What’s happening at Fred Showker's Design & Publishing Center for the month of September?

Here's the September DTG Line-up:

September: Fonts & Typography
All through September and October the topic is all about fonts and typography!

Fall Fonts Festival
I took a ride to surf for fonts and found literally hundreds. Unfortunately I can't report on or show them all to you, but I've selected a handful of foundries that you'll like! All the others you'll have to check out for yourself

P22 Foundry Anniversary, and TypeCo Foundry

The fabulous sights of the Letterheads and Chank foundries

The DTP Jumpstation and the Publishers' Warehouse have over 300 new font links and downloads awaiting you! They've been too busy gathering all the most fun stuff and have dozens and dozens of great fonts to download. Ah, don't forget to go to the PDF Pig Out too, it's a real challenge!

Interview: Leslie Cabarga
Frequent questions about type, typography, fonts and lettering in email, the Design Cafe and classrooms prompted us to contact the logo, font and lettering wizard himself... Leslie Cabarga chats about fonts and lettering

Feature: Type in your face
Al Ward, author of "Photoshop for Right Brainers" walks you through an extensive tutorial using layers and layer masks for a rather striking image. More than 30 illustrations and Al's competent guidance will show you how to put type in your face!

Kenn Munk: Alternate Fonts
Kenn Munk designs wonderfully different fonts and dingbats that allow the user to "build" words, or in the case of dingbats - images. This obsesion is probably due to the hours and hours spent playing with LEGO bricks in his childhood. Shhhhh... be quiet!

Editors Choice: Photoshop for Right Brainers
Want to expand beyond typical tips and techniques? Tired of those "hot" tricks without a reason or purpose? Al Ward's technical expertise gives you precision training and a creative jolt in the arm that won't quit...

Which Typeface Should I use?
In this article, Fred talks about experiences with some of the greats of typography... and helps to answer the question with a quote from Jan White -- Look for Typographic Voice

Famous Names in Typography
A reader in Canada wanted to have names such as Garamond, Bodoni and Jenson put into perspective. So here is our understanding of The Famous Names in Typography

Field Trip: Nature Photo Shoot
Andy Williams, noted nature photographer and a director at CritterZone.com shares his experience and takes us along on a nature shoot to capture some rather striking photos of wildlife... The Price of Admission to Goosedom.

Photoshop: Rusty Type
Author Joyce Evans uses Photoshop style techniques in Fireworks to fashion some old-fashioned typography covered with rust you can almost feel... in the Photoshop department: Rusty Type

LA Art Scene: Snap to Grid
Mix the LA art scene with an open show where every entry will be shown, and what do you get? An amazing show of digital art from some of the best -- in the Creative Net department see: Snap To Grid -- while you're there, we've prepared an awesome collection of links and graphics pop-ups to some of the most outstanding art in the LA area! Enjoy


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