“Too many people believe that creativity is a talent with which some people are born and the rest can only envy. This is a negative attitude that is completely mistaken.
Creativity is a skill that can be learned, developed and applied.” – de Bono in the introduction to How to Have Creative Ideas
I was asked by David […]
A while ago Smashing Magazine did an article on 80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design. We had a little discussion about it over at I Love Typography, too. One thing that appalled me was all the classic typefaces that were missing from the SM list!
Staple Serifs
Garamond was originally designed by Claude Garamond in 1530. It is a […]
Alignment
Ragged right or flush left text, where the copy is aligned on the left side and the right side is left open to wrap as the words fit on the line, is the most familiar and friendly of all alignments.
Ragged left or flush right copy is the opposite of ragged right; it is aligned on the […]
Have you ever found yourself reading the same lines of text over and over again? You probably thought it was just because you were tired, but I bet that wasn’t the case. More likely, it is the result of improper adjustments (or a complete lack of adjustments) to the type!
Don’t make the same mistakes in your materials!
Kerning […]
I thought it would be nice to have a little holiday break (happy Labor Day folks!) from the usual at Creative Curio. Brian Gardner started this little meme and Tara tagged me, so here it goes!
What is something that would surprise people about you and design?
Perhaps it would surprise people that I originally intended to get two […]
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