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Heavy Backpack – A Creative Catalogue D-Lists - Web & Graphic Design Inspiration On Web Typography There are many books and articles on typography, but considerably few explore typeface selection and pairing. With the floodgates poised to open and the promise of many typefaces being freed up for use on websites, choosing the right face to complement a website’s design will need to become another notch in the designer’s belt. But where do we start? Article Continues Below Until now, using any typefaces beyond those installed with computer operating systems by default meant using images, Flash, or some other workaround. But browser makers have put the ball in our court by implementing the @font-face CSS property, which allows designers to link to any font file and pull it into their pages. This exposed the elephant in the type foundry: Type makers have largely refused to license their raw typefaces on webpages out of concerns about piracy. Brave new world#section2 We’ve been spoiled. The technical problems with web type also run deep. Context and meaning#section3 Picky, picky#section4

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Colorburned | Graphic design resources, tutorials, and more! Graphic mania Color + Design Blog by COLOURlovers Marketing, using illustrations, is more powerful than using text, which most people don't read. After all, they say that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' A marketing illustration needs to have a strong message to the intended market to make an impact. Most news indicates that all illustrators are different, so what are the various marketing mistakes they need to avoid when doing their work? No smooth illustrations Illustrations use more drawings than from just the imagination. Use of the wrong file format Well, one would conclude that it's not worth spending a whole day designing a logo for a client and creating the best resolution only to download it in the wrong format. Using the wrong colors Colors are very crucial in marketing illustrations. Not using swatches While most young illustrators will try to build their own swatches to remain unique, this can use up most of your time and never achieve the best quality. Poor cropping Conclusion

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