Franchise Bold makes for an elegant headline font - click image for the download page
Free font: Franchise Bold
Category: Resources
Free vectors: torn paper
Creating the torn paper effect is easy with this collection of free artwork
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to use a torn paper texture over the years. Getting just the right paper, and then carefully tearing it is difficult at best. Thankfully, artbees has made it easier with three free torn paper vectors for Adobe Illustrator, and matching Photoshop brushes.
The files are flat black vectors you can use as is, or use as a mask in Photoshop as I did in the image above. I got the paper texture itself from one of the BittBox Free Texture Tuesday collections.
Free textures: Mixed wood
Click image to download free high-res mixed wood textures
Free brushes: Rising smoke
Click to download free rising smoke Photoshop brushes
Free image: Rusty warehouse door
Click the image above to download the full size image
I recently posted the above Instagram image (which of course shows up in my personal Facebook feed), and got a few email requests asking if I had a larger version of the image. Rather than offer it over email, I’ve opted to share it here instead. Feel free to use this 2,592 x 1,936 3.4MB JPG image in any manner you see fit.
Free font: Skullphabet
Absolutely no legitimate use for this font, but you'll want it anyway!
I know, I know. But it’s such a cool looking font, and it’s free. Download it, you know you want to. I promised myself that before my career is over, I WILL find a use for this font!
Free font: Shattered 3D photo font
Grab this geeky-cool 3D photographic font for free
I’ve linked to a lot of free fonts in the past, but none have been so geeky-cool as this one. Shattered 3D is a photographic font, meaning each letter is actually a JPG file. You’ll have to arrange the individual letters in Photoshop, but the effect is stunning for the right design.
The free version includes only uppercase letters, but the pro version includes lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, backgrounds, and the must have particles for only $14.99.
Free Adobe Creative Suite printing guide available for download
The Adobe Creative Suite 5 Printing Guide is available for download
Many users of Adobe’s Creative Suite software are unaware that Adobe provides an excellent printing guide in PDF format to aid in learning the ins-and-outs of successful commercial printing using the Creative Suite apps
The guide is an excellent resource for new users, serving as a training manual, as well as a brush-up for experienced users. The guide covers a wide-range of printing-related topics in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat. The free Creative Suite 5/5.5 Printing Guide is a 22MB download.
Free font: Penstriped
Click to download Penstriped: a free font for doodling
Free textures: Essential Grunge
Click image to download 18 essential grunge textures