August 21, 2012 at 8:15 am -- POST

Mission Script - Excerpt, Brush Script

Headline Heads Up — No. 16

There are four type­faces on this mon­th’s list — two con­densed, mod­ern styles and two scripts. The best part is all four are free for per­son­al use. So get to click­ing, and get to reading.

August 2, 2012 at 8:25 pm -- POST

August Sun Wallpaper Preview - Cracked Desert in Reds and Oranges with a Sun Icon

Wallpaper Wednesday — No. 18

Hope you like the heat! Using the record high tem­per­a­tures here in the south­ern USA, this mon­th’s wall­pa­per is a trib­ute to the sun as it scorch­es through the month of August.

July 20, 2012 at 8:29 am -- POST

Jewel Tone Gradients Preview - 16 Free Photoshop Gradients - Vibrant, Saturated Rainbow of Colors

Sixteen Free Jewel Tone Photoshop Gradients

I real­ized yes­ter­day I have been draw­ing on the same col­lec­tion of gra­di­ents as a go to resource and decid­ed to build a new basic set of col­ors. The col­ors I chose are very vibrant and sat­u­rat­ed — thus I am call­ing them jewel tones. I also worked the bright­ness and sat­u­ra­tion across the set so all six­teen are nice and consistent.

July 18, 2012 at 8:53 pm -- POST

Synkron Main Window - App Review - Two way file and folder comparison

Folder Synchronization Made Easy

I’ve spent the last month or so look­ing at var­i­ous back­up and syn­chro­niza­tion options try­ing to find the per­fect solu­tion. I found count­less apps, Automator scripts, even ter­mi­nal com­mands — but every­thing kept com­ing up short. Finally my back­up prayers were answered. The app is called Synkron and it has com­plete­ly stream­lined my back­up and sync jobs. The ver­sa­til­i­ty and range of con­fig­u­ra­tions is absolute­ly amaz­ing. I can’t think of a back­up sit­u­a­tion this appli­ca­tion could­n’t han­dle. Read on for a full review.

July 10, 2012 at 7:55 am -- POST

Glidesketch Typeface by Typedepot - Futuristic Rounded Corners Typeface

Headline Heads Up — No. 15

This month I’ve got three FREE fonts to show­case that will make great head­lines and dis­play usage. One Art Deco, one futur­is­tic sketch, and one ital­ic cal­li­graph­ic script make for awe­some inspi­ra­tion and great addi­tions to your typo­graph­ic tool­box. Check it out — you know you want to…

July 5, 2012 at 7:12 pm -- POST

Hipster Icons Wallpaper Preview - Moustache, Cassette Tape, Glasses, Skinny Tie

Wallpaper Wednesday — No. 17

I shaved my beard off the other day before spend­ing a week in the woods camp­ing. It’s just too hot to be deal­ing with all that. So with it went most of my hip­pie street cred. So I start­ed think­ing of other sym­bols of the hip­ster look — mous­tache, cas­sette tapes, glass­es, and skin­ny tie — and a desk­top wall­pa­per was born.

June 21, 2012 at 9:50 pm -- POST

It’s About Time

Seems like things have been pret­ty hush around these parts late­ly, but I would like you to know that work has con­tin­ued on in the back­ground. I final­ly got so deject­ed and repulsed with the design of the blog that I start­ed work­ing on a new one. Then, I slow­ly spi­raled down the WordPress theme devel­op­ment hole along with respon­sive design and over­all aesthetics.

But now, for your view­ing plea­sure, the new SpareType!

April 16, 2012 at 7:40 am -- POST

Wood Grain Brushes Preview - Photoshop Brushes, Gimp Brushes, Wood Grain Texture

20 Wood Grain Photoshop Brushes

It’s a mas­sive, high-resolution brush set for Photoshop (or the GIMP if you’re into that kind of thing.) From sub­tle to high con­trast, these twen­ty — count them 20! — wood grain brush­es can add great tex­ture or back­ground to a design. Oh, and they are total­ly free, so that’s cool too.