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I am Trade Gothic from Jason Santa Maria. OK, OK I’m bloody Courier and we all know why… rigid, old fashioned and now days occasionally considered interesting at parties where cool Helveticas blend into each other and Comic Sans has already been beaten up in the bathroom.

I’m always talking about context on the web, and I see Paul Boag’s talking about context too. I say content plus context is king, and Paul says content is dead, long live context. I think we’re discussing the same thing. Who else get’s the context conversation? Hands up.

E-Legno’s Wooden Bathtub is on my christmas wish list Santa - listen up!

Illustrator Make with Mesh is another Veerle tutorial that’s brilliantly executed.

How to Write with Style by Kurt Vonnegut.

Web Designer Wall’s Adobe Illustrator Shortcuts and Photoshop Shortcuts.

In Jared Spool’s 11 minute screencast Case Study: A Discount Approach to Comparing Multiple Design Alternatives he used a Weighted Differences Matrix. In each row of the matrix a number represents the difference between the design alternative. In Assessing Weights for Users’ Needs Part 1 and Part 2 he provides more information on how to develop a weighted differences matrix.

An interesting array of design blog logos for inspiration.