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Links I used in posts or bookmarked for week 38.

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Every designer knows at least some good type foundries like Linotype, Dafont, Adobe and The Font Bureau. If you don’t know these foundries, shame on you. A designer wants to be original; sometimes needs to use unique fonts for their demanding clients. I have written down a small list of foundries and font designers you might not know. If you look hard enough you sometimes find a free font. So check them out…

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So you finally bought a Mac but your budget - like for most of us - is now completely depleted. How to get started with nothing? Well, Simon Elliott took the time to find and write down a enormous list of free and open-source software for OS X. Believe me this list is massive and a lot of software I still use to day because there aren’t any good commercial alternatives. Check out Simon Elliott’s ‘The essential list - Software we couldn’t do without’.

You may also had over to Freelanceswitch and check out Ivan Brezak Brkan’s list on 35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps (not all software is free). Make sure you also check the comments on this post because some gems you didn’t know about might come up.

Both lists will get you jump started.