“When market analysts value which brands are most valuable, Apple is often high on the list. Appleís apple logo has helped build the brand, Apple has today, and there is a long tale hanging to the genesis of the logo. Macnyt can today present a small world first: The full story on the genesis of the logo, it’s appearance, meaning and interpretations.”
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“I like designing fonts. I like designing pixel fonts. I don’t like how difficult it is to get them to work. For this reason, i’ve written a short guide to creating cross platform pixel fonts… We’ll start with some maths first. Fonts are designed in the abstract ‘FUnit’ measurement. FUnits make up the also abstract ‘Em-Square.’ The number of FUnits in an Em-Square is a value you choose when creating a font…” Thanks whatdoiknow.org
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“Imagine for a moment a straight piece of string. If you wanted to pull it upward to form a semi-circle, where would you grab it? Answer: in the center. But in most illustration software, your natural instinct would be wrong. Because of the decades-old design of BÈzier curves ó the bedrock of many illustration software packages ó the correct answer would be grabbing either end of the straight line and awkwardly twisting and turning them to force the center into bending the way you want. Not exactly the most obvious, user-intuitive method to accomplish such a seemingly simple goal.”
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“The graphic designerís role is largely one of giving form to content. Often ñ perhaps even nearly always ñ this process is a cosmetic exercise. Only rarely does the form of a message become a signal of meaning in and of itself. Last week, at Princeton Universityís Firestone Library, I saw an example of the power that form can give content: George F. Kennanís legendary ‘Telegraphic Message from Moscow of February 22, 1946,’ or, as it is better known to students of twentieth century foreign policy, ‘The Long Telegram.’”
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“The State of the News Media 2004 is an inaugural effort to provide a comprehensive look each year at the state of American journalism. Our goal is to put in one place as much original and aggregated data as possible about each of the major journalism sectors.”
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