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Where did the early graphic design theory in Asia originate from?
As a North American designer, most of the graphic design theory I've encountered can be traced back to the Bauhaus in Germany. I've also read there was a less famous Russian equivalent to the Bauhaus ...
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Add Git log as table to InDesign Document
I use InDesign CC as the last step in document processing. The source is written in Markdown and converted via pandoc to an InCopy document which gets linked to a text frame in InDesign.
The whole ...
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Inconsistent kernings shown in metrics view in FontForge
I am working to modify an existing font (Sacramento, under SIL OFL license), and wish to adjust kernings after having made a few stylistic changes.
I thought I had found the proper way to do it (...
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How do I make sure the unicode box drawing characters work properly in my font?
Unicode has a set of characters for drawing simple graphics. Here is an example from Wikipedia:
┌─┬┐ ╔═╦╗ ╓─╥╖ ╒═╤╕
│ ││ ║ ║║ ║ ║║ │ ││
├─┼┤ ╠═╬╣ ╟─╫╢ ╞═╪╡
└─┴┘ ╚═╩╝ ╙─╨╜ ╘═╧╛
There there ...
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Isolated > medial substitutions in FontForge
I've been working on a font for a fictional language (Ta'agra from Skyrim) and I'm having issues getting the substitutions to work. It's supposed to be written similarly to Arabic where each letter ...
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Ending a Photoshop script when no layers are selected
I've been working with a function I found on stackoverflow here that works as far as I can tell by grouping the layers, dumping layer names into an array then ungrouping them.
function ...
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Critique request: Vtuber logo
Was searching for a site/forum where I can get some design critique about a logo I am creating for my brand, for the vtubing industry, and found this forum by chance! :D I am not a professional ...
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Indication at page bottom that a poem's stanza breaks or does not break?
When a poem written in stanzas carries over on to more than one page, it is common when submitting it to a publisher to type "[stanza break]" or "[no stanza break]" where necessary,...
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Font with its name displayed in different font
When looking in Microsoft Word, some fonts, such as Wingdings, are shown in the dropdown using a different font for the font's name, so that you can actually read it.
I have designed a font, but its ...
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Why are images with proPhotoRGB profile not displaying colours in inDesign correctly
I have been experimenting with exporting images from Lightroom 6 using a variety of rgb and cmyk profiles as both jpegs and tif (8bit and 16 bit). The images all look much the same on Windows Explorer ...
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Does Ink Manager use official Pantone recommended values?
I was wondering if anyone knows if you use the Ink Manager to convert Pantone Spot Colors to CMYK in InDesign is the outcome an official Pantone recommended value?
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How do I make the letters seem as a part of the entire type set?
Tldr; Help me identify elements/qualities in "I" that makes it seem belonged to this set
Greetings
I am a design enthusiast, and to understand typefaces, I started 36 days of type.
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Soft proofing grayscale images in Photoshop
When printing a grayscale image it's treated exactly like the black channel of a color image. So in order to get a correct preview of how it will look on print it must be soft proofed with the CMYK ...
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How to batch convert multiple Inkscape SVG to plain svg and converts all objects/layers to paths?
I'm making some illustrations for a dissertation in Inkscape and I like this software.
However, when inserting those illustrations to Word files, there appear some weird artifacts like:
disappeared ...
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Aligning circles on diagonal edges
I'm having trouble finding a successful way to get precise shape snapping in Illustrator.
I don't know how to get circles to align with each other when along a diagonal edge, like in the hippo ...
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Is there a way to save the "Export As" Scale All Sizes in Photoshop CC?
Photoshop now has a nice feature you can right-click on an Artboard and choose "Export As.."
Once you do this on the left side of the screen you have the ability to add multiple sizes for scaling ...
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How to draw perfect rectangle using paths tool in GIMP?
I want to draw rectangle (perpendicular edges) using paths tool. I tried using grid, but it does not give precision.
Also tried "snap to grid" option seems to not work with Paths tool.
In pencil tool,...
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Create metric-compatible font
How can I create a font that is metric-compatible with a commercial font?
I don't need actual glyphs, just rectangles that will preserve the document layout.
What properties are important?
Advance ...
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How do I create a water ripple distortion animation on text?
Hi everyone. Can you please help me to understand the process behind it?
I'm studying the process starting from the static image so through displacement map on photoshop but I'd like to obtain my ...
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How can you "unbake" a normal/displacement/bumpmap in maya
I have a complete 3d model with all sorts of maps (to reduce geometry) added.
However I would like to 3d print the model and would like the additional resolution of the maps back in the geometry of ...
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After Effects Scripting : fontSize adjusted to boxTextSize Script Optimization
I need Help Improving and optimizing a Script.
I'm fairly new to java and scripting in general and I've been Trying to do a script that would increase the font Size of a text until it fully fills it'...
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Script to pick closest Pantone from CMYK reference in Photoshop
I'm trying to script the process of selecting the closest Pantone+ Solid Coated colour from a CMYK reference in Photoshop.
Manually the process is:
Click on the Foreground Color picker.
Enter a CMYK ...
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Is there a way to auto set alt tags on images in PDFs with Acrobat Pro?
We're creating pdfs of images in acrobat pro using create pdf ->combine files.
The files we are using are all large file images that have been fully marked up in adobe bridge. We need these PDFs to ...
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Acrobat Pro: how to add multiple custom stamps at once
Is there a way to add many custom stamps at once? Adding within the program only allows one stamp to be added at a time (I have 71 to add). I tried adding the image files to the stamps folder within ...
