Graphic Design Weekly Newsletter - Friday, October 31, 2014

Top new questions this week: Is Marcellus a serif font? I was searching for serif fonts on Google Fonts and happened across Marcellus. However, if I were shown it out of any context, I'd call it a sans-serif font. I can see small hits of what might be ... fonts serif   asked by Supuhstar 22 votes answered by mnxd 27 votes Is ISO 9001 compliant artwork a common requirement? A pharma client of mine who I do artwork and packaging design for has asked for all .ai files to be given to them for compliance with ISO 9001 manual. Is this normal? I ask because I don't have a ... legal client-relations packaging   asked by Johnny Donegan 4 votes answered by joojaa 2 votes InDesign, Grep and Syntax Highlighting I have to make an e-book that contains code snippets. I am using GREP to select all code tags (bounded by <> — triangular brackets), and apply a custom style to them. The RegEx I have developed: ... adobe-indesign indesign-scripting character-styles grep   asked by Tudor 4 votes answered by Alan Gilbertson 1 vote Interpolate SVG Inkscape So I've been trying to create a long shadow effect in Inkscape using an SVG image. As you can see, I've been able to do this with a shape. But haven't found a way to do so with an SVG image. ... inkscape   asked by Stickman803 3 votes answered by Paolo Gibellini 3 votes How to apply the same Distort effect to a batch of Adobe Illustrator files? I'm trying to batch apply one specific Distort Effect to several different AI files at the same time. These are the settings for the Distort Effect I'm trying to apply: Distort / Tweak with the ... adobe-illustrator how-to batch-processing actions distort   asked by Max R 2 votes How to compensate for perceived color differences do to simultaneous contrast? Is there a formulaic system to adjust the color of the text on the black background below to compensate for simultaneous contrast and make it be perceived as the same color a the text on the white ... color contrast   asked by obelia 2 votes answered by BurninLemons 1 vote How to ensure high print quality / fidelity when sending artwork to a print house? I'm a web guy trying to be a print guy. Help. I'm pretty OK with Illustrator, but setting up a vector to get printed - they rarely ever look as crisp and clear as I expect them too. I followed the ... vector print-design how-to image-quality print-production   asked by qodeninja 2 votes answered by Mark Read 2 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is the easiest way to export just the selected objects in Illustrator CS5? The title says it all, I want to know what the simplest way to export the selected objects. In Inkscape, there is a menu option called export selected which does just this. The aforementioned ... adobe-illustrator export cs5 save selections   asked by BrianV 14 votes answered by Scott 8 votes Removing guides in Photoshop In Adobe Photoshop (I'm currently using CS5), is it possible to remove the cyan-coloured guide lines? I'm talking about the ones added by View > Guides.. > horizontal/vertical guide choice I can't ... adobe-photoshop   asked by poepje 13 votes answered by Ananda Mahto 6 votes Can you answer these? How does a chibi character do her hair? "Chibi" or "super deformed" (SD) is a "cartoonish" art style that involves making characters two to three heads tall. One example of a well-known work that consistently uses a chibi art style is the ... animation design-principles character-design   asked by tepples 2 votes Illustrator: Selecting all objects across x axis Ok so I got this huge document, about 1.5 x 1.2 metters and because I was working a little bit fast the aligning of some elements wasn't pixel perfect but is more or less accurate. Now that I've ... adobe-illustrator alignment illustrator-scripting   asked by Antorni 1 vote Using line tool in Sketchup 8 creates planes when I'm expecting just a line? The 2 intersecting planes are the result of drawing a line from a top vertex to a bottom vertex. I am attempting to avoid these planes being drawn. I only want the line. When I select face style -> ... sketchup   asked by Hheywat 1 vote

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