Really fascinating video about how the cover of a Macworld magazine is created. makes you realize all that’s involved in this process. (Thanks to Daring Fireball for pointing me to the link.)

4J’s Group – THE CONTENT POOL: It’s STC not STW. Alan Porter comments on the STC issue and argues that we don’t focus enough on the visual communicators–the graphic designers and illustrators. The STC really only targets the technical writers. In a world where visual information is in increasing demand as a means of technical communication, excluding the visual communicators is one way we hold … more »

10 Challenging But Awesome CSS Techniques – Nettuts+.

When you insert a transparent image over a color background in Adobe InDesign, the transparent image may look good when you generate the PDF, but when you actually print the image from a laser printer, the transparent image has a faint background where the image should otherwise be transparent. I spent a long time trying to figure out the solution to this problem. It seemed … more »

DesignFloat – Web Design News and Tips

Since I’ve been reading The Non-Designers Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Novice, I’ve started to see the importance of contrast everywhere. The author, Robin Williams, argues that contrast is one of the four pillars of design, and that most people don’t include enough of it. As a result, rather than contrast, they end up with conflict. Williams writes: A design is in … more »

How to Create Columns with CSS Float | eHow.com I see so many sites that structure everything with tables. News flash: tables are out. Divs and floats are in.

Quick reference guides provide one or two page condensed instructions. Formats for quick reference guides vary dramatically and can involve complex, multi-colored layouts, or just simple text callouts next to a few images. The other day I stopped by a local thrift store (Desert Industries) and picked up a few magazines for $.25 cents a piece, looking for attractive layouts that I could use as … more »

I love Typography (iLT), devoted to fonts, typefaces and all things typographical

Presentation Zen: If you could recommend only one book (on graphic design)