Since there is a typeface known as Llama and you can even make your own ones withFontStruct, it will not be amazed when we match some print styles we do not know. For the best tutorials, Follow netglos @twitter and netglos.com So, how to recognize a typeface in use? You can have a look at out the following top 10 no cost web apps: 1. WhatTheFont The WhatTheFont website is available for you to identify a font [...]

While many of us can create something that looks good in Photoshop or attractive when spliced into CSS, but do we actually understand the design theory behind what we create? Theory is the missing link for many un-trained but otherwise talented designers. Here are 50 excellent graphic design theory lessons to help you understand the ‘Whys’, not just the ‘Hows’.   Typography 1. Typography, Part 1 “Good typography depends on the visual contrast between one [...]

If you want to know what’s happening in the social web you need monitoring tools. Before you get out your credit card and start to spend money try out some of the free social media monitoring services. This way you get a taste of what is available and if you need paid services. I have collected 48 free social media monitoring tools. In the Group A are the services that I use regularly or seem [...]

This is the scenario: You are a skilled Photoshop artist, or perhaps you are a great photographer. If that’s not true, then you may be a cool designer or at least have some nice Photoshop tips or tricks that nobody knows. And you need money. No matter what your skills are, if you are capable of creating something with a certain appeal with Photoshop or even other graphics application, there are many ways that you [...]

I believe there is no need to explain what is grunge style all about. Day by day we see more grunge fonts out there and I am quite grateful for that! From my point of view grunge fonts are one of the coolest fonts out there. Just take a look below. I put together 20 awesome grunge fonts you’ll love. All of them are free! Enjoy! Downtown Ginga Street Blues Teacher Sez Mono Madness Regular [...]

To be successful, every web and app designer has to communicate ideas to clients in a clear and effective manner. You can’t have clients imagine your ideas, the client has to SEE them. Web site mock ups are the perfect way to pass on your ideas so they can be approved or modified easily and efficiently. Here we have listed the best Graphic user Interface elements in the web. (GUI) From icons, to buttons, menus [...]

As we all know that Firefox is the fastest growing popular web browser and its growing more and more every day. There are too many handy options provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. You can easily find lots of free download able firefox add-ons and extensions that are available on the internet, we also featured few of them before and it’s demands are increasing. In this post, I [...]

I’m going to show you how I used Poser, 3D Studio Max 5 and Photoshop 7 to create images for a an Art exhibition titled: “The Dark Night…” It began with obtaining a review copy of Poser 5. When I installed it, it crashed my computer the first time I tried to run it (a Pentium 4, 2.1MHz with 512MB of RAM). A reinstall fixed the problem but when I tried to use it recently, [...]

Today we present some useful free CSS/(X)HTML templates which are available for free download and use. You may want to consider using them for your next projects or build upon them, creating more advanced themes from these basic templates. Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates Blue Jeans (Demo | Download) Stand out from the crowd with this cool, free template for a portfolio website based on blue jeans texture. Portfolio (Demo | Download) An HTML 5 and CSS [...]

In this web design tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a clean-looking and modern website layout. We will take advantage of some fundamental techniques and tools — such as custom shape tools, selection tools, and clipping masks — and end up with a nice and professional web design. Ready? Let’s get started! Author: Mahmoud Khaled Mahmoud is a young web and graphic designer from Egypt. Apart from that, he also enjoys blogging and [...]