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2017-07-19 17:00
Today, we’re excited to unveil the latest version of our digital asset management (DAM) solution: Portfolio 2017.   Over the past twenty years, we’ve delivered many evolutio… Read More
5 Ways To Be A Great Brand Manager
2017-07-07 07:15
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a brand management superstar? Here are some tips and tricks to help you streamline your workflow like a boss. Set the stage by establishing a… Read More
Metadata Best Practices 101
2017-06-27 10:45
Metadata is your BFF. It protects your precious assets from being lost in an endless sea of randomly named file folders. It helps your clients easily find your work so that they keep giving… Read More
4 Questions 4 With David Berlow
2017-06-22 14:45
David Berlow entered the type industry in 1978. As a co-founder (with Roger Black) of The Font Bureau, David has developed more than 300 new and revised type designs for The Chica… Read More
Roadblocks On The Path To Interoperability
2017-06-20 10:15
Imagine a world where all the important data related to your health flowed easily between systems and rolled directly to your health care provider. They could set automatic alerts if your he… Read More
2017-06-08 21:18
Extensis Volunteers at the Oregon Food Bank Hold on to your hair nets – 26 employees from Extensis gathered today for to volunteer at the Oregon Food Bank, and we couldn’t be mor… Read More
2017-05-24 05:03
Quark recently released QuarkXPress 2017. We know that many of Extensis customers rely upon QuarkXPress for your publishing needs. The following is the Extensis support plan for QuarkXP… Read More
2017-04-12 16:15
Extensis Breakfast Donation Drive How does free breakfast help our community? Don’t they say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Not only does food fuel inspiration… Read More
2017-04-04 14:15
Believe it or not, there are quite a few Helvetica font alternatives you can use. A few years ago, we published an article to help designers and typography enthusiasts explore alternatives t… Read More
2017-03-14 15:00
Polish your brand management and your image will shine As a creative professional, you know how important image can be. Whether you are a designer, illustrator, writer, developer, photograph… Read More
2017-03-02 15:15
Part Six of Creating a Brand Style Guide The Creating a Brand Style Guide Series is written by Pariah Burke, consultant and trainer for creative, publishing, and editorial professionals. Par… Read More
2017-02-22 14:00
Collections Management Standard & Digital Asset Management Go Hand in Hand Many in the museum and/or heritage and culture industries are familiar with SPECTRUM©; the standard f… Read More
2017-01-18 15:15
Part Four of Creating a Brand Style Guide The Creating a Brand Style Guide Series is written by Pariah Burke, consultant and trainer for creative, publishing, and editorial professional… Read More
2017-01-10 16:36
Typekit is a great service that Adobe provides for their creative cloud subscribers. It allows you to do two main things: Use a wide variety of fonts in the Typekit collection for text… Read More
2017-01-03 15:15
Celebrating 2016 & the beginning of an exciting 2017: Extensis Style   An Extensis celebration means blackjack and roulette with Monopoly© money, booze, a photo booth, and… Read More
2016-12-27 15:15
New Year’s tends to bring a few traditions you can always count on. Champagne, Auld Lang Syne—and the inevitable yearly predictions listicles. With 2017 around the corner, we&rsq&hell…Read More
2016-12-23 15:15
This year we had the pleasure of interviewing type designers, foundry founders, art directors, educators, calligraphers, graphic designers, hand-letterers, and more. Our 4 Questions 4 s… Read More
2016-12-20 15:15
  The Problem Vincent Connare was trying to fix a communication problem: He was working on a computer program called Microsoft Bob that was intended to appeal to children—but the… Read More
2016-12-16 15:15
As designers, we all love having a wide selection of tools to get the job done. My obsession, and probably yours as well, is fonts. Whether you’re just starting out as a designer, or h… Read More
2016-12-14 15:50
Everyone in Information Technology has something to celebrate this month! Extensis has joined forces with the International Association of Information Technology Association (IAITAM) to expa… Read More
2016-12-14 15:50
Everyone in Information Technology has something to celebrate this month! Extensis has joined forces with the International Association of Information Technology Association (IAITAM) to expa… Read More
2016-12-13 17:04
When Jay Roeder didn’t know an answer to a math problem in grade school, he did what he knew best: he drew a Ninja Turtle. “I still think that this was the best possible answer t… Read More
2016-12-06 15:15
Alejandro Lo Celso is the founder and princpal type designer at the font foundry PampaType, the very first digital type foundry in Argentina, which pioneered th… Read More
2016-12-01 15:15
What does it take to reign supreme? Garlic, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, hot sauce, garlic, chili powder, kidney beans, garlic, pepper, cumin, garlic. Ok, ok. We know garlic is generally… Read More
2016-11-22 15:15
