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Founded in 1990 by Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody, FontFont produces innovative and influential fonts by designers, for designers. Made with FontFont is an anthology of type specimens and essays closely and creatively examining how FontFont operates, to elucidate how this relative newcomer on the type design scene has made such an impression on the trends of type and typography. The 368 pages are divided into five chapters revealing the essence of FontFont and its legacy: Thinking FontFont, Talking FontFont, Making FontFont, Showing FontFont, Made with FontFont.

Today, Ballistic Publishing released EXPOS 5, the latest book in its blockbuster series celebrating the world’s finest digital art. Acclaimed for their high quality, the EXPOS books showcase the best digital art from around the world each year. Judged by an international team of industry leaders this year’s edition features 298 examples of the world’s best digital art prepared by 218 artists from 45 countries and selected from over 4,500 entries.
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Zaxys Depth & Motion Imaging is announcing todays launch of their new business card and postcard products Web site, www.zaxysdmi.com. The new Web site gives users the ability to design their own 3D lenticular business cards or postcards in their 3D program and upload their designs for printing. Not reserved for corporations with big budgets anymore, Zaxys is now putting a premium 3D card into the hands of the general public. The site is launching with business cards only, but expects to add postcards to its product list by the end of the month and additional products in the future.

Mozilla.org has released Sunbird 0.5, a new version of its standalone calendar application. The new release has a much more polished user interface in the calendar views. It also re-adds working hours and automatic migration of data in Sunbird 0.2, iCal.app, and Evolution. The printing functionality has been improved, and there is support for Google Calendar (via the Google Calendar Provider extension). Finally, there are reliability, performance, and usability improvements. The software requires Mac OS X 10.2.x or later.

Adstream has announced the launch of imagebank 2.0. A digital media management tool developed with the input of brand owners and creative agencies. The new-look imagebank showcases a number of updated features including a brand new interface, increased upload capabilities, and functionality that allows users to collate up to 10 images at a time into a user basket for easy bulk download.

VBUZZER today announced that Vbuzzer users anywhere in the world, can now send free faxes to any fax machine in the US and Canada. Just a simple download and quick self install of the VBUZZER Messenger, click the Fax Tab and follow the friendly wizard to complete sending a fax.

ScreenSteps allows users to quickly create visual tutorials explaining how to use software applications. Designed for software developers, IT support staff and documentation professionals, ScreenSteps captures each step of the process, with options to add text, annotate images and then export the document to PDF or HTML format.

Soffront Software Inc., (www.soffront.com) announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC) Communications Solutions (www.tmcnet.com/comsol) has named Soffront CRM v. 8.6 as a recipient of a 2006 Product of the Year Award.

Hallmark Institute of Photography http://hallmark.edu held its thirty-second commencement ceremony for the Class of 2007 on the grounds of the Institute’s Administrative Office Building located at 241 Millers Falls Rd. in Turners Falls. One hundred and eighty-eight (188) talented professionals (118 females and 70 males) graced the stage and received completion certificates. Graduates represented forty-one (41) of the United States from Massachusetts to Alaska plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. Graduates also represented Russia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines.

Ascender Corporation, a leading provider of fonts for hardware & software developers, today announced a new licensing program for font software implementations with server-based applications. Currently the standard end user font license restricts usage to personal computers and prevents fonts from being used on servers. Companies that are implementing server-based applications, whether on Intranets or on the Internet, now have an extensive collection of fonts to choose from to enhance their applications.