8 tips for better selfies
Sometimes you need a selfie I recently had a large design project where I received a bunch of DIY headshots (many selfies) from 350 people and needed to process them in Photoshop to resize them, correct white balance, improve contrast, and saturation and insert them...
The most misused key on your keyboard
This may be the most common typography mistake I see people make: using a single open quote mark or a foot mark when they should be using an apostrophe. The following graphic shows a bunch of what not to do. First we’ll look at the apostrophe character and then...
8 cringeworthy fonts to avoid if you want to be taken seriously
No one wants to be ugly, boring and dated; so why use fonts that are? This is my not-at-all exhaustive list of typefaces you should stop using right away. Some were too popular for their own good, severely overused and landed here, while others were cringeworthy from...
The wonderful world of dingbat fonts
My favorite dingbat fonts, how you access them and what cool things you can do with them Here’s the scoop; in typography, a dingbat (formally known as a printer’s ornament) is a decorative element character. Dingbats can be combined to create box frames with fancy...