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PS CS6: Texture Painting on a 3d model
I've been using Photoshop proper for quite a while, but have just recently started working with the 3d aspect.
I have some tileable 2d images as source (human skin) and some importable 3d models ...
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What is the math governing the shape of Inkscape's spiro paths?
I have begun experimenting with Inkscape's "spiro" mode for curves. Since I usually end up writing Python to create art that Inkscape just doesn't have the tools to accomplish, I'm curious what the ...
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How to correctly recolor in Adobe Illustrator?
I have an SVG ( http://www.feingeist.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Polygon_grey.svg), which I want to recolor.
Initially, I wanted to achieve this by using CSS function
background-blend-mode: ...
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Identification of a lively style of hand lettering from around 1900
I have come across a certain lively style of hand lettering on some old postcards that interests me. I have only two examples:
The full images can be seen here and here.
The images are from ...
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"Pitch" when we talk about /computer/ monospaced fonts
Pitch is the number of (monospaced) letters, numbers and spaces in one inch (25.4 mm) of running text, that is, characters per inch (abbreviated cpi). The pitch was most often used as a measurement of ...
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Vertical aligning image caption and sidebar notes with body text?
How do you vertical-align smaller type such as image captions or sidenotes with body type? Do you align it with the cap height or the baseline? What are the benefits?
I'm looking for general guidance.
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Text not showing up on illustrator file
I am a beginner to illustrator. I attempting to add text using the text tool. I am successful doing it in the practice file, but same actions don't work in my "live" file. Below images show ...
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Is there a list of all known national official typefaces?
Most countries have an 'official' typeface(s) that they use as part of their identity guidelines in promoting the government or typesetting legislation.
For example, all UK statutes are typeset by ...
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When I edit an equation, it removes all animations from that slide. Is this an option or a bug? Is it possible to change this?
It's pretty straightforward.
I've recently started teaching a large course (190 students), and this has forced me to teach using PowerPoint instead of a white board. The biggest issue I've faced with ...
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What color should be use on the edge of isometric pixel art
Is there a general rule to put outline/contour in isometric pixel art and what color should be used?
I know the inside can be outlined not by black but by the color used, but what about the outer ...
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How can I achieve similar lights for this 3D object?
The left one is my turn on recreating the image seen on the right. I've found quite similar aluminum/metal material and played with the bevel to make it as similar as I could, but I can't replicate ...
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Inkscape not showing svg that displays correctly in browser
This svg from wikimedia, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg, is visible in web-browers, but shows nothing in Inkscape 0.91r13725
<svg xmlns="http://...
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How to reset a graph in Illustrator
If I use one of the graph tools, typically I don't get the results I want by changing settings and need to use the Direct Selection tool to move/change some things around.
Sometimes I want to revert ...
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ActionScript Dialogue
Essentially I'm wondering how I would have a text box pop up and every time you press e, the next string of text will appear. Then, once you get to the end of the array of text, the textbox art should ...
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All superscript (and subscript) font
Background
I am creating an app with React Native which needs to be able to display super/subscript. For some reason, there is no way of doing this on Android because the View cannot be nested in the ...
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Сlip layer to "outer glow"
I have a folder that contains many strings. This folder has layer effects applied:
Color overlay (bright yellow)
Stroke (black)
outer glow (can be any color, currently white.)
I want to clip a layer ...
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SVG for WPF from illustrator – URL?
Has anyone got some fool-proof settings for exporting SVG files from illustrator for WPF environment dev buttons?
Specifically, I'm being told by the developers the icons with a gradient are ...
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Google Web Designer distorting image sharpness
I'm using Google Web Designer to create an animation. The program is awesome for the most part. The one area where it's a bit befuddling is with image quality.
Original images are usually quite ...
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My InDesign PDF is larger than what I set my document as?
So I'm trying to upload a PDF to Blurb.ca, and it only accepts the file if it's within the dimensions it requires (21x26 cm). I have my file set to 20x25 cm (which is the final booklet size) with a ...
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PowerPoint 2016: Text disappear when "Convert to Shape" an SVG plot
I am trying to "Convert to Shape" an SVG plot according to this tutorial (Convert an SVG image to an Office shape) in PowerPoint 2016.
The SVG file I am trying to edit is https://svgshare.com/i/5AL....
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How to auto resize text, to fit a bounding box on Photoshop?
Heu guys,
I have defined a text bonding box (275px x 153 px for example).
Now I need to set this text to AUTO fit (resize both spacing and font size) this bounding box.
How can i do this in ...
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adobe illustrator script that saves low quality pdf?
How would one alter the preset script (Illustrator CC) or is there a script that can batch save a bunch of pdf's in low quality from some ai files? If anyone has such a script please add a link or ...
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Create SVG asset library with Illustrator
I'd like to use Illustrator to generate a set of assets for use in web. The idea is that I would define one or more defs that could be called upon late.
It seems this is not the intended use, and to ...
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Making free Munsell color chip sheet
Munsell color reference chips are really useful for painters but awfully expensive. It should be easy to create a sheet that can reliably be printed on most printers though, shouldn't it? I.e a PDF ...
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inDesign: Place textframes relative to other textframes, with automatic repositioning on resize
I use javascript to create an inDesign file containing multiple textframes. During script runtime, the textframes are easily positioned at the right place.
The problem arises, when I change the text ...
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Can i view hidden data in an adobe acrobat pdf file?
I have an adobe acrobat pdf file.
I have adobe acrobat pro dc.
Does acrobat pdf have hidden information / metadata? If so, how do I view it?
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