Chris Dickman (bio)

Bowing to the recent deluge of cards and letters wondering when the next installment of this saga would appear, I have again been trolling for fonts that even Aldus Manutius might enjoy using. My first stop was with FontShop, which provides a rotating sampling of free fonts that makes a monthly visit worthwhile.

When time is short and there's work to be done, the simplest solution is to stick with tried and true tools, an approach that keeps small software developers from even showing up on the radar screen. However, there is life beyond the Creative Suite, both from the perspective of add-ons to applications such as Photoshop and as replacements for others, such as Illustrator.