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Our shop won't making "peeing Calvin" vinyl graphics because it's cheap, rot gut work not worth the trouble and it's not worth the legal risk either. I'll happily point those customers to the flea markets. We kind of take things on a case by case basis for projects we'll refuse based on moral...

Too many religious leaders in the US are failing miserably at being the shepherd to people in need of help. Instead there is too much of this fire and brimstone judgment belching out, along with way too much politics from the pulpit. It's no wonder so many Americans are turned off by the idea of...

With unplanned pregnancies far more often than not it is the biological father pushing for an abortion. Not the mother. The man doesn't want to be saddled with child support payments, among other obligations like suddenly having to be a parent. Many pregnant women have been beaten up and even...

Here in Lawton, OK we've been able to fill a few positions in different roles via students from Cameron University and Great Plains Technology Center. We have contacts at both schools. I participate on an advisory panel in GPTC's graphic design and photography department. We have a few employees...

I have a fairly big collection of old CASmate SCF fonts, some of which were copied from stacks of 3.5" floppy discs. Way back then CASmate had a font conversion utility that could convert True Type fonts to SCF format. I don't remember if the utility worked with Postscript Type 1 fonts. I don't...

I don't know what the cause could be. But something is causing the dot sizes in that halftone to go from big to small in a suddenly uneven shift. If it's not something related to original art or software settings then it has to be something involved in the hardware. That's the only other factor...

What software is being used to produce the gradient? Is the gradient made only with Black ink settings or are the levels of gray made using CMYK formulas? You might get less banding with the latter. It could also be a matter of settings in the fill dialog box, such as a lower default level of...

Many different type foundries, such as Linotype, Berthold, ITC, Monotype, etc have released fonts in Postscript Type 1 format in the past. Adobe has created a decent number of their own typefaces, some of which have been called "Adobe originals" releases. The decision is up to each individual...

There are plenty of things I really dislike about the "Fine Art" business. And there is a lot more in the way of bad art than good. Still, property destruction is property destruction. Only two people have any right at all to deface or destroy a piece of art: the original artist or the person...

Serpentine Sans Bold Oblique.

I've liked a lot of different Super Bowl commercials, but this one is still pretty much my favorite:

I'd like to see the Rams win, partly because Matthew Stafford suffered for so many years at Detroit and probably doesn't have many years left in his career. This could be the only shot he gets at a Super Bowl ring. The last time I checked the Rams were favored at -4. I have a sneaking feeling...

I don't mind the Washington Football Team name change from the "Redskins" to "Commanders" at all. But the recent unveiling of that new logo was about as anti-climactic as it could be. We waited all this time for that plain Jane crap? That "W" icon might work great as a tiny favicon on a web...

The key thing is money. Deere & Company likely wouldn't care at all if some kid drew "fan art" of their logo on a notebook. The important factor is the kid is not making any money directly off of the effort. The fair use doctrine permits use of trademarked and copyrighted material in certain...

I like Frutiger quite a bit, its "95" Ultra Black weight was an early favorite of mine. It's great for big channel letters. I prefer Frutiger Next for any italics since they're true italics, not just something that has been slanted. For instance the lowercase "a" in italic versions of Frutiger...

With Helvetica it gets used in branding more often in some industries than others. Defense technology companies and aerospace is one example. Retail is another. Target mixes Helvetica Neue with Neue Haas Grotesk in its advertising. The differences between the two are pretty subtle. I use various...

In some respects it can be difficult to avoid using Helvetica since it is so clean and neutral looking. These days I try to vary it up with some other "current" commercially purchased faces (Proxima Vara, Avenir Next Pro, Futura Now, Heading Now, etc). Helvetica still has a certain...

Care to name any names? Unless I deliberately want to troll for a flaming argument I'm not going to personally accuse a bunch of people in this forum of sucking at what they do for a living. However, I do acknowledge the fact that a great deal of no-talent f***-ups are working in the graphic...

In the old metal type design some typefaces did have "expert" character sets that covered ligatures like "fi," "fl," "fll" and some other two letter combinations to improve letter spacing. Kerning pairs have been included in digital font files going back over 30 years, but things like expert...

I'm not sympathizing with predatory lenders. Please notice I used the word "predatory" to describe those outfits. They're doing plenty of things I don't think should be legal. But still, the borrowers really need to know what they're getting themselves into. For instance, I'd rather put a gun to...