Archive for the ‘design’ Category

 

How to Install New Fonts

September 16th, 2009

Though we cannot install fonts onto the computers in the labs in Veazey Hall here at Georgia Southern University, you should be able to install fonts from Dafont or other free font sites on your personal computer. This short YouTube video shows you the steps.

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The Joshua Tree Epiphany & CRAP :: Principles of Effective Design

August 24th, 2009

In Friday’s PRCA 3339 (PR Publications) course, we discussed author Robin Williams‘ concept of the Joshua Tree Epiphany and how CRAP can help us remember effective design principles. 
Principles Of Effective Design
View more presentations from Barbara Nixon.
Many thanks to Saul Greenberg for developing the original PPT that I based this upon.

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Photo Fun @ PhotoFunia.com

April 10th, 2009

If you have five minutes on your hands and want a little design fun, pop on over to PhotoFunia. You can upload your photo and choose from dozens of effects. Here I am in Three Colours, my favorite effect so far . . . 
 

Many thanks to Brett Pohlman for sharing this idea on Twitter today.

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The Font Conference

July 23rd, 2008

As an admitted “font junkie,” I find this video called “Font Conference“ pretty funny, even laughing out loud a few times. My favorite character in it is Wingdings. Which one is yours?

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

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