| BUSINESS::LEGAL | FONT & IMAGE COLLECTIONS::TYPOGRAPHY | FUN :: MISC | GRAPHIC DESIGN | HEALTH::WELLNESS |
| JOBS | PAPER & INK | TRADE ORG.s | WEB DEVELOPMENT |

Business & Legal Resources

AdAge.com — The Web site of Advertising Age, the 73-year-old flagship magazine of the Ad Age Group. The Ad Age Group publishes two print magazines, Advertising Age and Creativity; two Web sites, AdAge.com and AdCritic.com; two HTML newsletters, The Creativity E-Mail and Madison + Vine; and the Ad Age E-mail Alert.

AIGA Business Forum— American Institute of Graphic Arts Business Forum

ArtsMarketing.org — ArtsMarketing.org helps your organization address its daily marketing needs and longer-term marketing issues.

Creative Business — Newsletters, articles, forms, and more to help you manage your business. Also, many FREE business forms, agreements, and templates available for downloading.

Creative Public — Your one-stop shop for quality forms, contracts, employee manuals, company policies and pricing guides for graphic designers. FREE downloads available too.

Design Management Resources, Inc. — A public relations and marketing services firm that will DO those marketing projects that so many principals (of design firms!) don't get around to.

IRS Tools for Small Businesses — FREE 2003 Tax Calendar & Marketing CD-ROM

NOLO — "Law for All." Nolo's mission is to make the legal system work for everyone, not just lawyers.

The Publishing Law Center— Provides quality information for the publishing community including publishers, authors, editors, web masters, and freelancers. Fabulous FREE newsletter.

StarvingArtistsLaw.com — A launch pad for artists and writers looking for self-help legal information.

TaxMama — A great site for small business owners. Offers a FREE newsletter subscription which distills tax law into something somewhat palatable (and certainly more understandable!).

U.S. Small Business Administration — Provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses.

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Font & Image Collections :: Typography

Adobe Type Library

Bitstream — The "Internet Font Company"

The Chank Company — Custom fonts with flavor! Commercial fonts and some great FREE fonts too; including the Ralph Steadman-inspired font, Collateral Damage.

CSA Images — CSA Images is the separate stock art affiliate of Charles S. Anderson Design. Graphis Magazine named Charles S. Anderson Design Company as one of the ten most influential design firms in the world. Oh, yeah, they offer a nice sampling of fonts too.

NEW LISTING! Device Fonts — You'll definitely want to check out this collection of fonts (for both Mac and PC) by the talented Rian Hughes. Some great original stuff here!

Emigre — Digital type foundry that holds exclusive license to over 300 original typeface designs created by a roster of contemporary designers. Emigre's full line of typefaces, ornaments and illustrations is available in Type 1 PostScript and TrueType for both the Macintosh and PC.

Font Diner — (Mac & PC; Postscript; TrueType) Retro fonts.

Fonts for Flash — Pixel fonts for use in Macromedia's Flash software. Great for giving your Flash movies a unique look.

FontHaus — Providing fonts to designers since 1990, they have become one of the most popular stores for name-brand fonts on the internet.

Fountain — Independent digital type foundry. Providing discerning clients with modern, well-crafted fonts guaranteed to meet the most strenuous requirements of aesthetics, legibility and originality.

Hoefler Type Foundry — Jonathan Hoefler is a typeface designer and an armchair type historian whose New York studio specializes in the design of original typefaces. He has been named one of the forty most influential designers in America by I.D. Magazine.

House Industries — Cool independent type foundry out of Yorklyn, Delaware — check 'em out.

ITC Fonts

Linotype Library — One of the world's largest font libraries, offering more than 4000 high-quality typefaces.

NEW SITE! MisterRetro — Retro image collections for the modern designer. (The sister site of Font Diner)

T.26 — Digital type foundry.

Tiro Typeworks — An independent digital type foundry developing & marketing high quality Postscript typeface families for PC and Mac platforms. With a commitment to continuing the independent tradition of typography, as it has existed for more than five hundred years, free from the influence of fashion and novelty.

Typephases — Offering FREE fonts and dingbats, as well as for-sale collections. All are original and free for personal use. Fabby and worth seeing!

Typographica — A daily journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design. Great site!

Typotheque — A type foundry developing and marketing contemporary original fonts for the Mac and PC. Their commitment is to continue the traditions of independent type foundries, contributing to the continuous sequence of type history, creating quality typefaces that reflect our time and serve its needs.

U&lc Online — ITC’s international journal of graphic design and digital media.

