Font Mate

Price : Free
File size : 3 Mb
Download : www.fontmate.com


Font Mate is a unique font viewer, because it is not just a font viewer. There are more things you can do with this software.

Version for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux is available.



How to use Font Mate

Pick one font that you would like to view at the font menu:



You can see all the characters of the fonts on your computer as Font Mate shows them in grid box panels. Click on a box of the font that you want to see.



After you chose a font, at the left-bottom corner of the window, you can see larger thumbnail preview. Below the preview box, ASCII and Hex values for related font are included. You can copy any character to the clipboard to paste into other applications. Print a sample sheet for any font is easy Go to the menu File > Print Sample or Ctrl + P.



Check this window screenshot of Font Mate to get clear sight of this freeware.

My Favatar

My Favatar  is a new web tool service which provides free hosting for your favatar and favicon. To register is simple, you will be asked for username, password, and email address. After that you will receive an email to verify your account.




What is Favatar?
Do you know what favatar is? Favatar constitutes to Favorite Avatar. If you post a comment somewhere to other blog, then you will see your Favatar displayed next to your comment. A comment form will need your name, your email address, and your site URL. Just remember to submit the same email address that you use when you register to Favatar. By this way, your Favatar will always active even your blog is not in the same platform with the blog that you commented on.

What is Favicon?
Favicon is Favorite Icon displayed on your browser tabs and at the left hand corner of the URL address bar. It is important to have a favicon logo to build identity for your blog or site.



The favicon file ends with .ICO and if you have a blog or site hosted in a prepaid web hosting service, it will be easy for you to upload your file. But if your blog platform is free, it is rather difficult for you to find free hosting for favicon.
My Favatar allows you to upload your favicon in different graphic format. Just upload your 32×32 pixel size graphic logo (the format should be: .BMP, .GIF .PNG or .JPG.) to My Favatar, and get this code to install:




The words “your image name” should be the same with your image name and copy then paste in before the < / head> tag on your blog HTML template to install.
Refresh your blog, see the result and clap your hands ;D

Related Links:

• My Favatar Blog
  
• Free Favicon Generator tool
  
• Favatars wordpress plugin
  
• Favicon Movable Type plugin
  
• Favourite Favicons
  

Web2PDF Online

One of my friend, Alwin Sanjaya reviewed this widget on his blog. I was courious about it and only now I have a chance to install this Web 2 PDF Online widget to one of my blog, Graphic Identity Tutorial and the result is great. For now you can always save my tutorial articles in PDF files format.



If you want to have one of this, simply create a new account to http://web2.pdfonline.com/ and submit the site URL where you want this widget script code will be put to your template. It is absolutely easy and it is free.

Once you registered, you can set the page orientation and margins. If you need any change you can always reset to default anytime. Generate the code and copy the script then paste to your html template.

You can also convert any web page to a PDF file directly to your account setting dashboard on Web2PDF Online.

This widget works better in Firefox Browser. Take sometimes to process especially for huge file.

Photo Stock Download

If you are a designer, you might need some photo or digital art work to make over your whole design. These Photo Stock websites will provide you a profesional look photos, not to mention the digital art (vector, flash, and pixel format) that you can download start from $ 1 each.

There is more, since these Photo Stock websites included high-res photos and you can search down wide variety category by putting certain keyword, and download them instantly after you complete the payment form.

Photographer and digital artist, have a good chance earning money by submitting photos and graphic art. But there is some easy quiz to fill out for qualification step.

Big Stock Photo



Can Stock Photo



Shutterstock

BenSpark’s August Add it up Contest

Do you ever wish to have Flickr or Zooomr Pro account? Here is an interesting way to grabb it for free.

Ben Spark starts a contest in August, it has been going fun and so easy. All you have to do is collecting points by writing a Blog about this contest and just comment on Photo-A-Day post for the month of August. (limit one comment per PAD post).



Earn 5 points by voting The BenSpark Blog as Photography Blog of the year
And please do link back to my site  Graphic Identity Affiliate (http://graphic-identity-affiliate.blogspot.com) for the reason that you vote The BenSpark.

The Prizes

• 1st prize is a Flickr or Zooomr Pro account (your choice) & a $25.00 Kodak Gallery Gift Certificate.
  
• 2nd prize is a subscription for two years to PCPhoto Magazine.
  
• 3rd prize is a $10.00 Kodak Gallery Gift Certificate.
  

It will be very easy to gather points. There are so many ways.

Find it more by visiting BenSpark’s August Add it Up Contest.