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The Best Type of 2009

2009-03-01T23:06:00.000-08:00

Type design goes unappreciated by most, but for designers, being all all-star in type design is a bit like being a big-wave surfer or a base jumper: It commands respect from your in-the-know peers, because the discipline is insanely difficult. Every font is a minefield of decisions, against myriad concerns like legibility, expressiveness, historical references (which are crazy, considering that many typefaces are hundreds of years old). But at the same time, a good type design can scream talent even to the layman. Here's a peak at a few nice ones, courtesy of the Type Director's Club 2009 awards, one of the most prestigious in the world.

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25 brilliant wine label, bottle & package designs

2009-03-01T23:03:00.000-08:00

If you’re like me a wine lover, this article will be the tastiest you will have seen on Designer Daily. Unfortunatly I’m not a wine expert, so I often rely on the bottle’s label design when it comes to picking my future drink. Following is a list of wine that I could have picked based on their design at the store.

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7 Fresh and Simple Ways to Test Cross-Browser Compatibility

2009-03-01T22:35:00.000-08:00

This post is written for designers, developers, or anyone else who has struggled with testing their websites across multiple browsers.

As little as one year ago, there were almost no good options for testing cross-browser compatibility of websites. The tools out there usually had significant drawbacks — either in cost, capabilities, or time required. Lately, though, there have been a lot of newcomers to the browser testing world, some of which offer truly excellent services.

IETester

BrowserShots

BrowsrCamp

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10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website

2009-03-01T22:29:00.000-08:00

You may have a personal portfolio website for a number of reasons. If you’re a freelancer, then you’d need one to showcase your work and allow people to contact you. If you’re a student (or unemployed), then you’d need one to show prospective employers how good you are and what you can do, so that they might hire you. If you’re part of a studio, then you might use one to blog about your design life, show people what you’re doing and build your online presence.

1. Logo

2. Tagline

3. Portfolio

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10 Excellent Open Source and Free Alternatives to Photoshop

2009-02-28T23:22:00.000-08:00

Adobe Photoshop is a given in any designer’s wish list, and it comes with a host of features that allow for excellent and professional photo editing. The biggest obstacle to any designer who wants Photoshop is the price, which can be prohibitive. Fortunately there are a number of open source (and completely free) programs out there that do much of what Photoshop can, and sometimes more.

Pixen

Krita

GIMP

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13 Most Desirable Collection Of Free Resources For Every Designer

2009-02-28T23:14:00.000-08:00

In the search of free resources, We always works really hard to bring all those stuffs that could help others. We mainly focuses that all the resource should be attractive and useful for everyone in anyway. There are countless free stuffs available for designers which everyone should review at least once. In this post, I have collected 13 Most Desirable Collection Of Free Resources For Every Designer.

45+ Free Design Template And PSD Files

30 Amazingly Creative Social Bookmarks Icon Sets

15 High Quality Free Premium WordPress 2.7 Themes

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2009-02-26T23:20:00.000-08:00

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