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Paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7DBd1tE2E
How paper is made - commercial process:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwXnRIX7hX0
Specialty paper video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq7L9-0XdVw
Make your own paper with junk mail, spices and flowers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlX87tvei7c
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Welcome
This blog was created with the purpose of sharing useful information and links for WU students enrolled in the MM321 Visual Communication class. If you have a suggestion for a link, please e-mail me at maria.stover@washburn.edu
Post # 2: Typography
“What Font Should I Use?”: Five Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces (mandatory)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/12/14/what-font-should-i-use-five-principles-for-choosing-and-using-typefaces/
Great examples of creative typography (mandatory): http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/black-white-typography-graphic-design/
Type families (not mandatory, but highly recommended):
http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/type_basics/type_families.htm
Origins of the Alphabet (optional)
I Love Typography web site (optional)
Interesting text web site (optional)
Free font web site (one of many; you need Mac fonts for HC07)
http://www.dafont.com/
Text Effects in InDesign
http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-5-high-impact-typography-effects-in-adobe-indesign--cms-21711
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/12/14/what-font-should-i-use-five-principles-for-choosing-and-using-typefaces/
Great examples of creative typography (mandatory): http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/black-white-typography-graphic-design/
Type families (not mandatory, but highly recommended):
http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/type_basics/type_families.htm
Origins of the Alphabet (optional)
I Love Typography web site (optional)
Interesting text web site (optional)
Free font web site (one of many; you need Mac fonts for HC07)
http://www.dafont.com/
Text Effects in InDesign
http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-5-high-impact-typography-effects-in-adobe-indesign--cms-21711
Post # 3: Business Cards
Does Your Business Card Pass the Trash Test?http://sbinformation.about.com/cs/advertising/a/bcardtest.htm
More tips and inpiration:
http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/5-tips-for-designing-an-effective-business-card
Really creative Business cards (just for fun)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/20/effective-business-card-design-better-than-a-plain-ol-business-card/
Advanced techniques in how to design and prepare for printing a business card
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/09/08/creative-business-cards-techniques-and-preparation/
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