• Clearview Font and much more about the road signs

    A few weeks back, The New York Times Electronic Edition had an in-depth article about the font used in road signs in the USA called "The Road to Clarity" and the accompanying slide show, discussing the evolution over the years. They also cover the traditional Highway Gothic font as well as the Clearview font which has been approved in 2004 by the Federal Highway Administration in the USA.

    New York Times slide-show

    (image from the…

    • Fri, Aug 31 2007
  • User experience at the heart of our process

    When it comes to developing new versions of our product, we spend a very large amount of time better understanding your needs and converting those into features and functionalities. For example, we conduct online survey to registered users (thank you to those of you who got and responded to the last one we sent out), participate in forums such as CorelDRAW.com, have beta programs, arrange site visits or go to trade shows…

    • Wed, Aug 29 2007
  • Back from a trip in Asia

    OK, I haven't posted in my blog for a while... over the last few weeks, I was in Asia for a business trip, spending time with our teams, partners and CorelDRAW users in Japan and China. It's really amazing to see how different things are on the other side of the Pacific ocean. The Japanese retail stores are an experience of their own.

    retail store in Yokohama, Japan

    And when it comes to China and the fact that 95% or more of all software…

    • Thu, Aug 16 2007