Typefaces

March 27th, 2009

The Washington County Arts Council’s logo that you are using in Assignment 4 utilizes the following typefaces:

  • Fontin Sans (for the words Washington County Arts Council)
  • Scriptina (for the large “Arts”)

Use this knowledge… wisely.

More infographics

March 26th, 2009

27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis

Could be handy with Assignment 5. Could be handy for your social studies homework. Either way…

This is what CS4’s multiple artboards turn into with a down convert t CS3. Not shabby, but you’d not want to count on this.

cs3-downconvert

Lorem

January 28th, 2009

As we’re rolling up on Workbook Lesson 7, which deals with type in Illustrator, this quick listen that discusses the origins of Lorem Ipsum is topical. Listen. (via)

Hicks goes vector

January 9th, 2009

The venerable and wise Jon Hicks posts some of his process for developing application icons:

Just over 2 years ago, I started work on what turned out to be my largest icon project to date, for the new version of Linotype’s FontExplorer app (or ‘FEX’ as it’s also known). It was great to be asked to work on an app that I use everyday, and as the project grew, over 280 new icons were created for it, and at several different sizes.

It’s quick, so go ahead and give it a read. No idea why Jon Hicks is venerable and wise? Be sure to peep some of his recent work.

Welcome to class

January 6th, 2009

Howdy and welcome to class. Wanna know what we’ll be doing tonight? Have a look.

But — BUT — I have your first assignment. Quiz, really. Go to this link and get signed up for email updates for when I update this site. Come on, it’s an easy 50 points.