Preview text with wordmark.it
Category: Design / Typography, Resources / Tools+Apps,
Wordmark.it is one nifty little website. Basically you can type in a word and see what it looks like in every font loaded on your computer. Too easy and saves you a heap of time when trying to find that perfect typeface! ...
twitterTurf Geography Club
Category: Resources / Tools+Apps,
Turf Geography Club is a nifty little location-based game that use Foursquare's data for gameplay. You can "own" properties, build on those properties, collect rent and trophies and other do ego-stroking activities. But what's really lovely about Turf is the...
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Josephmark - Pocket Hipster App
Category: Designers/Studios,
I love this funky app designed by Brisbane creative agency Josephmark. Self described 'It's, like, totally the coolest music app...so you've probably never heard of it." In a nutshell it is pretty much like downloading a virtual hipster to raid your iTunes library, dish out some typical hipster judgement and recommend some way cooler music for you to discover. What makes this app really co...
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Type Trumps
Category: Design / Typography, Resources / Tools+Apps,
Do you know your Helvetica from your Arial? Based on the classic game of one-upmanship, this deck of cards by Rick Banks of Face37 is aimed at all you font nerds, design hipsters and typeface freaks because it celebrates the joy of typ...
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Adobe Creative Suite Shortcut Wallpapers
Category: Resources / Educational, Resources / Reference, Resources / Tools+Apps,
Now this is a seriously handy resource - a new series of wallpapers with keyboard shortcuts to your favourite Adobe programs! ...The Haystack Dept.
Category: Blogs, Resources / Images, Resources / Tools+Apps,
Keep an eye on The Haystack Dept., a curation of usable high resolution found and original graphics, textures, type and patterns. Most are free or inexpensive. It's a tumblr, so follow up if you're keen. ...
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Flipping Typical
Category: Design / Typography, Resources / Tools+Apps,
flippingtypical.com is a great way to preview how a word/s will look in any of the fonts loaded on your computer. Saves the time and hassle of going through all the fonts one by one. ...
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Mixel
Category: Art, Design / Typography, Illustration, Photography,
Some of you might have already come across this little gem — for those of you that haven't, prepare to be wowed. (And prepare to empty your penny tins, cash in Grandma's birthday cheques or whatever it is you need to do to be able to invest in an iPad...) Mixel is a nice app...
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Flip Clock Screensaver
Category: Resources / Tools+Apps,
I was reading an interview with Shyama Golden which included some pictures of her apartment with a flip clock screensaver on her computer. I had a little look around for one similar and found this, and it's free... ...
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Graph Paper PDFs
Category: Design / Typography, Resources / Images, Resources / Reference, Resources / Tools+Apps,
'FREE Online Graph Paper' is a wonderful resource that I found a few years ago. Download as many grid papers as you can want, from hexagonal to triangular - These grids are especially great for helping to create structure to your thumbnails. I personally love to use these for creating my own typefaces. ...
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