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Find my Font

1. February 2012

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Find my Font

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: What is Find My Font? Find My Font is a software created by Softonium Development. As its name suggests it, its purpose is to help the user identify fonts. Has this ever happened to you? You are given some printed text or logo and want to reproduce it. The [...]

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A review of LetterMPress

21. November 2011

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A review of LetterMPress

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: LetterMPress, or the art and craft of letter press design… On your iPad! Some explanations Huh, what? I guess this quote deserves some explanation. Through intensive web browsing, I came across this wonderful iPad app: LetterMPress. Then I found this amazing Flickr group. I was sincerely blown away by [...]

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The Wonderful Tools of Astute Graphics

28. September 2011

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The Wonderful Tools of Astute Graphics

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A bit of background information Astute Graphics is a company from the UK. I’ve come across the name a couple times, through people like Von Glitschka, or through desperate searches on how to create proper vector halftones. I have a personal stance against plugins (“creativity doesn’t come from drop-own [...]

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App Cooker review

26. July 2011

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App Cooker review

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hello readers! Today, I want to share with you my impressions after trying out App Cooker, an iPad app that assists in the process of conceptualizing and planning mobile apps. It has been created by Hot Apps Factory, a French studio. This is a new exercise for me, for [...]

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FoldRite Template Master plugin for Adobe InDesign

4. November 2010

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FoldRite Template Master plugin for Adobe InDesign

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The FoldRite Template Master plugin for Adobe InDesign by Fold Factory is an interesting niche tool for working with folded paper. Paper is dimensional, and if it is to fold into itself to form a brochure, the panels that fold in must be slightly smaller to accommodate for the thickness [...]

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Roundup: Mac Utilities for Designers

3. August 2010

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Roundup: Mac Utilities for Designers

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A quick round up of some interesting new and updated Mac utilities of interest to creative types. Photoshop Automator Actions 5.0 (free/$19.95) A package of Actions that lets you control many of Photoshop’s most common functions from within Mac OS X’s Automator, letting you add Photoshop functionality to your [...]

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