Unanswered Questions
3,584 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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Critique request: Vtuber logo
Was finding 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 graphics ...
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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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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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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,...