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Are You A Comic Sans Criminal?

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OK, I’m going to wade back into the debate on Comic Sans but I’ll put the blame squarely on my pal, Theresa Paltzat’s shoulders since she shared this site with me. Someone once pointed out that the only appropriate use of Comic Sans as a font is if you are an eight year old girl writing poems about unicorns. I am in that camp and do not use the font. So I enjoyed this quick presentation on why font choice in a piece is so important – and it’s a good one to share with your students as they learn about design.
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The URL: http://www.comicsanscriminal.com

Read Write Think Printing Press

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Here’s a handy site that helps students publish three types of documents – a poster, a brochure or a newspaper. Read Write Think’s site is easy to use with an intuitive interface but its real power comes in the fact that students can save incomplete work! The site lets a user save in a proprietary .RWT format on a usb stick or saved to a network space. When your next class begins, that same file can be opened so it can be completed and shared as a .PDF.
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The URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Press/