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Last Answer on September 13, 2021

Peace be with you Paul,
Could you please help me match a popular font from the old days of type (it might even be an ITC font). I know it, but, the name slips my memory. Can I upload the image for you to check?

Asked by Najee about 6 years ago

Hi Najee, there are so many 100's of 1000's of fonts out there nowadays. Years ago I could recognise a font just like that ...and still can with the usual popular ones. But the easiest way to get a name of a font is to do a Google search on whatthefont and it will give you a website where you can upload a scan of the font and then it will give you names of what the font might be. If it cannot be recognised you will be given a chance to put it into a forum on the site and someone will let you know what the font is. Hope this helps.

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Hello Paul Scotton, what is your favorite work to do?

Asked by Merle91 over 6 years ago

UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . Well as a graphic designer anything creative is enjoyable. I hate doing boring financial brochures ...of which I have had a lot lately ...but they bring in money, so I do them. I love doing line vector illustrations and logo design the most

440 Votes

So you wanna be a Graphic Designer?

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do you think a blind or visually impaired person could do the job?

Asked by Ding dint over 5 years ago

UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . Well first I was going to say no ...unless they were brought in as a consultant to help design for the visually impaired. But it got me thinking and did a search on Google to see if there were any such designers and I came up with this: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/legally-blind-illustrator-designer_n_5b19589ce4b09d7a3d6fe7fa? ...so it seems I am wrong and the answer is yes it seems

417 Votes

What training and experience does it take to get this job?

Asked by Damn ion over 5 years ago

UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . Well I studied graphic design back in the late 70's ...no computers back then. Everything was hand drawn. I went to college in the UK and the UK design courses back then were "A" levels and Diplomas. I took a 3 year course. I received and "A" Grade in the "A" Level Graphic Design and Point of Sale exam. I was really proud of myself as it was the highest grade possible plus no one in my year received an "A" or even a "B" ...the others got a "C" or less. In the Diploma of Graphic Design and Point of Sale I received a "Distinction" ...again it was a proud moment as it was the highest you could receive I was the only one to get the "Distinction". I was already preparing myself to study for a 4th year in which I would have had letters after my name if I passed (probably would mean nothing now though) ...but I was offered 3 different jobs in design studios. I took a job based in London which was designing record sleeves and adverts for the music press ...a very cool job to have in the early 80's for an 18 year old. I got to mix with a lot of famous people (the 80's was a great year for music) and my job involved sitting at a large drawing board with a layout pad and a box of magic markers sketching out ideas for album sleeves.... and going on photo shoots with the bands.... a dream job! So That was my training and the outcome from that ...but to answer your question after rambling on about my own experience ...I haven't a clue what training is involved nowadays unfortunately ...but I guess it relies heavily on computers. The sad thing is that computers have taken a lot of the creativity from the job ...but I do recommend that anyone going into graphic design to be creative as it goes along way when impressing potential employers. Learn 3D and coding too ...I did not get that chance and lose out on a lot of clients due to this.

406 Votes

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KEVIN THE METROLOGIST HAS GONE AWAY AND STOPED ANSWERING QUESTIONS WHY?!

Asked by URGENT EMERGENCY ALERT ALERT ???? over 5 years ago

Maybe he was asked too many irrelevant questions that were nothing to do with the subject of his job!

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What type of design/creative work has most inspired you?

Asked by Jasmine over 5 years ago

UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . Hi Jasmine, my inspiration has changed many times over the years in my long career history. Nowadays my creativity inspiration comes from listening to different types of music ...especially if I have a creative block. If I have to design something cool and funky I listen to upbeat music ...if I have to design something more laidback and classical I listen to relaxing music ...it gets my mind in the right mood for the theme of the design. Hope this answers your question.

404 Votes