Villa Didot, a free font - including a filled and outline version as well
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Who reads a font licenses anyway?
The font license. They can be long, boring, and filled with legalese, but reading them can save you from costly missteps. Jim Kidwell explores the subject at the Extensis Community Blog.
Free icons: Interactive web elements
This icon set including 91 icons in PSD format - and feature vector masks you can export to Illustrator for further editing
Create iOS 5 Reminders using Alfred
If you’re a fan of Alfred for OS X, and you use an iPhone running iOS 5, I’ve got a treat for you.
Alfred makes it easy to enter text into iOS 5's Reminders app
DirtDon.com has released an Alfred extension that allows you to enter items that appears in iCal and syncs to your iOS 5 Reminders app. You simply preface your reminder with the letter “r” as seen in the image above. (more…)
Super high-res satellite photo of Earth
This has nothing to do with design or the Mac, but I thought it was too cool not to share. NASA has released a super high resolution photo of planet Earth taken by their Suomi NPP satellite.
Nicknamed Blue Marble 2012, this new image measures 8,000 x 8,000 pixels at 72dpi, which amounts to a 26-inch square image at 300 dpi. (more…)
Are you ready for IPv6?
The Internet Protocol (IP) is the language that computers and devices use to communicate with each other on the Internet; it works much like phone numbers, which let us connect one telephone to another.
IPv6 is the new version of the Internet Protocol. The addresses used by the current version of the Internet Protocol, IPv4, are nearly all used. At Google, we believe that IPv6 is essential to the continued health and openness of the Internet – and that by allowing all devices on a network to talk to each other directly, IPv6 will enable innovation and allow the Internet to continue to grow. (more…)
Free vector art: Social media icon banners
This social media icon set was created in Illustrator CS5 and contains 25 scalable vectors complete with semi-transparent shadows for use on various types of backgrounds. The download contains a .zip file with the original .ai file and an .eps version as well. Icons are available for use in personal and commercial projects. (more…)
Free bundle of designer goodies
Files can be used for personal and commercial purposes
13 packs of icons, textures, GUI elements, and more – all layered Photoshop files, all free to use in your design projects. (more…)
The forbidden colors
The eye can't see certain colors. Or can they?
Try to imagine reddish green — not the dull brown you get when you mix the two pigments together, but rather a color that is somewhat like red and somewhat like green. Or, instead, try to picture yellowish blue — not green, but a hue similar to both yellow and blue.
Is your mind drawing a blank? These colors exist, but you most likely can’t see them. These “forbidden colors” are the subject of this interesting article by Natalie Wolchover over at Life’s Little Mysteries. (more…)
Free textures: 30 seamless backgrounds
Seamless textures make for great flexibility in background image size