There are 1000s of free TrueType or OpenType fonts that can be used in design projects. On the other hand, there are very few free fonts in vector formats.

Fonts in vector formats like .AI, .EPS or PDF are great, specially when we want to modify or add an extra twist to them. As every layer of them are under our hands, this is easily possible.

Here is a collection of 19 creative, quality & free fonts in vector formats (.AI, .EPS or PDF) that you’ll like:

Plasti Puzzle Font (.AI)

The font’s download link exists in the information section of the page.

Free Vecto Font (.PDF)

Quarters Typeface

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CSS Globe is presenting a 2 colored free vector icon set.

The set consists of 12 icons in AI, EPS, PDF & XAR formats (there is no PNG format included).

Icons are free to use both in personal & commercial projects. Considering they are in vector format, you have the chance to re-produce new ones.

The pages icons presented is also an interview with logo designer Luca Pensa which includes very nice tips (definitely worth reading).

Do you start creating a design by sketching it via hand? Or you’re working on a web project & describing your ideas to your team members by just drawing them? Then you’ll find these free PDF graph papers handy.

These graph papers simply help you create better sketches by helping you to keep the ratios & taking notes.

P.S. These PDF documents are formatted for 8.5" x 11" paper in landscape orientation.

dompdf is a HTML to PDF conversion / rendering engine written in PHP 5.

It downloads and reads external stylesheets, inline style tags, and the style attributes of individual HTML elements. It also supports most presentational HTML attributes.

It enables rendering via PDFlib or R&OS CPDF class which can be selected.

Some features of dompdf:

• handles most CSS2.1 properties & selectors, including @import, @media & @page rules
• supports most presentational HTML 4.0 attributes
• supports external stylesheets, either on the local machine or through http/ftp (via fopen-wrappers)
• supports complex tables, including row & column spans, separate & collapsed border models, individual cell styling, multi-page tables (no nested tables yet however)
• image support (png, gif & jpeg)
• link and anchor support
• inline PHP support.

P.S. A security vulnerability exists with dompdf but also the solution can be foundfor it at the product page.

Document management & versioning is vital when reaching data quickly, specially, in multi-user environments.

OpenKM is a Web 2.0 style, multiplatform, open source, Ajaxed document management application which is built with usability in mind.

Thanks to its elegant and intuitive interface, OpenKM transforms complex operations into easy tasks. It allows the storage, classification and use of all kind of files and documents within an user friendly framework.

One of the more relevant functions to mention is the indexing of the most common types of files: text, Office, Office 2007, OpenOffice, PDF, HTML, XML, MP3, JPEG, etc. Its powerful search motor indexes all documents making it easy to find any information.

Some features of OpenKM

• Drag and drop
• Document control version
• Search by content and metadata
• LDAP or DBMS integration
• Public API by Webservices
• Store on any DBMS
• More than 8 languages

Sending newsletters to 1000′s of users, tracking clicks, unsubscribe links, risk of sending e-mails twice? Yes, these are some concerns of newsletter management.

phplist, an open source PHP – MySQL based newsletter management application makes sending newsletters easy, professional and managable.

Some powerful features of phplist:

• No duplicate messages. No ‘forgotten’ messages.
• View and click tracking
• Templating and multiple subscribe pages
• Dynamic subscriber columns
• User specific content like "name, e-mail"
• Lists
• RSS subscription
• Scheduling
• CVS import and export
• Bounce detection and cleaning
• Auto PDF messages
• Attachments
• Throttling to prevent server overload

This open source newsletter manager can also be integrated with the current subscriber base with the built-in import feature or some coding for syncronazing databases.