Earlier this summer, Carter and Cone and David Berlow’s Font Bureau removed all their fonts from the Adobe Font library. In March, House Industries also retired their fonts. Carter and Cone’s decision took away 50 families or 700 fonts. This isn’t uncommon, not all business relationships are endless, but it has an impact on creative work.

Print Design, Books and publishing, Branding design, Design tips for your business, FontsBerenice Howard-Smith3 August 2020fonts, AdobeComment

What file type and where?

Have you ever wondered what file type works best on which platform and why? Maybe a file ending .AI has arrived in your emails and you can’t open it? And why can’t you use a TIFF on a website? Here’s a guide on what to use and where.

Print Design, Project Management, Branding design, Design tips for your businessBerenice Howard-Smith28 July 2020images, files, AI, INDD, PSD, Acrobat, DPI, Vector Comments

Fantastic Fonts Video

This video was made for Digital Women and covers 10 key areas of choosing fonts for your next project. I hope you find it useful!

Print Design, FontsBerenice Howard-Smith1 June 2020fonts, typography, design, digital design, print designComment

Type and font resources for all

There are lots of sites on the web that offer advice on fonts. Here’s my list of some of the best resources including books, blogs and learning tools. This page will be updated.

FontsBerenice Howard-Smith13 April 2020typography, fonts, design, books, MA, graphic design

Delighted to be one of 40 Digital Women to Watch in 2020

I am delighted to be nominated as a finalist in the Digital Role Model of the Year, Digital Community Leader of the Year, and one of the 40 Digital Women to Watch.

Project Management, Design tips for your businessBerenice Howard-Smith5 March 2020award, Digital Women

Case study: 'My Voice' books for the Association of Jewish Refugees

These powerful, first person stories begin their own story as words recorded by dedicated volunteers. The transcripts are managed by a talented team within the charity through the editorial and design process before being printed in hard back volumes. Often they arrive with few photos and what there is, isn’t always good quality. One particularly moving book presented a problem as the subject had no photos of his family at all, just his father’s watch.

Case Study, Books and publishing, Print DesignBerenice Howard-Smith27 January 2020case study, client, book design, book coverComment

When you need a designer but you can't afford one, what do you do?

Many people can struggle to find the budget for design. Posts that start with ‘I’m new, I haven’t got much money and I need a designer. Can I trade skills/do I go to a low cost site/competition or pitch site/do you know a cheap designer/can you work for exposure or haggle?’ concern me as it not only devalues design, it could also end up a false economy. Here’s a better way.

Design tips for your business, Working with Hello Lovely, Websites, Books and publishing, Branding design, Print DesignBerenice Howard-Smith19 January 2020cheap design, business planning, Andrew and Pete, drive the networkComment

How to get, and give, meaningful design feedback

How you direct the question and handle the responses matters. How you feel about it matters too. After all, this is putting your brief to your designer to the test. How well do you know your clients?

Books and publishing, Branding design, Design tips for your business, Print Design, Social Media Design, Websites, Working with Hello LovelyBerenice Howard-Smith11 January 2020user testing, feedback, graphic design, branding, copyright, social media, social media images

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