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Art Made of Code: monopo london on the design of Matt DesLauriers' debut book

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Who says writing code can't be creative? Meridian is a collection of 1,000 artworks originally released on the digital art platform Art Blocks , each created with code written by Matt. A JavaScript program which runs the code constructs stratiļ¬ed landforms using thousands of small strokes of colour.

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10+ Best Desktop Publishing Software (2023)

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Discover the best desktop publishing software in 2023. Desktop publishing software is used to create visual communications, such as brochures, business cards, greeting cards, posters, web pages for professional or personal printing online or on-screen. Affinity Publisher Affinity Publisher. Limited PDF editing options.

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Mono Moment: Slanted's helpful reference guide to magical monospaced fonts

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In design, art, coding ā€“ even on our identification documents. A new book published by Slanted celebrates these hardworking fonts and offers a source of inspiration for graphic designers and typographers looking for a helpful reference guide. Monospaced fonts are not just fascinating; they're everywhere we look.

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New book highlights how much graphic designers can learn from the small ads of yesteryear

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If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did. Now, they're returning to their publishing roots with their latest book, Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns.

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32 affordable tools to keep costs down when you first go freelance

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Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher each offer a close approximation to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, respectively. Reedsy Want to publish your own book? Reedsy is a respectful platform connecting authors with professional editors, designers, and marketers to assist in self-publishing endeavours.

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We bring you all the winners of the World Illustration Awards 2024

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New Talent Overall Winner: Kayla Salim In the Publishing category, Kayla Salim was awarded the New Talent prize, and the artist also took the Overall New Talent award for the image Ama No Inori: Prayer of the Ama. In Children's Publishing, the Highly Commended artists were Amber Au and Yuxin Ding.

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New and expanded Malika Favre monograph is a minimalist marvel

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And rather than leaping straight into a third, the publishers decided to satisfy the public's clear demand for Malika's work by putting out an expanded and updated edition that includes many of her new projects.

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