http://desktoppub.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-20T08:41:13Z Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/22/write-like-the-dinosaurs.htm <p>Create yourself some prehistoric greeting cards, party invites, or Web graphics with some of these <a href="http://desktoppub.about.com/od/themefonts/ss/Free-Dinosaur-Fonts.htm"><strong>fearsome fonts featuring dinosaurs</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://desktoppub.about.com/od/themefonts/ss/Free-Dinosaur-Fonts.htm"><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/desktoppub/1/H/r/q/3/DinosaurFonts.png" alt="Free Dinosaur Fonts" /></a></p> <p>In addition to the fonts, each page also features dinosaur trivia from our <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://dinosaurs.about.com">About.com Dinosaurs</a> site. Some of the jokes and movie taglines could make fun additions to your print projects.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/22/write-like-the-dinosaurs.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/22/write-like-the-dinosaurs.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:55:06 +0000 2012-02-22T08:55:06Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/20/ditch-the-caps-lock-and-add-an-em-dash.htm <p>Touched on touchscreens and keyboards a bit a few weeks back in <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/27/reinventing-the-keyboard.htm">Reinventing the Keyboard</a>. Along similar lines are these "modest proposals for improving the contemporary keyboard" at Slate: <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/02/caps_lock_has_to_go_and_other_proposals_for_improving_the_computer_keyboard.html">KILL THE CAPS LOCK</a> </strong>is an idea I can get behind but #2 really excites me.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/20/ditch-the-caps-lock-and-add-an-em-dash.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/20/ditch-the-caps-lock-and-add-an-em-dash.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:41:13 +0000 2012-02-20T08:41:13Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/19/free-labels-from-worldlabel-com.htm <p>Old is good. Vintage. Like these vintage labels from WorldLabel.com. (<em>found via <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/worldlabels-free-printable-labels-gallery-download-free-printable-labels-pdf-files/">MakeUseOf.com</a></em>) The <a href="http://blog.worldlabel.com/free-printable-labels-gallery"><strong>Free Printable Labels Gallery</strong></a> offers up both color and black &#038; white labels in various shapes. They are PDF templates you can edit and print onto label (or plain) paper to suit your needs. In addition to the lovely vintage designs they have labels for several specific uses such as weddings, book labels (i.e. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprojects/qt/Make-A-Gift-Idea-Custom-Bookplate.htm">bookplates</a>), baby showers, soap and candles, holidays, food gifts, and much more. There are even a selection of organizing labels. I've got some organizing labels of a sort as well -- these <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/od/labels/ig/Cable-Labels/">decorative cable labels</a>.</p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/19/free-labels-from-worldlabel-com.htm Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:18:34 +0000 2012-02-19T08:18:34Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/17/fast-logo-turnaround.htm <p>A few months back we had a discussion about <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2011/08/12/how-long-does-it-take-to-design-a-logo.htm">how long it should take to design a logo</a>. Generally the best logos take some time to develop. Maybe not months but certainly more than a few hours. Unless, perhaps, you're Google. Ran across this last month: <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/26/2742560/gmail-logo-designed-night-before-service-launched"><strong>The Gmail logo was designed the night before the service launched</strong></a>. Turned out alright, I suppose.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/17/fast-logo-turnaround.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/17/fast-logo-turnaround.htm Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:00:16 +0000 2012-02-17T02:00:16Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/15/david-ogilvy-on-writing.htm <p>Going right along with some of my recent blog posts and articles on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/Copywriter.htm">copywriting</a> and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/od/writing/a/Designers-Need-To-Know-How-To-Write.htm">why designers need to know why to write</a> my daily news reading delivered up this: <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/07/david-ogilvy-on-writing/"><strong>10 Tips on Writing by David Ogilvy</strong></a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/15/david-ogilvy-on-writing.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/15/david-ogilvy-on-writing.htm Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:24:56 +0000 2012-02-15T23:24:56Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/09/copy-this.htm <p>A <a href="http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/Copywriter.htm"><strong>copywriter</strong></a> can copy the <a href="http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/Copy.htm"><strong>copy</strong></a> he writes by making a carbon copy using <a href="http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/Carbon-Paper.htm"><strong>carbon paper</strong></a>. &#160;You can also send a carbon copy by email, sort of. &#160;You may think you know what a copywriter does and what copy means but <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossaryc/Glossary_Words_C.htm">dig deeper</a> to find their connection with desktop publishing. And carbon paper? Some of you may never have actually used it but it's still in use even in these post-typewriter days.</p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/09/copy-this.htm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:46:44 +0000 2012-02-09T13:46:44Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/02/08/what-they-see-isnt-always-what-you-saw-2.htm <p>We often spend a lot of time choosing fonts, colors, and the perfect pictures for our desktop publishing projects. But we all have our own preferences and biases. 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If I may make a suggestion (resolutions work any time of year) how about brushing up on your <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/od/writing/a/Designers-Need-To-Know-How-To-Write.htm">writing skills</a>, creating some cool new <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/od/qrcodes/tp/QR-Code-Ideas-For-Personal-Projects.htm">personal projects with QR codes</a>, and expanding your desktop publishing vocabulary. The topics we covered this month will get you off to a good start.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/31/desktop-publishing-january-review-more-on-writing-qr-codes-terms-to-know-and-forum-talk.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/31/desktop-publishing-january-review-more-on-writing-qr-codes-terms-to-know-and-forum-talk.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:46:42 +0000 2012-01-31T20:46:42Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/29/star-wars-snowflakes.htm <p>Although we sometimes get a bit of snow where I live, I prefer it when we don't. But I do like the kind of snow made of paper. Take a look at these <strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/holiday-star-wars-snowflakes">Star Wars Snowflakes</a>. </strong>Darth Vader never looked lovelier.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/29/star-wars-snowflakes.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/29/star-wars-snowflakes.htm Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:44:30 +0000 2012-01-29T10:44:30Z http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/27/reinventing-the-keyboard.htm <p>Is it just me or do you find yourself sometime poking your finger at the monitor on your desktop or laptop? As an iPhone and iPad user I've grown so accustomed to swiping my finger across the screen or tapping an icon or the on-screen keyboard that it took me several minutes to figure out why my lately underutilized netbook wasn't responding. Oops!</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/27/reinventing-the-keyboard.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2012/01/27/reinventing-the-keyboard.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:04 +0000 2012-01-27T11:00:04Z