DesignIllustrator Live Type with Multiple Strokes? Sure, Why not? A while back, I wrote a tip about applying multiple Strokes to an object. As a reminder, here it is. Select an object and open ... jeff witchel February 7, 2007 0
DesignInDesign Apply a Paragraph Style to All Text In a Frame You’re working on the back cover of a brochure, setting up the legal copy at the bottom of the page. The client wants the legal ... jeff witchel February 6, 2007 0
Design Design Makeover: Artist Online Showcase Design Makeover is a column at Layers Magazine. Each issue features a client in need of a makeover and and three designers up for the ... jake widman February 2, 2007 0
Design Revisiting "Stroked Type that Won't Give Typographers a Stroke." Many of my students insist that it’s not possible to create a rectangle with two square corners and two rounded corners in InDesign. But it ... jeff witchel January 31, 2007 0
Design Create a Rectangle with Two Rounded Corners Many of my students insist that it’s not possible to create a rectangle with two square corners and two rounded corners in InDesign. But it ... jeff witchel January 30, 2007 0
Design Use Objects to Find a True Measure I constantly find myself using the Rectangle tool to create objects that I will use as measuring devices. Let’s say that I wanted to create ... jeff witchel January 29, 2007 0
Design Reaching Hidden Options. On the rare occasions that I have to format type on my laptop, it’s great that the palettes in InDesign retract into the sides of ... jeff witchel January 26, 2007 0
DesignIllustrator Why Select "Paste Remembers Layers?" Paste Remembers Layers (found under the Options menu of the Layers palette) does exactly what its name implies. If you copy an object from a ... jeff witchel January 25, 2007 0