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Turn fonts into photos & stay editable

Photofont® technology brings that same creative power to traditional print and web applications. Photofonts allow users to break free from the traditional black-and-white lettering and use fonts that are made of real calligraphic brush strokes, everyday objects, scanned historical documents or felt pen doodles. But of course the Photofont® technology can also work with traditional fonts that have a “plain” typographic look. Photofonts are not only fun but also open serious business opportunities for example in the field of personalized marketing.

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More free fonts

FontSpace is an online community of font designers and enthusiasts. All the 8344 free typefaces for you to download, have been hand-categorized for you to use in your graphic design, scrapbooking, or document purposes.

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7 Great Online Image Editing Apps

The vast majority of people don’t really need heavyweight image editing applications like Photoshop or Aperture. Luckily, you can find a lot of great, online applications that’ll do just fine for some simple everyday photo editing tasks. Interestingly enough, although there’s a lot of competition in this space, we constantly see new apps sprouting everywhere. Therefore, we bring you seven apps you may have missed.

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View font previews in the Finder

Viewing fonts doesn't require an extra application. Check it out!

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Quick Look plugins collection

Quick Look is probably one of my favorite new Leopard features. QLPlugins.com has a great collection of plugins allowing you to view Illustrator, Quark and numerous other application files in the Finder, as well as useful others such as the ability to get a view of what's inside installer Package files.

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A question I get often is: how do you find such great images through Flickr? Most importantly, how do you find such great images that you can use freely? SkellieWag shows you how to find and use Flickr images in your work.

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50+ free alternatives to Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is expensive, but that doesn’t mean you have to live a
life without portable documents. What many people don’t realize is that PDF is a Federal Information Processing Standard, which means the specifications behind the format are widely published.

Numerous developers take advantage of this fact and create programs
that offer effective alternatives to Acrobat. Check out our list of
these programs and take advantage of these tools that are full of some
of the best PDF features and functions.

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100 Web Apps for Freelancers

Running a business for yourself means you have to be inventive
and always on the lookout for a new and better way to get things
done. Innovation junkies, take note: the Internet has a lot to
offer. From invoicing to marketing, these are tools that
freelancers need to know about.

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IconBuffet : the feast of icons

"IconBuffet is home to a tasty plethora of free icons. Collect them, download them, trade them with your friends. They’re kinda like baseball cards, only without the steroids. And you can use them on your website."
everything is said :) try it, it's addictive AND useful! (link provide include my referal)

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Blue vertigo : unlimited graphic ressources

Logotypes, stock photos, sounds, fonts, vector, poser & photoshop brushes : you'll all find links for all these stuffs in Bluevertigo.
Very useful for any graphic designer !

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Blambot: Comic Fonts and Lettering

One of my all-time favorite sites for free (and pay) fonts in the vein of comic books & comic-style ads, etc. They also have a substantial selection of 'balloon art' and 'sound effects' in case you're producing your own web comic, or maybe you just want to jazz up those family photos..

Most fonts at Blambot are available in many different formats - Mac TT, Mac Postscript, PC TT, and recently they also began offering OpenType downloads as well...

Here's the latest free font available, "Fire Fight", as of 1/02/08:

Enjoy browsing - I always do!

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Go Media Aresenal free section

I like "free." It's one of my favorite things - especially when it's good free stuff. Check this site out for a few collections of free downloadable vector art. And be sure to check out their collection you can purchase as well - some very cool stuff!

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Brusheezy

Much like its sister-site vecteezy.com, this site offers a huge collection of Photoshop brushes, complete with preview images, free for download.

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Vecteezy - free vector art downloads

I always check here first when looking for pre-made vector art. The large collection (growing constantly) of vector art is submitted by users around the globe. Be sure to check for any specific license requirements before using any artwork - but most is free to use commercially.

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Designers Toolbox

I've used this site for years to check standard envelope sizes and grab templates for them in vector format. They also feature some handy references like a proofreader marks chart.