Valerie Kirschenbaum has authored, designed and published a milestone book that is really more than just a book - it's a cultural heirloom for the whole family. It's about design, publishing, printing ... and saying Good-bye Gutenberg
Chuck Green is back with a major blockbuster -- his Design-it-yourself GRAPHIC WORKSHOP is a delightful instruction manual for non-designers, and a healthy shot of creative energy for the pros... don't miss it! This month's Editor's Choice
Martin Evening's latest Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for the Mac and PC is a blockbuster with no padding or fluff -- all solid Photoshop training and pure inspiration for even the fine arts painter. This month's Editor's Choice
Now in its 8th edition, Dean Lem's industry bible is simply the best print production workbook ever produced! Through twenty-three printings of seven editions, the latest volume links the new digital prepress applications with essential traditional printing information. If you print, you need the Graphics Master 8
Want to expand beyond typical tips and techniques? Tired of those "hot" tricks without a reason or purpose? Al Ward's technical expertise gives you precision training and a creative jolt in the arm that won't quit... Photoshop for Right Brainers
Author, Donna L. Baker chats about her latest book: HTML Complete Course; part of the Wiley/Seybold Complete Course series -- and discusses key issues of using HTML to build web sites...
THE SPAM LETTERS by Jonathan Land is a totally humorous book that fights spam, one email at a time -- entertaining correspondence (and some bewildering replies) to people who send out mass junk e-mailings (a.k.a. spam). Jonathan Land has done what none of us would want to do to beat spammers at their own game ... THE SPAM LETTERS
Deke McClelland is the hardest working man in the Graphics biz. His latest book is the finest hour in Photoshop training and actually includes two hours of Total Training video, and full-color, step-by-step instruction. Visit some choice quotes and insights into ... Adobe Photoshop CS: One-on-One
M.J. from Yardley PA writes:
"Hey Fred! Nice issue and I like the new look and breadcrumb trail at top. Your issue was heavy on digital photography and I wanted to add to the pile! Just got a new book called Digital Photography Hacks by Derrick Story (OReilly Press). I loved his little digital photography pocketbook. This new one is great... lots of tips for the digital camera picture taking experience as opposed to a glut of after-the-shot photoshop tips like most books. You can browse through and pick the tip you want to work on--the organization is well thought out. Using househould objects for camera filters (sunglasses, pantyhose!), how to take a good panorama without a tripod...NEAT STUFF. Design cafe list member since forever!
Excellent! Yes, we agree! Digital Photography Hacks
I predict this book by Leslie Cabarga will become a required classic for the graphic artist, designer, desktop publisher and signer. RUN, don't walk to get this book NOW: The Logo, Font & Lettering Bible
We wanted to say congratulations to all our winners in the September "Back to Design School" giveaway. A special thanks goes out to Peachpit Press work helping sponsor the promo, and for sending out copies of their books to all the winners.
* Brian Fuschetto of Norwood, NJ takes the GRAND PRIZE, taking home copies of ALL the books in the "Design School!" Congratulations, Brian.
* Susan Oakes from Lake Grove won The InDesign for QuarkXPress Users Book
* Max Gilbert, Little Rock, AK, gets The Non-Designer's Design Book
* Catarina Telendyl-Schneider in Florida gets the Photoshop 7 Killer Tips Book
* Kitty Garrett wins The Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Standard Classroom in a Book... Design School Winners
Our big news is the wonderful visit with Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, author of Painter 7 WOW Book, and well known traditional/digital artist. I think you'll enjoy this one -- and perhaps discover that Photoshop isn't the only software doing WOW stuff!
The interview is in the PDF edition of DTG Magazine, and over in the Designer's Bookshelf we have the interview with a number of added pop-up windows showing some of the luscious art you'll find in the Painter 7 WOW Book.
Congratulations, Carrie! (who wrote in to say:)
There are so many great free font sites on the Web, it's hard to pick just a few. Here are some favorites:
* CybaPee Creations out of Germany(http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/cybapee/cpc.htm) has several fun retro fonts, such as Pachyderm and Sunny Side. The handwriting font InkyDinky is great set in a large size on name tags. This is also the site to visit if you want fonts based on ancient alphabets (such as Stoertebeker, Postmoderne Fraktur, Pegyptienne, Oetztype, Krasni Fellows, Greex, and more).
* To help you select a font, visit Daniel Will-Harris' Esperfonto on the Web at http://www.will-harris.com/esp1.htm. He walks you through the process of deciding the right tone. (This is a good one, Carrie -- Daniel is a good friend and colleague of the Design Center!)
* Finally, http://www.fontgarden.com/ has a ton of free fonts, specializing in handwriting fonts. They also have the funniest and most diverse collection of quotes used to illustrate the fonts.
* Keep up the good work, Fred. I'm a total font junkie and greatly look forward to getting each issue of DTG.
Well Carrie, you'll be getting more than DTG this month... you'll be getting a free copy of Kathleen Ziegler and Nick Greco's fabulous **Designer's Guide to Web Type: Best Fonts Online** book.
This is one of the unique books in today's book marketplace -- divided into two sections: first, background on the font, its foundry, the artist, and an example of the font's use. Next, part 2 displays each font in an alphabet much like any other specimen book.
Hope you enjoy it... and again, THANK YOU for entering our FONTS outreach.
Unlike last year when Pamela Pfiffner's blockbuster book "Inside The Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story" which was the unanimous winner -- this year we had quite a bit of difficulty deciding on a single "Best" for the year.
We had to step back and reevaluate the very mission of this web site. What book is most worth buying to advance the skill set most essential to all those in visual communications, graphic design and other creative endeavors? We arrived at the conclusion that our focus is all about two essential elements that makes for true greatness. Most importantly, ideas and creativity. Secondly, but equally important, is responsibility. So what we ended up with was two 'books' of the year! These two books reflect the ultimate in those values and goals.
Book of the Year: Idea Revolution
Book 2 of the Year: Citizen Designer
Both are highlighted along with all our other winners for 2003
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