Thursday, January 26, 2012

About Desktop Publishing: Colors, Sketchbooks, and Pictures of Money

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From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing
We're nearing the end of January (and the start of the Year of the Dragon) and I'm catching up on blogging some of the odd, interesting, and useful design and publishing related articles I've been reading. But let's start off this newsletter with a question from a reader about picking colors for a business. I hope you'll jump in with some ideas.

Down below you'll also find an assortment of interesting polls, articles, and tutorials from six other About.com Guides.


Color for Representing Iron?
If a business is all about decorative ironworks that are typically lots of black iron, do they automatically have to use black in their logo or as one of their corporate colors? Offer up your own colorful suggestions such as business.

Typography Sketchbooks
A lot of us doodle but these sketches have a lot more to say because their from the pens of famous type designers. Check out this typography book.

Pictures of Money
It's not uncommon for designers to incorporate images of paper currency into their designs but here's a different way to turn money into works of art. Read about these money portraits.



 


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