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Collections of Handwriting Fonts

Chank Diesel’s Go Font Yourself is a collection of 21 genuine handwriting fonts in OpenType format. They’re terrific for implying a personality type when presenting handwritten text, or you may even find one that’s similar to your own handwriting and you can then use it to represent yourself in printed materials. The website has a downloadable, 22-page [...]

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MacVoices Interviews Jay Nelson About QuarkXPress 8

Last week I had a good time chatting with Chuck Joiner about QuarkXPress 8 on his MacVoices podcast. He asked several insightful questions, and I enjoyed sharing my thoughts about what’s new in version 8 and what’s new at Quark. Here’s one highlight: when Chuck asked me how Quark is different these days, I replied: “You take [...]

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Quark’s Word Processor

A surprising number of people don’t know about QuarkCopyDesk, even though it’s been around for more than 12 years. I wrote about it back in December, Quark Releases QuarkCopyDesk 7, but a recent question from a QuarkXPress user prompted me to mention it again. This $249 program is like a mini version of QuarkXPress, but focused exclusively [...]

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