Print Handbook for Designers
A handbook full of printed experiments, examples, and a whole load of handy reference material
This little handbook is crammed with stuff which we think you'll find very helpful. Especially if you're a designer. Our goal is to help you see if your ideas will translate well when printed, as well as show what should be possible from your local press.
Hopefully, it will cut down on the guesswork that happens when your job goes from screen to print.
This handbook won't tell you how to think like a great designer, or teach you the history of typography, but it might just help you with some of the stuff that's, well, helpful to know.
We hope to answer questions like:
Which rich black is the best?
What dpi can I get away with?
How small can I print text and still be readable?
Do colours print differently on different papers?
Is an ellipsis elliptical?
How faint can I make some text and still be readable?
What's the best file type to use?
All for £4, a must have design book
A Print Handbook for Designers from the Graphic Design Forums
Hidden Creative Business cards
350gsm Card with Spot Gloss UV Varnish
Design by Hidden Creative
Hidden Creative Business cards on the Behance Network
WhatFont Tool Bookmarklet and Chrome Extension
WhatFont Tool can easily get font information about the text you are hovering on.
WhatFont Tool - The easiest way to inspect fonts in webpages « Chengyin Liu
Via the Graphic Design Forum
Nokia Ditches Old Familiar Font For Shiny New One
Nokia's current typeface -- Nokia Sans -- feels like one of the great constants in the consumer electronics industry, a design that instantly screams "Nokia" the moment you see it (for better or worse). That kind of strong, tight brand recognition from something as basic and simple as a character on a screen really isn't something that you can buy -- it needs to be built and cultivated over many, many years -- so we're sure that Espoo's decision to chuck it and start fresh wasn't taken lightly.
In fact, we're sure it wasn't taken lightly because the company has published an 800-plus word explanation and defense of its decision to kill off Nokia Sans and replace it with Nokia Pure, a font it describes as the embodiment of "beauty in supreme usability."
Nokia continues reinvention, details new fonts and branding -- Engadget
Start Up Britain Killing Small Businesses in the UK
I kind of agree, why promote startup businesses by shutting down current ones? Seems madness! Have you say and read the full post here...
Start Up Britain Killing Small Businesses in the UK
Tweet & Digg they might even notice and reply why they think this is good for anyone?
Graphic Design & Web Design Jobs March 2011
New Media Designer Job Sheffield
Motion Graphics Job Sheffield - Pizza Dick Productions
Designer Job UPPERQUAD San Francisco, California
Mac Operator/ Graphic Designer Job Mexborough UK
Art Director Job - Digital Agency Sheffield
Senior Graphic Designer Quirky New York
Junior Mac Operator Job Sheffield UK
Web and Graphic Designer Job Chesterfield UK
Junior Web Designer The Knot Inc. New York
Max Erdenberger's Help Japan Poster
To raise relief funds for the the devastating 8.9 earthquake and subsequent massive tsunami that struck Japan March 11, 2011. %100 of the proceeds go to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief.
Doyald Young, 84, Designer of Typefaces, Dies
Doyald Young, a logotype designer and teacher whose three monographs on letterforms and alphabets, including the provocatively titled “Dangerous Curves,” reintroduced classical design principles to designers at a time when inelegant lettering was in vogue, died on Feb. 28 in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 84.
New 7up Logo
TracyLocke | Ideas That Move People To Brands™
PBP BANK Identity Process
Art Direction: Łukasz Słotwiński, Bartek Walczuk
Name & claim: Mariusz Joński, Łukasz Słotwiński
Logo Design: Bartek Walczuk
Identification Design: Łukasz Słotwiński
Grids, proportions and stuff: Paweł Marcinkowski
Identity book design: Łukasz Słotwiński
PBP BANK on the Behance Network
DOWNLOAD: Terms and Conditions Relevant to Design Work
This agreement allows you to create customized terms and conditions for different types of design engagements. Updated in 2009, it is modular to meet the needs of a growing design community involved in various disciplines.
AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services — AIGA | the professional association for design
