Apago announced on Monday the release of an Adobe Acrobat plug-in called Box Editor that uses a new XML data format for easier exchange of important data between publishers and advertisers. The company made the news public at the PrintMedia Conference and Expo happening this week in New York City. Apago also noted that publishers Time and CMP Media now support the new XML format and will make their ad specs available in it later this month.
Type foundry P22 has announced the availability of two historical font sets, both created by Frederic Goudy: the Goudy Aries and Woodtype sets.
Agfa Monotype announced on Tuesday that they've released 20 exclusive fonts and font volumes on Fonts.com. All of them are from the new Laurentian, Fairbank, and Mosquito Formal typeface families.
Xerox has taken the wraps off two new colour printers – The Phaser 8400 solid ink printer and the Phaser 7750 laser printer.
The Phaser 8400 is a new solid ink printer that provides 2,400dpi equivalent output, starting at $999 (around £550). The printer is actually capable of 600-x-600dpi physic
Adobe Systems is taking its new Creative Suite on tour to 12 US cities in February and March. The seminars are free, but require participants sign-up on the Web.
Targeted to creative directors, art directors, studio managers, print production managers, graphic designers, Web designers and creati