Are you a graphic designer? Do you know the difference between a font and a typeface? Do your eyes light up when conversations turn to ems, kerning, and baseline grids? If you answered yes to these questions, then The Typography Manual for the iPhone and iPod Touch is for you!

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As typographers ’round the world can attest, the ampersand can be a challenging letterform to adapt when designing a new font. The Shit & site takes jabs at the ampersands of a few specific typefaces.

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We’ve all been there, done that. Crazy clients who seem to be direct spawn of Satan. Share your story and read those of other designers who have lived to tell the tale.

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This is a fun take on the god-awful hand-made flyers we’ve all seen pinned to a bulletin board or telephone pole around the neighborhood. This designer takes these flyers, redesigns them and replaces the original with the re-designed flyer. Granted, the readability is sometimes questionable, but it’s a fun concept nonetheless.

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We’ve all heard that dreaded, yet ubiquitous, question from a client: “Can you make the logo bigger?”  We rationalize, we plead, we instill the fear of a failed campaign – all to no avail.  Enter the genius of Michael Beirut with a solution to this all-too-common issue designers face. This is the most deliciously devious – make that, clever – “strategy” we’ve come across in a long while. Enjoy!

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We’ve all been there. “Can you make it more ‘webby’ looking?” or “Let’s try to ‘jazz it up’ a bit” or “How about this font called Comic Sans?” This is a funny look at some all-too-true things clients do to drive their designers nuts, all while expecting award-winning design as an end result. Yeah, right!

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This is just too good to pass up. Talk about creativity. It will crack you up. Super Heroes based on Photoshop filters. Crystallize, Ocean Ripple, Motion Blur and Halftone Pattern Maker are among the masked adventurers you’ll find.

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It ain’t easy being cheesy….OK, well, maybe it is. We all know that designers can sometimes have a language all their own. Why should pick-up lines be any different? This funny list of designer-inspired lines includes such classics-in-the-making as: “I dig your look and feel.” and “Has anybody every told you that your teeth have perfect kerning?”.

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Sometimes, you just gotta laugh at the absurdity of things. This is a funny – and, sadly, all-too-true – list of 11 sarcastic reasons clients don’t need professional designers. Hilarity ensues!

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An irreverant and humorous selection of custom-designed t-shirts. Sure to tickle your funny bone!

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