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Monotype is introducing an HTML5-based Web font platform

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by on May 12, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Monotype, one of the world’s biggest typeface companies and owner of Helvetica, is looking to change the way we view fonts on the Web. The company is today announcing a Web font platform that runs on HTML5 to give designers access to its catalog of nearly 100,000 fonts. With the slow but steady death of Adobe Flash, web designers have looked to doing as much as possible within HTML5. One limitation so far, however, has been the access to quality fonts. There are some solutions out there, like Google Web Fonts, but they are generally limited to a small selection…

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Skill-up on Photoshop with the ‘Train Simple’ training bundle

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by on May 12, 2015 at 11:51 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Offers, TNWDeals

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For anyone with an interest in photography or design, Photoshop has always been the app you need to know. If you would like to upgrade your skills, this bundle of courses (currently at a special price) might be for you. The‘Train Simple’ Adobe Photoshop Training Bundle includes eight courses that teach how to use the software from top to bottom. If you’re still fairly new to Photoshop, you can start with the Fundamentals course, before moving on to the specialist courses. For instance, photographers can head for the Camera Raw and Portrait Retouching tracks, while web designers will benefit from…

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Verizon is buying AOL for $4.4 billion in cash

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by on May 12, 2015 at 11:10 am
Posted In: AOL, Around the Web, breaking, Insider, verizon

Verizon has announced that it’s buying AOL for $50 per share, which adds up to a purchase price of around $4.4 billion. Once the deal is closed, AOL will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon. AOL’s CEO, Tim Armstrong, will continue to lead the company after the acquisition. This story is being updated.   

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You can now tweet emoji to save endangered animals

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by on May 12, 2015 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

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The World Wide Fund for Nature is looking for donations to help save endangered animals and its latest campaign encourages you to tweet emoji to donate to the organization. 17 animal emoji found in iOS and Android represent endangered animals and by signing up to the WWF’s campaign on Twitter you can donate by simply tweeting those emoji, adding $0.11 (€0.10) to your total for each one. At the end of the month, the WWF will tweet you with your total and a link to donate. There’s no obligation to donate if you change your mind, but it’s an interesting way to give to…

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