All designers these days claim to be experts in spotting the two typefaces, but up against one another, they actually look strikingly similar. Think you’re a true type geek, take the quiz and test your mettle.
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Heard about the quiz on BoagWorld, a web design podcast. Here’s my results, honestly. Check [...]
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New York is a museum with it’s posters and graffiti…
On the occasion that I break out my camera in my day-to-day, I observe some rather interesting stuff.
First we have a politically-charged campaign for Manhattan Mini Storage. Clever, you know, with the whole closet metaphor - Dick Cheney’s daughter and that. Actually, I’m surprised it [...]
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Finally, the Post Office listened to our demands. I guess.
Pretty cool. Maybe this will revive a trend in letter-writing. Seems a good tactic to get people to spend, what 40ยข on a postage stamp? Check out more details over on Geeks of Doom
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I’m not sure how this actually happened, but check out the strangeness that occurred when I received a PDF from a client today. Seriously, this is one of the coolest typographical accidents I’ve seen in recent memory. David Carson, eat your heart out.
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Good to see that a computer somewhere has a [...]
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This is a strange story out of New Zealand concerning a British drink and American-style, wool-over-the-eyes propaganda.
Ribena, a sugary drnk made from Blackcurrants, had been claiming it contained 4x the Vitamin C of Orange Juice. But two high school chem students performed some kind of experiment to see if that was true. Turns out, it [...]
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Adobe CS3 is on it’s way. People have already seen the icon system for the next generation of Adobe products, but we haven’t seen the box art, until now.
Adobe Creative Suite Boxes - click for a larger view
I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised. Because of the square and somewhat [...]
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