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Fontastic Bar coder

The GS1 DataBar is the latest and most advanced bar code technology, and the only one that's now approved to encode GTIN-14 numbers in all retail checkout systems. It can be used on small and uneven items that traditional bar codes are too big or cumbersome for, and it can also encode a lot of extra information such as coupons and expiration dates. Bar code specialist IDAutomation's GS1 DataBar Barcode Font package complies with international GS1 standards and works in almost all platforms, including Windows. It includes TrueType, OpenType, PCL, and PostScript fonts and supports all GS1 DataBar … Read more

Quick Tip: Fix an Apple Software Restore font issue

This tip is courtesy of macosxhints.com user "winddog" describing a solution to a font issue when attempting to use Apple Software Restore with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. An error stating that the font, Lucida Grande, has been changed and restored is seen when booting from an imaged drive and logging into each user account on your Mac.… Read more

iWork & iWeb unexpectedly quit after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6.2

Users may find that after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6.2, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and iWeb unexpectedly quit during use. Apple has released a knowledge base article that suggests the issue could be related to the font database. Apple recommends removing that database to clear the issue.… Read more

Font issues in Snow Leopard causing iWeb '09 to crash

Users of Apple's popular Web site publishing application, iWeb, are experiencing crashes--an issue which appears to be related to a corrupt font in Snow Leopard. When attempting to open and edit pages in iWeb '09, users are met with a crashing application and an error message citing an issue with the sfwordprocessing plug-in.… Read more

Font problems and management in OS X

I've run across a variety of situations both personally and on discussion threads where seemingly normal systems will suddenly start showing odd behavior, including slow application launch times, extensive login times, or just specific functions of a program (ie, menu access) not working. Many times bizarre system behaviors such as these in addition to obvious problems such as distorted or garbled text may be nothing more than a problem with fonts; however, tackling font problems can be one of the most tedious and frustrating ventures in OS X.… Read more

Mac Tip: Using the Fonts window

A great resource in many Mac OS X applications, the Font window provides an excellent way to up the quality and efficiency of your projects. The Fonts window provides a lot of useful information about your text as well as some great (and powerful) tools.… Read more

Get a free 'green' font, save on ink

There are lots of ways to save money on pricey printer consumables.

You can configure your print driver to output two pages on a single sheet of paper. You can enable "draft" mode to use less ink. And, of course, you can bypass printing altogether and generate PDFs.

Then there's Ecofont, a free typeface that promises to consume up to 20 percent less ink.

Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems, Ecofont closely resembles your basic Arial, but with one key difference: holes. Each letter has loads of little holes punched out of it, meaning it requires … Read more

Technological die cutting

Sure Cuts A Lot for Windows is a program that you can with Cricut Personal and Cricut Expression die cut machines to cut shapes and letters made with True Type fonts.

Sure Cuts A Lot for Windows has a stylish interface that features a self-healing mat as the background. We entered some sample text into the program and found that you can change the text size by clicking and dragging one of the corners of the bounding box, as you can with most page-layout and shape-drawing programs. Sure Cuts A Lot for Windows has some common shapes built into the … Read more