Alexandra Snowdon‘s love for art and typography began at a young age, and her commitment to learning, traveling, and experiencing the world is reflected in her skilled designs. In… Read More
2016-11-15 15:00
As a young man, Max Miedinger (1910-1980) was trained as a typesetter in Zurich, Switzerland. He became a typographer for Globus department store’s advertising studio in 1936. Fro… Read More
2016-11-14 18:15
Part Two of Creating a Brand Style Guide Creating a Brand Style Guide Series is written by Pariah Burke, consultant and trainer for creative, publishing, and editorial professionals. Part On… Read More
2016-11-04 14:51
Today we’re celebrating typographer, book designer, teacher, and writer Jan Tschichold. The son of a provincial sign writer, Tschichold trained in calligraphy. His artisan background a… Read More
2016-10-27 14:40
  Why You Need a Media-Comprehensive Brand Style Guide Today we introduce a new topic and new guest author to the Extensis blog. We’ve invited Pariah Burke (http://iampariah… Read More
2016-10-25 14:00
Kyle Bean is a London-based artist who creates handcrafted designs, tactile illustrations, and playful, concept-driven imagery and animations for a variety of editorial and co… Read More
2016-10-19 14:15
Top Three Ways to Build Your Team’s Font Collection Earlier this year, I wrote an article titled “Top Places to Build Out Your Font Collection.” The article is relevant for… Read More
2016-10-11 14:00
Dan Rhatigan works with Adobe Typekit in New York as the Senior Manager of Adobe Type. He has over 25 years of eclectic experience in various industries as a typesetter, graphic designer, ty… Read More
2016-10-04 20:00
What do Jennifer Aniston, Thomas Edison, Cher, Andy Warhol, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, Pablo Picasso, and Ozzy Osbourne have in common? They were all diagnosed with dyslexia. (Albert Eins… Read More
2016-09-27 14:00
The founder of LudwigType Foundry, Ludwig Übele studied graphic design in Germany and Finland. Today Ludwig creates award-winning type designs and works in brand developm… Read More
2016-09-26 17:30
Did you ever wonder why you weren’t able to manage fonts on your iOS devices (Apple iPhone and iPad) like you can with your Mac or Windows machine? We asked the same question and that… Read More
2016-09-23 16:26
Microsoft is expected to announce the final release of Windows Server 2016 at the Ignite conference in Atlanta. We understand that many IT Admins are keenly interested to take advantage of t… Read More
2016-09-22 20:56
  An announcement last week has pretty much rocked the type development world. An update to the OpenType specification (v1.8) was announced at a typography industry event in Warsaw, Pol… Read More
2016-09-14 23:03
Fractions are an essential element in typesetting. They appear with great regularity in measurements and quantities, recipes, scores, numerical charts and listings, textbooks and manuals, as… Read More
2016-09-13 14:00
Donald Partyka is the Creative Director of the Latin American policy and culture journal Americas Quarterly, and teaches typography at City College. A graduate of RISD and Coo… Read More
4 Questions 4… Jackson Cavanaugh
2016-09-06 16:00
In this installment of 4 Questions 4, we’re featuring Jackson Cavanaugh, a young freelance graphic designer, independent type designer, and the founder of OkayType, a type design… Read More
How To Design With Small Caps
2016-09-01 22:44
Small caps are capital letterforms that are shorter than full-sized caps. They are usually the height of the lowercase or slightly taller when part of a text font, and can be even taller &nd&hell…Read More
Extensis Does The Oregon Brewers Festival
2016-08-31 16:00
It wasn’t just any typical sunny Friday at Extensis. The end of the week always elicits some excitement around here, but something seemed different. There was a sense of anticipation i… Read More
4 Questions 4… David Berlow
2016-08-24 14:40
David Berlow entered the type industry in 1978. As a co-founder (with Roger Black) of The Font Bureau, David has developed more than 300 new and revised type designs for The Chicag… Read More
18 Confusing Typographic Terms Explained
2016-08-18 21:57
Typographic terminology is sometimes very specific, and the nuances can be confusing. Understanding the distinctions will enable you to communicate more clearly, typographically speaking, an… Read More
4 Questions 4… Roger Black
2016-08-18 14:47
Roger Black has been described as a titan in the design industry. Since 1972, he has been the chief art director or design consultant for publications all over the world, among the… Read More
4 Questions 4… Gail Anderson
2016-08-11 13:49
Gail Anderson is a designer, writer, and educator, partner at Anderson Newton design, and co-author of The Typography Idea Book, which comes out on August 23, 2016. Gail&rsquo&hell…Read More
4 Questions 4… Laura Worthington
2016-08-05 14:38
Laura Worthington is a hand-lettering artist, calligrapher, and type designer who has published more than 80 typefaces. She is a pioneer in the production of collections, or famili… Read More
Six Hot Fonts For August
2016-08-03 14:13
August is the peak of summer, and you know what that means. Peak heat, peak humidity, peak Sunshine. But August is no fun if you spend it complaining. So here’s a couple of sugges… Read More

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