Monday, October 4, 2010

design related, but mind blowing!

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

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

leftovers from september 20th

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:




Monday, September 13, 2010

need to see it again?


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/


Monday, August 30, 2010

wait, what font file?

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

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!