Blog | Pariah Burke

300+ Free Halloween Fonts

Speaking as a designer, Halloween is my favorite annual holiday. Creative pros can have more fun with Halloween designs than with projects targeted to any other time of year. Maybe that’s why there are more Halloween-themed and -inspired typefaces than for any other holiday. Each year I scour the globe, peeking into every dark corner,…

October 23, 2013
How to Drive a Graphic Designer Crazy

I shot this in a drive-thru recently. My wife, a non-designer, couldn’t understand why I was twitching and snarling.

October 18, 2013
New Kind of Notice to Facebook About Your Privacy & Personal Info

This is not the same old privacy notice to Facebook. [Originally posted to my Facebook account.] Dear Facebook, This is an official notice that, as a rational adult with a modicum of common sense using your service, I realize that nothing I post ON YOUR SERVICE can be construed by ANY COURT in the United…

October 17, 2013
Designer on a Deadline [Humor]

Working hard in InDesign.

October 10, 2013
With Music Streaming Everywhere, is There Still Value in Owning Music?

Pandora. Rdio. iHeartRadio. iTunes Radio. Whatever music one might want to hear is on-demand on mobile phones and computers in most situations. Even most modern cars offer an Aux or dedicated music player port that lets owners pump Internet radio through the car’s stereo. Given the availability of music on-demand virtually anywhere one might want…

October 4, 2013
Do You Need a Print Book with a Major Publisher in Order to Have Credibility?

If technical authors need a printed book to be credible, and technical book publishers can’t or won’t publish those books any more, how are technical publishers supposed to gain that credibility?

October 1, 2013