just stuff

design related, but mind blowing!

2010-10-04T15:39:00.001-04:00

in the world of design, we're often tasked with enormous projects that seem impossible to complete. now, that said, i'd hate to be the designer on THIS project!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2010/oct/04/new-york-street-signs-capitals

leftovers from september 20th

2010-09-21T12:09:00.003-04:00

Someone left a red and black flash drive in the front row last night. I removed it and left it in the Lab lost and found box for easy pick up.

I totally forgot to answer the question about spell check! Yes, there is spell check in InDesign. With your text box selected, (it only checks one box at a time) you can use a shortcut of Command + I or Edit>Spelling>Check Spelling. It's gotten a lot better, but it's still no match for InCopy or Word, so keep that in mind. It's better to import a Word file that's already been edited.

Also, here's a great Adobe TV episode about last night's class:

need to see it again?

2010-09-13T17:19:00.002-04:00

adobe tv is a wonderful reference for questions you might have or if you would like to see it rather than do i all over again. here's the intro from this week's class.

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-indesign-cs5/getting-started-what-is-indesign-cs5/

wait, what font file?

2010-08-30T11:29:00.001-04:00

here are some references about different types of font files:

http://www.typography.com/ask/recentTopic.php?rtID=86

http://www.fonts.com/AboutFonts/Help/_FontFormats.htm

post-it obsession

2010-08-30T09:40:00.002-04:00

do they find me or do i find them?

they're around every corner..commercials, coupons, ads in magazines with little samples, just enough to get me hooked. i called my mother, "can you go through the coupons in your newspaper to see if you have an extra post-it coupon?" what a wonderful invention!

i had a cube with four colors in it. i couldn't wait to get to the sweet pea green color. one sheet in, someone in my house decided they needed a stack of post-its and broke off all of the green for their own.

now they make them in "extra sticky labels." ohhhhh! a new specimen! *evil grin*

i've already started planning my next trip to staples to see what i can get my hands on.

then, there's this: http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/08/31/post-it-art-productivity-in-many-wonderful-colors/

LOVE!