Styopkin Software announces the release of version 2.0 of Free&Easy Font Viewer, a very convenient tool for viewing fonts. It lets you view multiple fonts and is provided at no charge.

There are various ways you can express yourself with some nice fonts, like creating a birthday card ornamented with a fine holiday-like font or choosing a firm and impressive font for a web page logo. It’s good to have lots of different fonts; it gives more freedom to imagination. And when you immerse into the design process, it’s better to have all things at hand, including fonts. But, as you’ve probably noticed, picking a font from a variety of them is organized in the way that cannot be called convenient. Would you like to look at all fonts at once in a full-screen mode instead of viewing them one by one or in a small window? Then you will appreciate Free&Easy Font Viewer, a neat freeware utility making font viewing very convenient.

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Shake your Rights! This is the 60th anniversary for UDHR (Universal Declaration of Human Rights). In partnership with ART for the World and NABA Nuova Accedmia di Belle Art - Milano, and with the patronage of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), this event demands a worldwide contest open to students enrolled in fine arts colleges. The contest promoters want to celebrate the Declaration through six main themes: Dignity and Justice, Gender, Participation, Development, Culture and Environment. Artists must evoke these themes through the realization of creative posters. The winning poster will be printed in different languages and distribute by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to all its offices.

Deadline for this contest is 14 September 2008. Visit the www.shakeyourrights.org to learn more.

MyToons.com, the premier online animation community, will mark its first anniversary by collaborating with Adobe to deliver content to Adobe Media Player. High-quality, member-created animations from MyToons.com, along with video from television broadcasters and leading content publishers, will now be available on Adobe Media Player.

Adobe Media Player is a lightweight, revolutionary desktop application that allows viewers to watch content online or download and view their favorite videos and shows offline, all with full-screen playback. Viewers can subscribe to their favorite shows or podcasts and automatically receive new episodes as they become available.

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FindYourArtSchool.com announced the launch of an innovative and community-driven online art competition. The competition is taking place at: www.findyourartschool.com/contest/

The art contest will allow submissions through June 15, 2008, and is giving away $3,500 in prizes. The online art competition is targeted to younger adults ages 16 - 35, and uses community-based voting to help determine the winner.

“The contest is founded on democratic principles. The more votes and the higher the score of those votes will directly increase the probability of an artist being a finalist,” stated Elliott Easterling, chief judge of the competition. Users can also promote artists they like through social bookmarking services like Digg and reddit.

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Microsoft will show its latest tools and platforms for creating and delivering rich interactive content for the Web at the annual CRE8 conference in Orlando in a special keynote session on 1 May, where hundreds of Web and interactive designers will be gathered. Microsoft will be showing its Silverlight platform, which delivers interactive content across various computer platforms, including Mac, PC, and mobile devices, making it a compelling technology for CRE8 Conference attendees. Brian Goldfarb, a group product manager from Microsoft will also be showcasing Expression Studio software tools, which allow Web design professionals to create next generation Web sites, interactive content, and video for delivery to different devices, platforms, and browsers using Silverlight and .NET.

Following the keynote, Microsoft is delivering a hands-on training session for CRE8 conference attendees. The sessions will provide a guided tour of the Expression Studio software tools for creating Web sites, interactive content, and streaming video delivered using Microsoft Silverlight.

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Photographer’s Forum Magazine presents the 28th Annual Spring Photography Contest sponsored by Canon. $4,000 in cash grants plus two - count ‘em - two Canon cameras will be awarded. Plus, winning photos will be published in the November 2008 issue of Photographer’s Forum Magazine. All contest finalists will be published in the Best of Photography Annual 2008.

Contestants can enter one of two ways - upload online or download and print an entry form. Early entry date is 21 April 2008, and final entry date is 12 May 2008 (the latter date will be on this site’s calendar). Visit the site to learn more.