We’ve all read the staggering statistics regarding the amount of content users read on their mobile devices. Because of this, creating layouts that look good and are legible on those devices is crucial. To that end, new mobile and tablet ...
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Mobile-first, articlization, effective storytelling, long-form journalism, free vs. paywall, responsiveness and fluidity, device independence, tappable design . . . Is your head spinning yet? Publication designers today are challenged with not only understanding myriad new terms and content delivery approaches, ...
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Here’s a fun infographic that shows you how to entertain and inform your audience using cartoons, a creative approach to storytelling that’s increasingly making its way from the print world to digital media. Our pick, designed by WhoIsHostingThis and posted by SocialTimes, covers a range of ...
READ MORECreating and using object styles in InDesign can be just as important as using paragraph and character styles to achieve a more cohesive workflow and design. Object styles can include settings for stroke, color, transparency, drop shadows, paragraph styles, text wrap, ...
READ MOREMPA’s Social Media Report, Hachette-Amazon Truce, Facebook at Work, Meredith Deals, “Drawing” in InDesign, TFP’s Infographic Pick of the Week, InDesign CC Tip: Color Theme Tool Welcome to TFP’s roundup of news and tips for media industry pros! This week, we’re ...
READ MOREHave you tried the new Color Theme tool in the Adobe InDesign CC 2014 October release? Grouped with the Eyedropper and Measure tools in the toolbar, it allows you to extract colors from selected areas, images, or objects in your InDesign document ...
READ MOREA new feature in InDesign CC 2014 is the ability to drag and drop table rows and columns from one position to another within the same table. You no longer have to copy/cut and paste content into a new row or column. ...
READ MOREContent marketing is quickly evolving, but today’s “brand newsrooms” face some significant challenges in finding the resources they need to produce enough content to engage their audiences. In fact, lack of time is a big problem for 69% of content marketers, with only ...
READ MOREMeet some new fonts, fall in love again with some familiar favorites, make your digital content more vibrant and clear, and become a master of your type universe. The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces Stephen Coles ...
READ MOREWhen choosing type, details count. If your content gives you the opportunity to highlight numbers in lists, headlines, or infographics, look for fonts that will display those numbers beautifully. Here are my five current favorites: 1. Archer is a playful ...
READ MOREPaper by FiftyThree There are a bazillion drawing apps out there. My Holy Grail wish list includes fast access, intuitive tools, and the ability to capture handwritten notes as well as sketches. Paper by FiftyThree provides all that and casually tosses in a ...
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1) Go big. Maximize your pasteboard. A wider pasteboard area creates an expanded workspace to store temporary ideas while you work on your live pages. I’ve got my horizontal margins set to 200p. The vertical margins are at the 6p ...
READ MOREWeb tool site WhoIsHostingThis.com has shared an infographic with tips on responsive design. Though it’s primarily focused on responsive design as it relates to e-commerce sites, there are some useful takeaways for mobile-app developers of all types. Among the info ...
READ MOREAs the line between print and digital publishing continues to blur, “responsive design” or “adaptive layout” are terms we hear more and more frequently. If you haven’t taken the time yet to learn and understand what this means – it’s ...
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