Ben Forta's Blog, page 38

Learn Typography With Typekit Practice

The Typekit team has announced Typekit Practice, "a place where novices and experts alike can hone their typographic skills". The site is hosting the first two tutorials now (along with links and references), and more are on the way.

Edge Reflow Team Answers Questions

Edge Reflow features a &quotTalk to the Team" button which, well, allows users to provide feedback, questions, and comments to the product team. The team does read all messages and responds to all questions, and they recently shared some of those questions and answers. If you are an Edge Reflow user, this one is worth eyeballing.

Brackets Sprint 39 Released

Last week the Brackets team released Sprint 39. New features include improved CSS hinting, cut/copy entire lines, extension update notifications, a new Find menu, and lots of community contributions.

The Adobe Illustrator Story

Over on the The Adobe Illustrator Blog, Terry Hemphill has posted a fun and informative telling of The Adobe Illustrator Story.

1 Billion AIR Installations

The AIR team has announced that in April 2014 the number of AIR applications installed around the world (on different devices and desktops, so that does not include updates and installs) surpassed the billion mark (that billion with a B, as in 1,000,000,000 ). They also published some usage stats pertaining to OS (over half of the installs are on Android), use (games dominate at over 70%), and more.

I was very involved in the initial launch of Adobe AIR, and (together with the Adobe evangelism, lighthouse, and community teams) helped contribute to early successes and adoptions of the platform. And so even though I have little to do with Flash and AIR in my current role, this milestone really is a source of pride.

Congratulations, Adobe AIR!

Adobe Voice Lets You Show Your Story

Adobe Voice is the simplest way to create a video to persuade, inform, and inspire. Talk to tell your story, select from thousands of images, choose the perfect look, watch your idea come to life, and then share it with the world. Adobe Voice is available right now for iPad. Oh, and it's free for the download!

Update: Here's a great review of Adobe Voice.

Adobe MAX Loyalist Discount Pricing

Adobe MAX is coming back to Los Angeles, CA this OCtober. Registration is now open, and if you have attended previously, you can save $600 off the registration price by using promo code: MSM14.

Betas Of Flash And AIR 14 On Labs

Yes, I know that we just released version 13 of both Flash and AIR, but progress doesn't slow down, and beta versions of Flash Player 14 and AIR 14 were just announced and are available for download on Adobe Labs.

Students, Animake This

Adobe and Campus MovieFest have joined forces to find the best Animation, Special Effects, Character Illustration, and Musical Composition students out there. Last week Adobe announced Animake This, a contest for college students across the globe, giving them a chance to win over $20,000 in cash and prizes, including a $5,000 cash grant, a trip to Hollywood for an ultimate week-long animation experience with FOX Animation Domination High-Def, and exposure through Adobe, FOX, and Campus MovieFest channels.

ColdFusion 11 Now Available

The ColdFusion team has announced the release of the next major version of the product, ColdFusion 11. Here are details on some of the new features, and the updated buying guide highlights edition differences. We've also released a significantly updated ColdFusion Builder 3.