Once upon a time, there was no Cascading Style Sheets and just half-a-dozen, dull ‘web-safe’ fonts. Now we have pseudo-selectors and font hosting as the web’s typography catches up with the Middle Ages…
Read MoreMagazine typography for websites
Photoshop stealth mode, leave no trace
Faking photos has been around for a long time, Photoshop is just a newer way of doing it. The trick remains the same, though; conceal your working
Read MoreKeep your bulk email out of the SPAM box
If you use a mailing list to promote a business enterprise, no matter how modest, then you need to comply with the GDPR law and best practice protocols or you’ll end up branded a SPAMMER
Read MoreAlways judge a book by its cover
Why do we judge books by their covers? Because quick decisions based on simple, visual clues are right more often than they are wrong and there’s good reason for that, and that is very handy for graphic designers
Read MoreTake that look off your Facebook
You might think that posting content to your project’s Facebook page is sharing your content with the world but it turns out, Facebook might actually be quite secretive with your content
Read MoreWatch your language!
The primary means of communication of the world wide web is the written word and it is there where many professional websites fall short. How you use language makes a big impression
Read MoreFacebook breach: your personal data compromised
Facebook just got hacked on a gargantuan scale and for many users, the implications go far beyond changing their Facebook password. What is the impact on your digital data security?
Read MoreThe need for speed
Without doubt, this is Graphic Violence’s fastest project – logo designs and stickers for race cars
Read MoreVodafone blocks Jetpack / WordPress images
Vodafone does not trust the Wordpress / Jetpack servers and its firewall settings are blocking images. If you use Jetpack in your websites, you’ll need to check the visibility of your images
Read MorePutting on a show in Derby
We love the theatre and posters and programmes for Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company are always a pleasure to work on
Read MoreCreate a strong p******* and remember it
Our memories are vast databases and we are quite capable of remembering incredible amounts of information and detail. Remembering one strong password should be a doddle and, indeed, it is when you do it right…
Read MoreCheck to see if your email’s been hacked
Database breaches are happening right now, and your email could be in there. Do a quick check to see if your email has been compromised and what actions you can take to improve its security
Read MoreStrong security with password managers
If you are not using strong and unique passwords for your online security, you know that and you don’t need a lecture but you do need a password manager
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