“K is for Kerning”– Get your text looking perfect!
Kerning is another technical word that dates back to days of manual type setting (yes, even before typewriters). Each letter had its own metal frame and so letters couldn’t overlap at all. Today–what,...
View Article“L is for Leading”– Make your text look professional!
Leading (rhymes with heading) is the vertical space between each line of text. Typically we leave that set to “auto,” but there are times when playing with leading can have interesting results....
View ArticleAt Herff Jones, “There’s an App for That!”
Herff Jones releases their new iPhone App for Yearbook. That’s right, an iPhone App for Yearbook! No, this doesn’t mean you have to start working on your spreads while you’re in line at the...
View Article“T is for Tech Support”– Be pro-active early in the year and avoid potential...
OK, we know today’s students were born with a computer mouse in their hands, but when it comes to school technology, you’re pretty limited due to necessary restrictions from the school district....
View Article“T is for Twitter”– How Tweets, Tweeps, and Retweets can help you with your...
Not a laughing matter, but can result in a lot of smiles. Tweets, Tweeps and Retweets are the basis of communications on Twitter, the social network site second in popularity only to Facebook. If you...
View Article“X is for X-Axis”– It’s not just for math…
If you’ve been paying attention in math, you know it’s the horizontal axis on a graph. How is it relevant in Yearbook Land? Well, designing on a grid is basically using a graph. If you know the X axis...
View Article“X is for X-Height”– Why 2 Fonts with the Same Point Size can still look...
No, thank you, we don’t need a tissue. x-height is a typography term referring to the height of the body of lowercase letters, not counting ascenders or descenders. Typically, this is the height of the...
View Article“Z is for yearbooks.biZ”– Your One-Stop Yearbook Resource (well, other than...
Yearbooks.biZ (that’s “biZ” not “com)is where you can find new ideas to keep your creative juices flowing. Just because this is our final card, doesn’t mean we don’t have more to share. At...
View Article“Z is for Ctrl/Cmd + Z”– And Some of Our Other Favorite Shortcut Keys
Our favorite short cut key. Also known as “undo,” this combination can be used in InDesign, eDesign, Word, most email programs, and after taking a really hard test that you didn’t study for (although...
View Article“Top 5 Yearbook Secrets Your Yearbook Company Doesn’t Want You to Know”– A...
Don't Tell! If you haven’t already received emails, letters, phone calls, and mailings from them, there is a new yearbook company that is trying to convince yearbook advisers that they are better than...
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