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Yeah I love that article. It's certainly an eye opener.

Does anyone have any advice about rough amounts to charge for the source files/IP rights if requested? I feel like I'm plucking numbers out of the air and don't really know how best to do it.

Thanks gents. Greg, had thought that but feel that the grey on black might be just as wearing on the eyes. Cheers Chris - I've updated to the second one with the grey texture and I'll see how I feel about it for a few weeks I expect. I'll continue to seek critique though and suspect I may need...

Hey anyone that is reading (Chris in particular) - I've written a brief blog post to see if I can gauge feedback on my two options for improving the legibility of my blog. Owen Jones | Graphic Design | Plymouth Let me know which you prefer? Ta

In your opinion, is the attached visual any easier to read? Wondering if it can be done without fully inverting the colours to black on white, even just for the text panel. I wonder if it's a little less harsh, so perhaps more readable? The black, white, yellow/orange theme is pretty key for...

Yeah, might try that actually. I struggle with getting responses to things though so can't guarantee I'd get an accurate set of results. Worth a try though.

Cheers Chris, appreciate the feedback. Not sure I agree it's just relevant to graduates though - I graduated in 2003 and still find some of the points pretty helpful, at least to get me thinking about them. I've been thinking about the white out of black problem for a while too, glad you said...

Hi all, I've been running a series of blog posts since January and my latest one is a great guest post from Dennis Salvatier of Salvatier Studios in LA. It's a list of ten top tips for running your own small design business - I'd love to get some feedback on the comments section and hopefully...

Hi Tony - have you tried What The Font? new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont

Two classic sites are myfonts.com and fontshop.com. Both take fonts from a variety of foundries. Other sites/foundries to try include veer.com, typography.com (Hoefler & Frere Jones, Sudtipos.com, houseind.com and hvdfonts.com. Sourcing and appropriately using fonts is a really enjoyable and...

Ha Berry, that gentle, tender side of you is heartwarming! ;)

Working freelance (ie. for an agency who outsource some work to you and will need to mark it up when they charge their client) can vary but shouldn't be much above £25-30 unless you have some exceptional bespoke and sought after skills. Working self employed for your own private clients, well...

Yep, have already researched names etc. Think you've got the same ideas as me about the list to include. Cool, good to get your thoughts Greg, cheers. Will let you know if anything comes of these letters!

Yeah, that's the key. It's a case of making them aware that it would be worth the investment somehow! Not sure how friendly/familiar to play it, or if I want it to appear more formal. Hard to tell though until you actually know them!

Mick, it sounds like he's the one taking you for a ride! 35 different concepts?! I tend to offer 3-5 max and for one final result that will overall cost probably more than that. Logo design and branding are much more valuable that he's making out.