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Fun :: Miscellaneous

NEW LISTING! Angry Alien — Check out these award-winning web animations by Jennifer Shiman. Your favorite movies re-enacted by bunnies in 30-second clips. This is seriously funny stuff!

Duck Farm — Fun icons and wallpapers for both Mac and PC users.

NEW LISTING! Modesty Panel — Go have some fun. Artist Margaret Nissan offers visitors "irreverant internet quizzes, photoshoppery, and animations" that delight.

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Graphic Design

Communcation Arts — Our favorite trade journal's little online sister.

Creative Latitude — A place to promote your practice, find a network of like-minded friends, read fantastic articles about the biz, and get inspired. Definitely worth a visit!

DTG Magazine — The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics

HOW Design — The Graphic Design community's trusted source for creative inspiration, business advice and tools of the trade.

ID Online — This industry magazine is a who's-who in graphics, packaging, photography, product design, materials and more.

Print — America's Graphic Design magazine.

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Health & Wellness

Yoga Class — Online yoga class! In spite of all the pop-up advertising, it's worth visiting. (Note: When visiting this site, use the scroll bars to view the information.)

Talent Develop Resources — Offers perspectives on developing multiple talents and exceptional ability — and provides information and inspiration to enhance creative expression. General topics: identity, awareness, intuition, dreamwork, spirituality, nurturing talent. Mental health topics: addictions, anxiety / stage fright, cutting/self-injury , depression, dysfunction/disorder, eating disorders, nurturing mental health.

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Job Resources

AIGA National Job Bank

ArtSource — ArtSource is a digital media staffing agency that matches talent and clients for short and long term assignments, contract and direct hire positions, and on entirely outsourced projects through ArtSource Studios. Specialize in the areas of print, web and multimedia design, development, management, and production.

Aquent — Finds contract, project-based, and permanent work for a broad range of Creative and Information Technology professionals. Must fill out application in order to search for job openings.

Creative Hotlist

Guru.com — (Recently merged with emoonligher.com.) Lists contract and permanent job opportunitites, career guidance, and support services.

HowDesign.com's Job Bank

MarcusStJean — An executive recruiting company (formerly Judy Wald Agency) specializing in creative positions in advertising, communications and marketing in traditional and new media.

Print MarketPlace — Classifieds for jobs in the commercial printing industry.

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Paper & Ink

Ecologoical Guide to Paper — What paper should I specify? This is the most important environmental question graphics professionals are likely to face on a regular basis. With the aid of this paper guide, (developed by Celery Design in 2001, but still wonderfully useful) making the decision just got easier.

French Paper Co. — Family owned for five generations, The French Paper Company is one of the smallest paper mills in the U.S. You've probably seen their fabulous promotions and nifty packaging over the years... their paper's not bad either!

New Leaf Paper — Looking for some of the highest post-consumer waste content papers on the market? Look no further. Email or call New Leaf Paper (888.989.5323) to request a sample book today.

PaperSpecs — Online paper database featuring most of the major mills.

Soy Ink — Consider an alternative to petroleum-based inks. When you print with soy ink, be sure to include the SoySeal — it tells customers, clients and readers that you're using products made from sustainable resources, supporting American agriculture and buying "Made in the U.S.A." products. FREE information brochures available.

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Trade Organizations

American Institue of Graphic Arts (AIGA) — AIGA Mission Statement: The purpose of AIGA is to further excellence in communication design as a broadly defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.

Art Directors Club — An international not-for-profit organization of leading creatives in advertising, graphic design, interactive media, broadcast design, typography, packaging, environmental design, photography, illustration, and related disciplines.

Graphic Artists Guilde (GAG) — An advocacy group for graphic artists, the GAG provides resources such as copyright information and advice on health insurance providers. You can also access guidelines for ethics and pricing, as well as a directory of members and chapters.

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Web Development Resources

Constant Contact — Do-It-Yourself Email Marketing™ for Web site developers, marketers, or owners.
Build your email database, create professional email communications, Email delivery and formatting, list management, and results reporting.

GoDaddy.com For registering (purchasing) domain names. Highly recommended.

Lorem Ipsum Generator — This site will generate Greek text to your specifications (ie. number of paragraphs; word count) for use in dummying up Web pages. A wonderful find that you'll want to bookmark!

Provider Marketing Group — Offering traditional and Web marketing services for Web developers, publishers, ad agencies, associations, site owners (you or your clients). Also, great FREE information on their site including advice on writing Web contracts and how to set rates. Definately worth a visit.

World Wide Web Consortium — Created in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.

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