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Feeling confident about your understanding of punctuation? Brace yourself. The questions on this quiz will push even the self-reported grammar nerds to the outer extremities of their punctuation peripheries. This isn’t a quiz about grammar or spelling or writing theory. Just punctuation. But it ain’t easy. The good news? If you

At the root of all good writing lies an understanding of how sentences are built. In kindergarten, we learn the fundamentals of grammar and the basic concepts of how sentences are constructed. For most of our elementary and secondary training in writing, we are taught simply to improve those grammatical

Warning: this grammar and punctuation quiz isn’t for the faint of heart. Think you know your grammar and punctuation like the back of your hand? The questions on this quiz aren’t anything tricky but many college graduates don’t do well answering them. How do you measure up? Grammar and Punctuation

A few months ago I identified 18 rules for using text, clarifying a few fundamental rules we all should follow when it comes to using text and creating documents to be readable and enjoyable. The document was a handy guide, but it didn’t cover other important basics about using fonts:

Evan Brown, developer of the awesome design website, DesignMantic, and creator of the now-famous 10 Commandments of Typogrophy, has developed another fantastic infographic that clarifies how we should be using color. Need to know if you’re using color effectively? Check out these 10 commandments. Courtesy of: Designmantic.com

Bad PowerPoint design may be just as detrimental to your presentation as smelling like a horse. When you have poorly designed slides, a few things happen: your professionalism is questioned (because you essentially tell the people looking at your PowerPoint that you don’t know how to create professional work); your

How Visually Literate Are You? A 15-Question Quiz to Test Your Skills

The Huffington Post just released a fascinating infographic developed by Pixart Printing–a European leader in selling graphic and print services–about printing costs. Would you believe that if the entire world used Comic Sans instead of Helvetica, we’d use 69 million more cartridges of ink? Or if we used American spelling instead

[ezcol_2third]In an age of digital evangelism, churches have a special and important opportunity to communicate their message to the world through their webpages. As might be expected, some religions do better than others at communicating their message. As you’ll see in the slider below, some church homepages focus on leadership,

You’ve probably been asked to create a brochure or a flier or a poster before. And if you don’t have a background in graphic design, you may feel uneasy about taking on the challenge. At the very least, you probably have inadequate and maybe even tossed around the phrase, “I’m