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What font does Apple use for printed document?
Serif font such as Times New Roman is usually used in printing document in Windows.
What is the equivalent font in Apple?
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Pairing a font with a tahoma as display font
For branding matters, I need to use tahoma as a display font (for all headlines).
I know, I know, it's a body text font meant only for screens: I don't really have a choice there.
I am having a hard ...
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What are the best practices and techniques to fix rags?
What would be the best practices to fix the rags on a left aligned text for print.
Besides breaking lines and hyphenations, should you use tracking, and if so how much.
Also, how would you judged a ...
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Examples of good academic poster design
Do you have any good examples of academic poster design? Most posters look exactly the same (I don't want to pick on anyone in particular), and from my experience at conferences, almost nobody reads ...
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Different Logo Colors for Different Uses, Appropriate?
I am finalizing the last step of my logo redesign process.
Is it ok not to have a regular color when presenting my logo?
I am thinking about having a defined list of colors for different use cases ...
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When is font hinting used for print?
Following on from this question: TTF and other "modern" font systems, and font size differences
Higher quality fonts contain hinting information, which in short better fits glyph boundaries ...
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Should I use Illustrator or Photoshop for Collateral Design?
I am creating a web advertising rate card. Basically a brochure. It will be a PDF file. Should I do brochure designs or collateral designs using Illustrator and then import the non vector images from ...
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Why do newspapers use multiple columns?
This might not be the right place to ask, but I was wondering why newspapers use multiple columns? Does it take up less space, or is there a visual reason?
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What are the best widely-distibuted typefaces when I don't have access to commercial alternatives?
I frequently find myself producing printed material without the luxury of using commercial typefaces.
What typefaces typically installed with operating systems or software applications are good ...
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Why do we still use points as a measurement of type size?
I'm in the UK, which uses metric units for pretty much everything now except road distances and beer (obviously best kept apart).
Page sizes have been metric here and in most of the rest of the world ...
