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The members of NCPA will convene in Raleigh March 20-22 at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley. (Site of the 2018 convention which held record crowds.) NCPA continues a tradition of offering free …
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12/31/69
Some typefaces are just downright strange. Like Curlz. I just can’t bring myself to believe that someone was serious about designing that one.
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Ed Henninger
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11/18/17
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is planning to introduce an ad-blocking feature in the mobile and desktop versions of its popular Chrome web browser, according to people familiar with the …
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Jack Marshall, The Wall Street Journal
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4/20/17
I’m always amused—and a bit disappointed—when someone tells me “I just love breaking the rules” of design. More often than not, that person isn’t breaking any …
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Ed Henninger
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4/7/17
Ernest Hemingway: “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”W. Somerset Maugham: “There are three rules for writing well. Unfortunately, no one …
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Ed Henninger
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3/22/17
In recent columns, I’ve listed text typefaces to toss and text typefaces I recommend.
Does it matter? Is the right text typeface—used in the right way— really that important?
Yes. It. …
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Ed Henninger
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2/14/17
Contrast helps to create focal points on a page and a hierarchy for what readers will see first. Here are several ways to create contrast in your design.Contrast of Size. The largest headline on a …
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Vickie Krueger, Poynter
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1/18/17
A reader emailed to mention that I’d recently written a column listing New Century Schoolbook (among others) as a typeface to toss, but that I hadn’t suggested a text face that might be …
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Ed Henninger
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1/9/17
During the past few years—and only for certain clients—I’ve been suggesting they get away from the traditional half-point frame for photos.
The option I recommend is a photo frame with a soft drop shadow.
Why? A few reasons...
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Ed Henninger
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12/19/16
One of the presentations we set for this year’s institute was titled : “Ed’s Top 10 Design Tips…and Maybe More.” And here’s a chance for me to share some of them with you.
Over the years, these tend to become more or less important. Tip number 1 may slip to tip number 5…tip number 7 may become tip number 3. But these are all worth keeping in the top 10…for now -
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Ed Henninger
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12/19/16