Review: ART TEXT v2.2.2 by Belight Software

Review: Art Text v2.2.2 by Belight Software

Editor's Note:  Wouldn't you know? Just as we released this article, a newer 2.3 version with a vector editor has been released. Dr. Roach will review it at a later date. Back in April, 2009 I last reviewed BeLight's ART TEXT and found it a useful headline and logo designing tool, but time passes and the new 2.2.2 version appeared as a review copy (from BeLightsoft. Com)on my desk with a new, revamped look and a greater ease of usage. … [Read more...]

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UpperCaseIt.com

As a designer, I often find myself having to manage content and graphics for my clients' new blog.  I have to approach this with great care because, I admit it, my typing is abominable. Copy-Paste is my sword, my shield, my friend. I was recently mocking up a book cover for a client and i had to change the case of the title (as provided in an email) from Sentence Case to UPPERCASE. Easy enough when using MS Word but not so easy in Mail. Luckily I ran across a website called … [Read more...]

WordPress garbage code: MS Word is BAD.

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And not in  a good way. If your blog looked just fine until you published that last post, if your blog post suddenly makes looks weird and the blog no longer lays out properly,  if you suddenly find that you made the background of your post area dissapear, then you probably have a bad case of msword garbage code. let's peek at the source code for a healthy happy webpage: Healthy wordpress text should look like this: notice the occasional < p > or < br/ >? … [Read more...]

IE CSS Problem Solving

The most common IE problems are: Margin Doubling! (Fix? Try Display:inline;) Layouts look different. Columns are wider or narrower between browsers or move down the page. this is usually caused by the content being larger than the space alloted for that div- resize the div or the content. specific info how to fix this: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/expandingboxbug.html ============ This is an excerpt of iBloom Studios' IE troubleshooting guide. The ones … [Read more...]