Adobe has announced that they will be offering a free online-based stripped down version of PhotoShop by year’s end.
Here’s the scoop. It’ll be interesting to see what features they offer for free and if/how they tie it into the desktop app.
So far SnipShot has met my basic needs for an online photo editor. Though I’m […]

Warner Books has announced that their new name is Grand Central Publishing. It’s all part of being bought by a French company last year.
I guess dropping “books” from your business/imprint’s name will be standard practice as the big companies move forward and look at online content, etc.
I do want to see the new logo though. […]

A few weeks ago a very colorful and fun article made the rounds on many blogs. Schott’s NY Times article was about a self-confessed “book abuser” and sparked many create comments and posts across the blogosphere. Well know, folks are taking him to task about the similarities between his article and an essay that appears […]

Through an amazing web of links and referals I wound up at an old thread on Cameron Moll’s blog from August of last year.
The subject of the post is “Typefaces no one gets fired for using”. If you’re in the market for new fonts or some variations on some old favorites, check out all of […]

In an effort to save money and whittle down my “to be read” pile I have seriously curtailed my book buying this year. So far I’m doing pretty good. But today my willpower broke when I ran across a copy of Stefan Salter’s “From Cover to Cover”!
Yes, he’s one of THE Salter brothers. Though not […]

You have today and tomorrow to put your name in the hat to win over at Reading Matter’s latest contest.
I pass that along because 1. it’s a fun blog to keep up with and 2. I’m a fan of this specific contest’s “subject”. You are simply to list the title of a fictionalized account of […]

Wise words that I need to remember. I just finished reading an 2006 interview with Paul Buckley, Art Director at Penguin. He said they crank out 600 covers a year! I can’t imagine the scheduling nightmares they must have.
Buckley spoke directly to something I struggle with with every title:
“…tend to flood the market with books […]

Jim Reed’s Book Loft has moved from its historic loft space on 1st Avenue South over to 3rd Avenue North. Jim is cramming as much as he can into the first floor of the O’Neill building. It’s a smaller space, but I have to say that you can see more books now. The “shotgun” design […]

Looking for some inspiration and a pick-me-up, I recently checked out Fingerprint from my library. Lots of good handlettering, letterpress and screenprinting in this one. But let me tell you how pleased I was when I saw Alabama-based Amos Kennedy’s work sharing pages with some of the world’s premiere shops. Page 116 shows some printed […]

A post over at fade theory points us to an interview with Gary Hustwit, director of the now-playing Helvetica documentary. Pretty cool. I sure would like one of those posters!