When you know something, sometimes you forget that other people don’t know them. It has come to my attention that not everyone knows about the Snipping Tool in that comes with Windows. If you don’t know about the snipping tool, you’re welcome. If you do know about the...
These days, it seems like it ought to be easy to make your own logo. Find some clip art, pick a font, mess around with word art in Microsoft Word, and call it a day. But there’s a difference between making a logo and designing a logo. And there are good reasons to...
Have you ever tried to find just the right font for your project? How have you done it? Most people type out the word in Microsoft Word and then scroll through the font list with the word highlighted. That sort of works. But it’s hard to compare fonts. And sometimes,...
Why do I need to explain PDF files? Everybody knows what a PDF file is. You download Adobe Reader and you get to open a PDF file. But how did it get to be in the PDF format? What exactly is it? It’s worth taking a few minutes to understand what a PDF file is and how...
There are some things about graphics that confuse your average person. I’m going to discuss two of those things here in two related articles. In this one, I’m going to talk about the difference between vector art and raster art. In the next, I’m going to talk about...
Let’s talk image resolution. Please note, we’re talking here about raster art. Vector art, discussed in another article, is completely scalable to any size. Raster art is made up of tiny little boxes of color, like a mosaic. Any graphic artist will tell you that...
I was excited to start my own business. I love change. It was a new adventure, a new era, and I had a lot to learn. Business cards, for instance. Who knew the subject could be so complicated! My preferred style of design is fairly simple. I like the “clean” look. But...
Have you ever looked for information on a website to find that it’s not there anymore? Was it ever there? Was it removed? Was it somewhere else? But really, you’re sure that it was there. You’ve seen it there before. There’s a way to look at old versions of websites....