27 Copyright Free Typefaces

With the course of time, every designer faces the problem of effective and stylish typeface choice. As we all know, a good typeface has to fulfill three following criteria:

- It is required to support the corporate identity developed by the designer;
- It has to enrich the design of the publication;
- It is necessary that the typeface suited the overall design.

In order to meet these requirements, a good designer always goes on looking for new typeface ideas. Sure, it is possible to work out a typeface on your own. However, there is no need to do so, as the experience proves everything really worthy is already created.

So, we would like to offer you to get acquainted with the following resources offering you to download creative and awesome typefaces for professional design:

Alexandria – Download

Alexandria is a serif font typeface created by Hank Gillete. It corresponds to the neo-grotesque sub-classification.

Slab Tall X – Download

And again a tall and condensed Slab Serif designed by Manfred Klein, very much like Typo Slab Serif (also from the same designer) only here the X-height is even taller. Continue reading…

How long does it take to create an iPad App?

Many companies and potential clients are often somewhat surprised at how long it takes to develop an app from start to finish. While apps are run on mobile phones and don’t typically take up much memory, they still take a good deal of time to plan out, design, develop, test (hate the applications that freeze, lose what you where just typing and then turn off right?) and launch. While they rarely take as long to develop as a full software application or website, most apps typically take at least two to three months to develop from start to finish.

“At the end of this phase you should have a fully functioning app ready to be downloaded from iTunes.”

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6 Buttons to make you dribbble…

Buttons are an important part of any website design. They are the call to action, the button’s main goal is to be ‘clicked, touched, selected’. It could be to interesting content, sign up to your service, purchase now, log in, or even vote.

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24 Reasons to date a web designer

After reading ‘50 reasons not to date a graphic designer‘ some time ago, it has since re-surfaced across a few cool places such as Desktop and Mashable. I felt it my duty to come to the table, and look at the other side of the coin.

1. We analyse fonts on billboards.
2. We get annoyed when a free Photoshop brush you download isn’t created using a vector based shape layer.

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Misho Baranovic iPhone-based street photography exhibition 17 – 1 July 2011

My friend and fellow Melbournian has been on a rampage these past few months. Popping up in Australian cities, snapping fabulous photos of unsuspecting locals and travellers a like.

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