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Five reasons* to be excited about Adobe CS5
on 23 April 2010
Working with special OpenType glyphs
on 23 April 2010
An extension of TrueType, OpenType can also accommodate PostScript data, allowing fonts created in both formats to be converted. It also adds new features, notably vastly expanded character tables, allowing variants such as oldstyle numerals, small caps and even complete foreign alphabets to be included in a single font file, and automatic alternates, so a different letter shape or ‘glyph’ will be selected for a character depending on which characters come before and after it. continue reading excerpt
Success on a plate
on 12 April 2010
Another ad for The Feathers Inn, Rhian and Helen’s amazing pub, which continues to win every award for food pubs in the region. This one will run in a supplement to the Hexham Courant. see the ad
PageZephyr 2
on 9 April 2010
Some publishers are stumped when asked to retrieve material from old editions. Unlike web content, printed copy doesn’t always go through a CMS, and the only final version may be the one on the page. If you’re sitting on an archive of InDesign or QuarkXPress documents, it can be difficult and time-consuming to answer questions [...]
Digital Economy Bill: keep calm and log on
on 8 April 2010
Now that the Digital Economy Bill is becoming law, it’s time to move on from campaigning against it to working out how to cope with it. That’s why I designed this poster continue reading and see the poster
Why Cory Doctorow is wrong about the iPad
on 3 April 2010
Blogging in response to somebody else’s blog is not usually my style, but Cory Doctorow’s anti-iPad rant on BoingBoing is so well written and so wrong that it’s impossible to ignore. continue
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Illustrations without Illustrator
on 26 March 2010
DTP software was conceived as a jack of all trades and master of none. You’d prepare your photos in Photoshop, illustrations in Illustrator and words in Word, then import them. These days, though, it’s increasingly feasible to do it all in InDesign. continue reading excerpt
Windows 7 For Schools
on 4 March 2010
The Education Show is an annual UK event for schools and colleges. To coincide with it, MESH Computers and Dennis Publishing commissioned me to produce a mini-magazine introducing Windows 7 to education buyers, generously supported by AMD. I wrote most of the copy for the 20pp edition as well as designing the layouts and cover.
Blood, sweat and beers
on 8 February 2010
I’m posting this partly to publicise the Hedley Barrel Race and Beer Festival, if anyone’s in the area, and partly for portfolio, because I don’t often get asked to do posters. read this and see the poster
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In which I become the last person in the universe to blog about the iPad; and risk being branded an Apple fanboy. But, whatever
on 3 February 2010
I watched the launch of the iPad (or iSlatelet, as I’d taken to calling it in the hope that someone would have explained to Steve why iPad was an even less sensible name for a consumer electronics product than Wii) with considerable scepticism, but on reflection, so many aspects of this thing are near enough right. continue
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