Helpful articles about web design, development, and marketing.
Design software is crucial to any design company. It’s impossible to create high quality designs and brand identities without the right tools. The best graphic design software comes from Adobe and their creative suite of products can come with a pretty heft price tag – until now! Adobe has just released their Creative Cloud and […]
This month we are showcasing some smooth rounded fonts. Rounded fonts are a great way to convey anything from crisp, sophisticated looks to cool and funky concepts. We love to use a rounded font when creating logos with negative space. A rounded font on it’s own can also help create a modern bold statement. Check […]
As of May 31 of this year, Alt Creative has give approximately $5600 to charitable causes. As proud of that as we are, we were really curious to see that that amount actually does. How does it effect our preferred charities? What is the environmental impact of our tree planting? Check out our infographic […]
Thank you so much to the friends and fans who generously gave us their vote in the Mission: Small Business grant contest. We’ve decided to celebrate and return the generosity by giving one lucky, randomly-chosen recipient a giving card with $150 to be given to the charity of their choice! Do you have a cause […]
Alt Creative is moving to a new permanent home later this month. We have some extra space and we are looking for a small 1-2 person company to share our space. The space is near Central Market on S. Lamar and has a reception area, 2 offices with windows and one interior conference room. We […]
There is no question – music helps us be productive at Alt Creative. It makes work even more fun. This month, we are highlighting one of our favorite music services, Spotify.
Last year, Alt Creative embarked on a journey to give back and operate in a socially responsible manner. You may have heard this concept described as “business philanthropy”, “cause marketing”, “social responsibility”, or “for-benefit business”. There are seriously a dozen other names for it, but it basically all means the same thing. Our business is […]
These shadow fonts are a cool way to add some shade to your summer – even if it is in a 2d-mental-picture sort of way. We’ve really been digging on the shadow effect lately since it adds a cool retro feel to anything from web designs to summer pool party invites!
by MORGAN CHESKY / KVUE NEWS and photojournalist JOHN FISHER See the video >> AUSTIN — Some call it a slippery slope; others call it an opportunity. Either way, Facebook’s latest change, where users can pay to promote a post, is getting plenty of attention.
Austin Gives, Businesses Giving Back, a new program designed to recognize and encourage business philanthropy, was recently kicked-off during a press conference at City Hall by Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Bobby Jenkins, President of ABC Home and Commercial Services and 2011 chair of the Greater Austin Chamber. The program invites all businesses who donate 1% […]
Alt Creative is currently in the running for 2 small business grants and we would love your help to snag at least one of them! See below for info on how to vote for us. Grant #1: Alt Creative is in the running for a grant through the Mission: Small Business program. In order to […]
In our monthly Why We Love article this month, we are talking about one of our favorite font libraries – the Google Web Fonts library! So we thought, why not show off some these great fonts? The fonts in this month’s showcase are some of our favorites.
