Infographic Examples

Here are some sites with good infographic examples.

• Cool Infographics – http://www.coolinfographics.com/
• Good Infographics – http://www.good.is/infographics
• 40 Useful and Creative Infographics – http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/40-useful-and-creative-infographics/
• Information Graphics, the Wikipedia entry – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_graphics

Font Convention

A little something from College Humor…

Periodic Table of Typefaces

Ever wonder about the pedigree of your favorite font? The Periodic Table of TypeFaces will help you figure it out.

Working with Type

Type Characteristics
Font Face

• Font Category
• Font Family
• Font Size
• Kerning/Spacing
• Leading/Tracking
• X-height

Font Faces – Typefaces

Top 5 Best-Designed Newspapers in the World

The Society for News Design (SND) has named their top-five best-designed newspapers in the world. The winners are:

• Excelsior, Mexíco City, Mexíco
  Cir. 75,000 – 174-999 (Daily)
• National Post, Toronto, ON, Canada
  Cir. 75,000 – 174-999 (Daily)
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  Cir. 175,000 & over (Non-Daily)
• The Grid, Toronto, ON, Canada
  Cir. 25,000 – 74,000 – 74,999 (Non-Daily)
• Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark
  Cir. 75,000 – 174-999 (Daily)

Read the article here.

The CRAP Principles of Design

The CRAP Principles of Design

• Contrast
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Proximity

Contrast
Contrast is a noticeable difference between elements.

Free Lynda for Everyone!

Temple has purchased a university-wide subscription to lynda.com, the most fabulous multimedia tutorial site in the universe. To access lynda.com:

1. Log in to TUPortal http://tuportal.com
2. On the left-hand side of the first screen you will see a column called “TUAPPLICATIONS.” In the top section you will see links to Blackboard, Diamond Dollars and other Temple services. In the section below that you will find other applications, including lynda.com. Click on lynda.com
3. At the welcome screen, click on “Continue to lynda.com”

Lynda offers a wide range of tutorials on almost every software package imaginable, as well as basic processes like photography and design. The tutorials are divided into short (1-5-minute) videos. Some videos you might find useful:

*Removing a color cast from a photograph in Photoshop

http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=36171&playChapter=False

* What is composition in photography?

http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=95920&playChapter=False

There are also exercise files that you can use to play along with the videos, and if you complete a certain number of courses you can get a Lynda certificate.