by Foster D. Coburn III | Nov 15, 2012 | Tip
Today I’m reminded about Aesop’s Fable about the tortoise and the hare. Sometimes our haste to get things done faster can cause a process to take longer. I still vividly remember one of the first projects I did in CorelDRAW. The year was 1992 and the...
by Foster D. Coburn III | Nov 8, 2012 | Tip
Back in March I created an updated Web design for a client. It solved quite a few issues they were having with the site and did represent a slight change in the overall look. At that time, I was told by an intermediary that the new design wasn’t acceptable and...
by Foster D. Coburn III | Oct 25, 2012 | Tip
Last week we talked about using typographic quotes instead of a measurement. This week I want to continue the discussion and make sure you are using the correct dashes. In most fonts you will find three distinct dashes and I’ve shown examples of each at right....
by Foster D. Coburn III | Oct 18, 2012 | Tip
Yesterday I was working with a filmmaker on some of the videos for CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed. It was a foreign environment for me as I rarely work on a Mac and had never worked in Final Cut Pro. We were adding some text to the video and it called for quotation marks. I...
by Foster D. Coburn III | Oct 4, 2012 | color, Tip
When working on a design, it can be very difficult to properly communicate the desired color. Let’s just use the generic “red” as an example. Does that really tell you what color to use? Is that Candy Apple Red? Fire Brigade Red? Reddish Orange?...
