Helpful articles about web design, development, and marketing.
If you’ve ever read our blog, newsletter, or even had a design conversation with someone at Alt Creative, you likely know how obsessed we are with fonts. Over the course of the past 5 or 6 years, we’ve been asked the question many times: Can we use another font for our website? Something other than […]
A few months ago, we told you how much we are loving the new social network, Pinterest. We still think it’s the coolest – so this month we’ve decided to give you some insight on how to use it for your brand. Pinterest has become the fastest growing social network ever. In fact, Pinterest currently […]
We’ve heard it so many times that it’s begun to sound cliché – content is king! While that phrase seems to be everywhere these days, it’s an unavoidable truth. In the Internet age, content has to be relevant to your audience and search engines. Especially now that we have so many outlets to share it […]
We love iStockphoto.com, a website resource that provides royalty-free stock images, media and design elements. Stock photos are ready-made images that are licensable for use in your advertising or promotional materials to illustrate specific things, concepts or ideas.
This month we are showcasing some of our favorite “slab-serif” fonts. We like a good serif font, but we love a good slab serif! A slab serif typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. Serifs are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and […]
The weather is getting warmer and the flowers are starting to bloom. This is our favorite time of year here at Alt Creative, so why not celebrate with another one of our favorites? Fonts! This month’s theme is Spring, so check out these awesome Spring-inspired fonts for your graphic design projects.
While email is an established form of communication, its immediate and relatively non-intrusive nature can make it easy to ignore basic etiquette. This is especially true in the professional realm. This month, we are offering 10 simple email etiquette reminders.
This year’s SXSW was a huge showcase for new technology. New apps, services, and platforms were in abundance to the point of being a bit overwhelming. During our attendance we took note of some new companies who are making a big splash.
This month we’ve been inspired by elegant handwriting. These fonts work well for organic, earthy designs as well as delicate designs for posters, invitations, etc. All of our featured fonts this month are also web fonts, meaning they can be embedded into your web designs too!
By now, you’ve probably at least heard the name of this product or met a die hard user addicted to using it. At Alt Creative, we are hooked. Check out how we are using this new social network.
Thanks to smart phones, tablets, Wi-Fi, and the increasing ability for us to access the Internet on the go, mobile advertising and promotion is becoming an essential part of marketing. Mobile marketing offers companies, agencies and marketers the opportunity to connect with consumers outside of traditional and digital media directly on their portable devices. In […]
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