then shift clicking on the end point is hard to do if I need the line to run through several points.
Is there a way that after clicking once and holding shift, a line gui... |
I was making a GIF animation with GIMP. When I tried to play it back, though, it skipped directly from my first frame to the final frame and missed all the others. Is this a glitch in GIMP, or am I doing something wrong?
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I'm a newbie. I want to ask how to create a double shadow like this:
I don't know how it's called!
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I want to know how to deal with printing mistakes and how to make sure that my work after printing has the least amount of mistakes.
How to deal with print houses in regards to mistakes in printing? like bad colors, colors not centered, wrong page order etc.
How to make sure the work delivered is right? How to deal wi... |
This is not really a translation question - more of a designer vocabulary.
How do you call the set of visuals, logos, designs, colors, fonts... that make a whole design project?
In French we would call it "Charte Graphique", and I've seen some translate it to "Graphic Charter" but I think this is just a google translat... |
Kerning - adjustment of the space between two specific letters.
I am just wondering what computer subsystem is responsible for font kerning. Is it font engine? Or it is quality of specific font?
If it is quality of specific font, can you please give me the names of most known fonts which uses a kerning?
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I'm a newbie in graphic design. when I do my design in illustrator I create a big artboard usually 800X500px, but I don't use all the size. So what should I do to get an image of exactly of my design. For example I create an artboard size 800X550px after I do my design the size is only 300X300px, so I need to have a pn... |
Often designers who are on Behance or Dribbble (or other design social platforms) do not upload there design as is, they pre-process them a bit in Photoshop to make them look better of give them some depth.
In web design, Ipad and monitor screenshots are trending. For print design, people often just adjust the light an... |
I want to use a background image from here though these are usually just used for websites. I am worried the quality will not be sufficient enough for print. Would I be correct in this assumption? Is there a way to make the image more print friendly (eg: shrink the image and repeat it)?
I am using Illustrator and wish ... |
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