Graphic Design Resources

Resources for Graphic Design and the Printing Industry
by Justine Nielsen

Web and Print Design | Reading Material | Fonts

Tools & Utilities | Professional Organizations | Conferences | Education

Last updated 8/3/03*

*Web and Print Design

Lynda Weinman	http://lynda.com/
W3.org	http://w3.org
Web Artists Consortium	http://wwwac.org/
Webgraphics.com	http://www.web-graphics.com/
Mini Fonts	http://www.minifonts.com/
Web Page Design for Designers	http://www.wpdfd.com/index.htm
Type Talk with Robin Williams	http://www.eyewire.com/magazine/columns/robin/
Quark and Typography, an online help guide	http://www.fontsite.com/Pages/PASG/ PASG0298.html
Type and Typography	http://home.bsu.edu/prn/type.html
All Good Things Typography	http://www.redsun.com/type/
Adobe Systems	http://www.adobe.com/
Internet World	http://www.internetworld.com
PDF Zone	http://pdfzone.com/
WWW Help page	http://werbach.com/web/wwwhelp.html
Scanning Tips	http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html
The latest from Brian Lawler	http://www.thelawlers.com/
Photo CD for Publishing	http://www.aols.com/colorite/
Web Style Guide	http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/
Graphic, print, & building designers	http://www.pentagram.com

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Reading

Publications

Print Magazine	http://www.printmag.com/
Communication Arts	http://www.commarts.com/
ID Magazine	http://www.idonline.com/

Books

“Getting It Printed: How to work with printers and graphic imaging services to assure quality, stay on schedule, and control costs.” Third edition. By Mark Beach and Eric Kenly. North Light Books, 1999. Available for purchase at Amazon.com

“Pocket Pal: Graphic Arts Production Handbook.” 18th edition. By International Paper. 2000. Available for purchase at http://ippocketpal.com/

Newsletters

Graphic Goo, an online newsletter for web graphic designers	http://www.graphicgoo.net/
Design Tools Monthly™, a monthly newsletter and software update service for Macintosh-based graphic designers. Published monthly since 1992.	http://www.design-tools.com/

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Fonts

Fontastic	http://people.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~kikita/
Nekton	http://www.donbarnett.com/
Fonthead Designs	http://www.fonthead.com/
Emigre Fonts	http://emigre.com/
Letraset	http://www.letraset.com/
Chank Diesel	http://www.chank.com/fonts_all.php
Just van Rossum & Erik van Blokland	http://letterror.com/
House Industries	http://houseind.com/
Handwriting Fonts	http://my.execpc.com/~adw/
Daniel Will-Harris' Personal Favorites	http://www.will-harris.com/faces98/
Adobe's Type Browser	http://www.adobe.com/type/main.jhtml
Font Shop (free downloads)	http://www.fontshop.com/
My Fonts	http://www.myfonts.com/
Fuse 98	http://www.fuse98.com/
CounterSpace	http://counterspace.motivo.com/
Fontsite	http://www.fontsite.com/
Fontface	http://www.fontface.com/fonts/
Alphabets	http://www.alphabets.com/
Galápagos Design	http://www.galapagosdesign.com/
Typophile	http://www.typophile.com/
Thirstype	http://www.thirstype.com/
T-26	http://www.t26.com/changeyourface.php
FontFont	http://www.fontfont.com/
Garage Fonts	http://www.garagefonts.com/

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Tools & Utilities

PAGEMAKR mailing list, an internet resource for desktop publishers, particularly users of PageMaker	http://www.makingpages.org/pagemaker/
InDesign Talk, mailing list and email discussion group	http://www.blueworld.com/blueworld/lists/indesign.html
Online Tutorials for Illustrator, PhotoShop QuarkXPress, Freehand	http://www.sketchpad.net/
FlashKit	http://www.flashkit.com/
Director Web for Macromedia Director users	http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/

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Professional Organizations

National Association of Printers and Lithographers (NAPL)	http://www.napl.org/
Graphic Arts Information Network (GAIN)	http://www.gain.net/
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)	http://www.tappi.org/index.asp?bhcd2=1055223475
International Publishing Management Association (IPMA)	http://www.ipma.org/
International Digital Enterprise Alliance (IDEA)	http://www.idealliance.org/
Flexographic Technical Association (FTA)	http://www.flexography.org/
Packaging Online, corrugated, folding cartons	http://www.packaging-online.com/paperboardpackaging/
Graphic Arts Monthly	http://www.gammag.com
American Printer	http://www.americanprinter.com/
Graph Comm Central	http://teched.vt.edu/gcc/
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)	http://www.aiga.org/

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Conferences

Graphic Arts Information Network (GAIN) listing of Trade Shows

http://www.gain.net/trade_shows/index.html

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Education

Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication department, one of the largest and best-known programs of its kind in the nation	http://www.grc.calpoly.edu/
Cuesta Community College, for low-cost graphic design courses and software application training	http://www.cuesta.edu/

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