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How Not to Help People Read a Sign

To the right is a picture from this month’s Gretna Heritage Festival which had numerous local restaurants, non-profits, and craftsmen selling delicious food and one-of-a-kind crafts.
Here is a sign that could use some help. When trying to get the text to fit, you need to do more than condense the font and make it skinnier. [...]

The Future is Bright

I have been volunteering at the Audubon Zoo here in New Orleans the past few months. I work in the Education Department on the Discovery Walk where I hold animals and interact with visitors talking to them about the animals and letting them touch the animals. Most of the other volunteers on Discovery Walk are [...]

Understanding the Terminology

The design process uses an entirely different lexicon than many other fields, which can cause confusion if you aren’t familiar with the common terminology of our industry. To help you attain a general understanding of the terms used in the design industry, we have created this glossary to introduce you to some common words and [...]



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