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Google Fonts and Font Squirrel are good sources for fonts that are free for commercial use. Most are of pretty good quality too. I usually buy commercial fonts from the MyFonts web site. They have lots of pricing specials on newly released typefaces as well as deals on not-as-new fonts...

The Find and Replace function has had issues in the 2022 version. I don't know if they did anything to fix it in the recent ".2" (subscriber exclusive) update. I've had issues with it hanging the program and even making it crash. That goes along with other issues. I rarely press the "H"...

Are you talking about the options in the Text palette? Within the last couple or so versions Corel decided to hide the character spacing, word spacing and language spacing options in a collapsible part of the Text palette. At the bottom of the "Paragraph" portion of the palette (near bottom)...

Yes. It's worth it. Because there is no shortage of fake-clients who abuse the services of legit sign companies, trying to get something for nothing before shopping our bid(s) to less-legit rival sign shops. They'll have us do all sorts of leg work: visit their location, measure/survey the store...

I think I would be inclined to go "whoops" and accidentally delete the files related to that project. Sign companies are not obligated to keep any source files or production files related to a particular project after it is completed. As others have stated, the client has no right to the...

"Near perfect" is good for some tasks. Not so good for others -like my example of a broken long channel letter face. I already have an excellent DSLR, Gitzo tripod, etc. I have plenty of experience with this stuff.

Depending on the type of sign involved a photograph will not capture flat, accurate results due to the effects of perspective. A photo is no big deal if you're just taking a reference photo of some flat panel sign whose graphics can be easily reproduced. If it's a more complicated repair job...

Lithos Black BTW, the Lithos Pro family can be synced via Adobe Fonts.

Visit the Adobe Fonts web site: https://fonts.adobe.com/ When you get there, log in using your Adobe CC user name and password. Once you're logged in you can click options like "All Fonts," "Recommendations," "Font Packs" and "Foundries" to browse different type families to activate. Use the...

I'm not familiar with Aurelon's PDF engine. The Adobe-branded PDF engines do get updated in the Onyx Thrive and RasterLink Pro installations. We output a LOT of Adobe-centric artwork either created in-house or by other clients. I haven't had any serious problems, even when using new features in...

Wouldn't the alphabet we commonly use be considered Italian? It's one of the stubborn hold-overs of the Roman empire. I don't think the search filter at Adobe Fonts' website works very well. When I select "English" in the "language and writing systems" in the search filter it fails to hide the...

We have Onyx Thrive driving two HP printers and RasterLink Pro driving a Mimaki flatbed. Both applications have Adobe-certified PDF print engines. I haven't had any serious complaints about either RIP's ability to handle complicated Adobe Illustrator artwork containing things like transparency...

That electric unicycle looks like a pretty cool gadget, but probably involves a good learning curve just to be able to ride it. I can just imagine taking a spill, ending up with bad road rash and maybe a broken wrist (or worse). That "wheel" doesn't seem practical for any sort of everyday...

That goes especially for fonts on the DaFont web site. I like the Font Squirrel web site; it offers free fonts that are licensed for commercial use. Consequently, there aren't as many fonts there to browse as there are at DaFont. As far as I can tell all the typefaces on the Google Fonts site...

The sign definitely looks like something baked by a committee. Different people all throwing in their little check list demands for what needs to be included on the sign face. The "neon" woman and man icons at the left don't fit the tone of the salon "logo" at all. I'm guessing those were...

Microsoft did commission Monotype to create Arial so they could avoid paying what Linotype wanted to license Helvetica into the Windows OS. But are you suggesting Arial does not come pre-loaded in Apple computers and mobile devices? OSX includes several styles of Arial, Arial Narrow and Arial...

I think the tactic of these "designers" is to do as little scrolling in a font menu as possible. Arial is the default, so Arial is the choice for the layout! They might click the "B" button on the menu for "bold," or if they really want to put in a lot of effort they might select Arial Black in...

It's a rare occasion I'll encounter a client that requires Arial to be used in the layout. The only time I've had such a requirement result in a decent looking sign: a sign for Altus Air Force base at the Falcon Road gate. The logo specified polished chrome letters set in Arial Black along with...

Arial isn't really a true Helvetica knock-off, although it does deliberately copy the metrics of Linotype's first Helvetica digital font files. More on that here: https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-arial Rather than be a Helvetica look-alike such as Swiss 721, Nimbus Sans...

Arial sucks in any color. It's an equal opportunity offender. I've seen the meme before though. It's still pretty funny.