Designorati.com goes live ... Inside Software debuts Smasher ... Code Line augments art files for Illustrator CS2 ... Monotype Imaging offers full font library in OpenType Format.A new creative network is launched, two vendors offer boosted font management tools, and Monotype Imaging targets compatibility for CS2 users.
Designorati.com Goes Live
Designorati, a blog network for creative professionals, debuted last week and features topics ranging from graphic design and illustration through creative culture and strategy.
Publisher and founder Pariah S. Burke said he started a designer's Weblog with Weblogs Inc. last year and attracted 100,000 visitors within a month's time of the launch.
From that success, Burke decided to actively assemble a group of sites aimed at speaking to creative professionals and meeting their information needs.
On the topic of coverage, Burke said, "[9rules.com] takes existing blogs and ties them together. We just cover professional creativity--no politics or humor or anything like that."
Burke also said the site is currently is accepting applications for new writers on its existing topics, as well as proposals for new topics related to professional creativity.
The site boasts a wide range of creative bloggers whose bios can be found here.
Get more information here.
Inside Software Debuts Smasher
Insider Software has announced Smasher, a new multipurpose font utility for streamlining font suitcases and cleaning font caches in Mac OS X systems.
Smasher gives users the power to view all fonts in a suitcase, including legacy Mac OS 9 suitcases and then smash the suitcases into their smallest components, according to the company.
Smasher also includes a module that cleans font caches to help reduce corrupt copies of fonts, and stale font caches.
The utility is priced at $49.95.
Get more information here.
Code Line Augments Art Files for Illustrator CS2
Code Line Communications has updated Art Files 1.1b1, its collection utility for graphic designers and artists for Illustrator CS2 compatibility.
The application helps creatives collect and organize images and fonts for submission for print or publication. The update is free for current users.
The full version is priced at $29.95.
Get more information here.
Monotype Imaging Offers Full Font Library in OpenType Format
Monotype Imaging Inc. has announced the availability of its full Monotype library representing over 1300 fonts in the OpenType font format.
"From metal type to photolettering to digital fonts, Monotype fonts have connected with every form of type technology," said Allen Halley, director of words and letters at Monotype Imaging Inc.
"Featuring built-in capabilities that will raise typography to a new level, the new OpenType versions of Monotype fonts will usher in the next century of typeface design."
The Monotype OpenType fonts are available on Fonts.com with prices starting at $29.
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