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I recently finished reading Tim Brown's new book "Combining Typefaces." It's 63 pages. You can buy it for less than $5 on FiveSimpleSteps, as a pdf or epub. Combining Typefaces is a dense book. It goes through a lot of concepts very quickly, but I'm a fan of that. The book may be primarily about combining types, but I think it serves as a great introduction to typography as a whole. It goes over anatomy and general terminology, but the book primarily approaches typography as a form of artistic communication, instead of just a set of guidelines and formulas. This is important, because that means it accepts subjectivity. There is no one answer to type, no winning approach; all we have are the techniques and patterns observed and used by of artists and designers throughout centuries. It challenges you to think about typography in your own way: how will you create what you want to communicate? What will you use? How will you use it?

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week's collection, we have designs from Juliana Bicycles, Simple as Milk, Charlie Waite, @JRDN_SPRW and productOps.

Infographics have become a popular means of displaying information. It is a well known fact that the attention of viewers is attracted and held better through images than text, and people are more likely to digest the information in images. Road signs were probably among the first infographics; they needed to impart necessary information at a glance, and they have achieved that by using graphics and very large text, and that is the basis of modern infographics, which are becoming available for all trades, services, products and niches. Today we are bringing you a collection of online infographic tools, some tutorials, guides and articles on infographic creation and some beautiful free infographic elements and kits. All in all, you should be able to gather your data and create your masterpiece with the help of these resources.

People who have managed their own startup or websites online will know the stressors which come along through the job. It will require some finesse and a lot of research online. To install a CMS, create your own theme, back up the database, and fix bugs will require a whole toolbox of knowledge. But there are some helpful resources to be found online which may expedite the process of creating new website launches.

As you've already seen in our previous posts about Single Page Website Designs that showcasing your work in single page design is a hot trend. It's kind of ironic to see what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and observe how people interact with their work. Even though this is not a common trend to follow but still as the new design styles come up, and as more and more designers notice them and make use of them in their work, this kind of trends emerge.

Breads are one of the most popular stomach-filler and is considered as the basic food until now. Having a lot of styles, techniques and proportions of ingredients, it can come in a huge variations of tastes, sizes, shapes, appearances, colors, etc. It's no wonder why there are millions of bakeries operating around the globe. However, for these bakeries to stand out from the others, aside from having a tasty bread, it is just as important for them to have the logo design that would amplify their branding and in turn would make them easier to be recognized by the market. Today, we will be showcasing 26 Yummy and Creative Examples of Bread Logo Designs. Scroll down and observe this compilation that includes some of the most artistic bread logo designs and maybe get some idea and inspiration on how you want your own logo design to look like. Come, take a peek, and enjoy.

WP RSS Aggregator version 3.1 is out now! There are some bug fixes and enhancements. As for new features, these are: Option to set the number of feed items imported from every feed (default 5) Import and Export aggregator settings and feed sources Debugging page allowing manual feed refresh and feed reset I hope you like how the plugin is developing, and as usual feedback is welcome. An official release of the thumbnails and excerpts premium add-on will follow soon.

This is great, I promise. We know Finland for a lot of things, rubber boots for instance or - ehm - Helsinki. Angelos Arnis and Tomi Hiltunen want to add to this ample variety. They just published a set of device mockups, all in PNG and CSS, that you can actually bring to life with real content. You've got a web app for mobile clients you want to show on your website? Not very impressive, unless you present it inside the frames of its mobile boundaries. That's what Arnis and Hiltunen have built…

My sponsor Treehouse has not only an excellent video tutorial service, but also an insightful blog. I wanted to feature a few of the posts I found most useful -- hopefully you get something out of them!