Make Your Own Handwriting Fonts For Free

YourFonts.com is a FREE online font generator that allows you to create your own OpenType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font! 100% Free!

* Your own handwriting turned into your very own font for free
* Optionally include your signature
* You'll have your very own font within 15 minutes
* Make as many fonts as you like
* Use your fonts on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
* Personalize your digital scrapbook pages
* Make your own "family handwriting history"
* Use your fonts in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and every program that you own

11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers

There are lots of commercial graphic design software available to use on many different platforms, but they are not free. The following are 11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers... most of them are cross-platform.
http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/02/18/11-free-and-useful-open-source-alternatives-for-designers.html

21 Amazing Firefox Ad-Ons That You Must-Have In 2009

Firefox was the fastest growing popular web browser in 2008 and its chances are bright to be fastest growing web browser. There are lots of ease provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. There are lots of free download able extensions and add-ons available on the internet for firefox, we also featured them before and there demands are increasing every day. In this post, I am listing down 21 Amazing Firefox Ad-Ons That You Must-Have In 2009.
http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/12/30/21-amazing-firefox-ad-ons-that-you-must-have-in-2009.html

Free Quick Reference Cards

Tons of programs and information topics... Quick Reference Cards for learning short cuts to software as well as information relating to the specific topics.
Web Site - http://k12.customguide.com/

New Google Gadgets for Linux 0.10.4

Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. It's compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle. Following Linux norms, this project is open-sourced under the Apache License.

An important area where Google Desktop for Linux is different from its siblings on other operating systems is support for gadgets. Now, the Linux version of Google Gadgets will extend the gadgets platform to Linux users. By enabling cross-platform gadgets, a large library of existing gadgets are immediately available to Linux users. In addition, gadget developers will benefit from a much larger potential user base without having to learn a new API.

There's two main components to the application: one is a common gadget library responsible for running and presenting a gadget, and the other is a host program that allows the user to choose gadgets and run them on the desktop. Currently we have hosts written for GTK+ and QT, with the GTK+ host offering a sidebar similar to that of Google Desktop for Windows.

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http://www.getdeb.net/app/Google+Gadgets