Monthly Archives: January 2011
Web Font Survey Reminder: Win an Apple iPad
January 28th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
UPDATED: Survey now closed.
Winner announced over on the WebINK blog.
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Just a friendly reminder, if you haven’t had the chance to give us your thoughts about web fonts, we’re looking for your input on our Web Font Survey.
As a special thank-you for your honest feedback, we’re giving away an iPad to one lucky winner.
All that you need to do is take our Web Font Survey.
Take our survey by midnight PST on Jan 30th and you’ll be entered to win.
Good luck, and thanks for your input.
The Graphic Mac chooses Suitcase Fusion 3 as a “favorite thing”
January 27th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
This just in, Suitcase Fusion 3 has been selected by The Graphic Mac as one of author James Dempsey’s favorite utilities.
As a longtime user of Suitcase, James Dempsy says, “If you have a large font collection, you must have a good font manager, and I’ve stuck with Suitcase Fusion to do the job.”
We’ve continued to develop and maintain Suitcase Fusion so that it’s compatible with the most current software essential to creative workflows, and it shows.
“There are other font management applications available, but I’ve found that Extensis keeps Suitcase Fusion up-to-date with new versions of Adobe Creative Suite for auto-font activation more so than other developers,” says Dempsey.
Take Suitcase Fusion 3 for a test drive yourself. A fully-functional 30-day demo is available from the Extensis website.
Win a Trip to SXSW by Creating a Font Pair on FontFuse
January 25th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
Want to win a trip to one of the largest and most interesting web conferences of the year?
WebINK is giving away a trip for two to SXSW Interactive this year, and all that you need to do is create the most popular headline and body copy font pairing on FontFuse.
To enter the contest:
- Create a WebINK web font pair on FontFuse.
- Tell all of your friends and family to vote for your font pair.
- When your font pair gets the most votes, you’ll win a trip to SXSW Interactive!
Full contest details are available here.
New way to explore and pair Web Fonts
January 24th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
We’re launching a new site that gives you the ability to explore and pair web fonts. The site is called FontFuse, and gives you the ability to create headline and body copy font pairings and then share them with others.
Much like Adobe’s Kuler site for color palettes, this site also presents you with creative inspiration for font selections in your web projects.
Read all about it on the WebINK blog.
FontDoctor 8 released today
January 19th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
Today we released FontDoctor version 8 for Mac OS X.
If you purchased Suitcase Fusion 3 for Mac OS X, you are eligible to receive a free update from FontDoctor 7. You will be notified by email within the next ten working days with your download information and new serial number.
Font Doctor 8 includes all of the same font organization and corruption checking features, as well as a new feature that allows you to do detailed font comparisons.
I See Web Fonts in Your Future
January 13th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
We’re pushing the boundaries of what can be done with Web Fonts. Check out the new sample page that shows just how far you can push Web Fonts and spin up a new future today.
Win an Apple iPad! Take Our Web Font Survey to Enter
January 12th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
We’d like to hear how Web Fonts are changing the way you design for the Web and the effect that’s having on your websites, creative workflow and more.
To thank you for your input, we’re offering a chance to win an Apple iPad.
The winner will be selected on January 31st, so please respond soon.
Click here to take the survey.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Non-profits Improve Fundraising and Increase Efficiencies with Extensis’ Digital Asset Management Solutions
January 11th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
Non-profit organizations across the world continue to face economic and fundraising challenges, with increasing pressures to do more with less. Some, however, are finding innovative and affordable ways to fortify their efforts by utilizing Extensis’ digital asset management (DAM) solution.
Both the Children’s Hospital Trust (Boston) and Human Rights Campaign (Washington, D.C.) are two non-profits using Extensis’ Portfolio Server® and NetPublish® software to better leverage their marketing initiatives while improving overall efficiencies. By implementing Extensis’ DAM solutions, these organizations are now quickly developing impactful fundraising programs and improving public outreach by making photos and digital files publicly accessible. Extensis’ DAM solutions have also helped these non-profits preserve historical records and improve accountability by tracking how files and associated resources are being used, both imperatives for compliance.
Having reached the limits of its intranet portal, Children’s Hospital Trust, the philanthropic resource for Children’s Hospital Boston, required a more robust DAM solution to manage their increasing collection of photos. The organization also sought a solution that would scale with its expanding catalog of digital assets, while ensuring overall security and compliance.
“Portfolio Server was selected because of its speed, cross-platform support, and user friendly interface,” said Christopher Maddocks, Director, Information Management and Technology, Children’s Hospital Trust. “Since implementation, we’ve now moved well beyond photos. The system allows us to instantly find videos, design files, create promotional materials or locate photos for use in our fundraising programs. It also helps our communications group meet strict security and compliance requirements, while giving us an extensible platform that we can tailor to our evolving DAM needs.”
Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, turned to Extensis to help centralize and manage its extensive library of digital assets, as the organization’s educational slant required quick delivery of materials to a wide audience.
“Previously, locating digital media for our magazines, publications, and retail stores required looking in multiple places throughout our network. Now that we’ve implemented Portfolio Server, everyone can quickly find what they need by looking in one place,” said Sascha Heller, Senior Applications Systems Analyst, Human Rights Campaign. “A big part of what we do is educational, media and member outreach, and Portfolio Server helps us quickly deliver our message to a wide audience. With the click of a button our marketing and retail departments can automatically publish materials to a self-service web portal that is accessible by our staff and external partners.”
The Children’s Hospital Trust and Human Rights Campaign join a long list of non-profit and charitable organizations to implement the Extensis Portfolio DAM solution. Others include: The National Wildlife Federation, Christian Aid, Comic Relief, National Gallery of Art, The National Gallery of London, and The Sydney Opera House.
Extensis works with a wide variety of non-profit and for profit customers, and offers discounts for non-profit, government and educational institutions. To learn more about customers using Extensis’ solutions, visit www.extensis.com/customers.
Learn more about Portfolio Server 9.5 here.
WebINK Top 10 Fonts of 2010
January 6th, 2011 by Jim Kidwell
We’ve just released our list of top web fonts from WebINK in 2010. These are the fonts that were most commonly chosen by WebINK users for use on their sites. There’s some good stuff in there.
Are your favorites on the list?
Check out the full list over on the WebINK blog.
