Archive for the ‘tools’ Category

Feb

29

Nifty Email-Building Tool for Freelance Designers…

By jimdiggitydog

I’ve had tons of clients ask for email newsletters and ads, which can be a little tricky. HTML emails are finicky beasts - and mailing lists are even stranger. I’m not overly “techy” and any tool that can cut off hours and still allow for billing is a good (great) thing.
I found a couple [...]

Oct

17

Finding Fonts Made Easy

By jimdiggitydog

One of the banes of my existence as a freelance graphic artist has been trying to track down weird fonts. You routinely get logos or layouts that have the fonts converted, and they’re invariably something obscure or tacky or from a strange foundry.
If you’re like me, you’ve got thousands upon thousands of fonts from every [...]

Sep

24

Cool Tool for the HTML Impaired

By jimdiggitydog

I’m really not a huge fan of building websites. I do like designing them - but the building can be a bit of a drag. Over the years, I’ve figured out how to design around the limitations of browsers and users, but it’s a fine art (not literally,) and it can be very tedious.
I also [...]