Graphic Design Weekly Newsletter - Friday, January 30, 2015

Top new questions this week: How can graphic designers contribute to Open Source projects? I want to participate in Open Source projects, but I cannot code (that well. Or.. at all). I would love to contribute to GitHub projects, but as a designer I'm not sure what's the best way to do ... designers open-source   asked by Yisela 19 votes answered by Zach Saucier 16 votes How to visualize combinations of data for a gene discovery application? What kind of a visualization/chart should I use for showing all the ways you can choose from a set of items? (i.e., number of possible combinations) Concretely, I am showing potential offspring from ... data-visualisation chart   asked by John Lehmann 6 votes answered by Dom 5 votes Is there a name for a Wikipedia-like "W"? To be more precise: Is there a name for the type of font where the w's apex is shaped like a cross? Couldn't find it anywhere. Note that the middle doesn't look like two successive v's, but rather ... typography   asked by Peter 6 votes answered by Nibbers 7 votes Can I use the Facebook 'f' without the blue backdrop? The Facebook Do's and Don'ts say that I'm not allowed to modify the logo. I don't want to modify the logo -- I just want to use the white 'f' without the blue backdrop. Does anyone know if this is ... logo branding identity   asked by user130173 5 votes answered by JohnB 8 votes Why are the bleed and slug lines outside my pages? I created a new document with 3mm bleed and 5mm slug, portrait, facing pages checked, 120mm x 160mm. But bleed & slug lines are outside the page! Why is that? adobe-indesign print-design print-production bleed   asked by drake035 4 votes answered by Scott 8 votes Do I need a commercial font license for small clients and derivative works? I am a bit confused on what a commercial font license is for. Do I need commercial license under these circumstances? Designing a banner for a client. Using a font and then altering its shapes into ... font-licensing   asked by Untitled 4 votes answered by Scott 6 votes How to make PNG-quality animations in GIF format? I've noticed more and more sites using animated GIFs that have PNG quality. You'd think they're the latter if you didn't check the image info. The lines are crisp, the colors look great, there's none ... gimp png animation gif image-quality   asked by CodeCharming 3 votes answered by Rafael 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Helvetica Neue Equivalent on Google Fonts? Does anybody know a font on Google Fonts that is very similar to Helvetica Neue? website-design fonts google   asked by amannnn 31 votes answered by KMSTR 8 votes Is there a DIN font free alternative? I need a websafe alternative to DIN font. It needs to be free for commercial use. Anyone know of a good one? font-recommendation web-safe   asked by Django Reinhardt 12 votes answered by John Rygielski 7 votes Can you answer these? imagemagick convert: changing color profile I use the imagemagick convert command to create thumbnails for the web from large images. convert y2.psd[0] -resize '80x40' y2.png Some images uploaded by a customer are CMYK Photoshop files with ... png color-profile imagemagick   asked by emrys57 1 vote Glisten shine in illustrator Thanks for suggesting as i am not pro in illustrator but still try to use flare tool & create this glisten effect.Am I doing it right?? adobe-illustrator illustration illustrator-effects   asked by Daniel Simpson 1 vote What comic / cartoon style fonts are suitable for a mobile game? I am currently in the midst of making an iOS game. So far, I created an overall look, i.e. figures and backgrounds. However, I also have to display textual information to the user. This makes me ... fonts font-recommendation mobile games   asked by Sebastian Dressler 1 vote

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