Planet Quark

Ilene Strizver at CreativePro.com collected this useful list of “Top Fonts of 2008″ from various foundries and distributors:

• MyFonts
• Veer
• Ilovetypography.com
• FontShop
• FontHaus

I’ve written several times about CopyFlow Gold, a powerful XTension for QuarkXPress that automates importing and exporting text and pictures in layouts. 

Now there’s a brief, enlightening video tutorial that shows exactly how it works, with examples of its uses. For example: 

• Export text from your layout to be translated or updated elsewhere, then reimport it with all formatting intact.
• Export as HTML for use in Dreamweaver or other HTML editors.
• Export catalogs for use in a database.

Have a look:

Most QuarkXPress users know that to break a chain of text boxes, you grab the Unlinking tool (the broken chain), click on any of the linked boxes, and then click on the tail feathers of the arrow pointing to the box you want to unlink. This breaks the chain, disconnecting all boxes after it.

However, it’s not obvious how to remove one box while keeping the boxes before and after it linked. To do that, just grab the Unlinking tool, hold down the Shift key, and click on the box you want to remove. It will be removed from the chain, and the boxes before and after it will pretend it never existed.