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Source Han Sans is a new open source typeface supporting Japanese, Chinese and Korean, as well as Latin, Greek and Cyrillic alphabets. As such it provides designers and content developers for international audiences one uniform font to use in print and Web files.

‘Managing Sales to Cash Profitably - The Two Step Tango’ is a new e-learning workshop developed jointly by Biz Facility, Bridgewater Learning and Cavendish. It has been designed specifically to show how to use financial statements and key financial ratios to measure and monitor the effectiveness of a business in turning sales into profits, and then converting those profits into cash.

Despite the growth in social media, online advertising and pay-per-click marketing, UK business decision makers still believe that an exterior sign is a better use of marketing budget for a start-up according to a new survey by Signs Express.

The Digital Print Deinking Alliance (DPDA) said it is pleased with positive results from numerous deinking studies of inkjet paper/inks presented at the recent PTS/CTP Deinking Symposium in Munich, Germany.

Packaging specialist The Sherwood Press Group has bought an Acuity Advance Select HD4006 with roll-to-roll option and a Kongsberg XN digital cutting system, both supplied by Fujifilm, to produce packaging samples in a more efficient way. The investment is part of Sherwood’s ‘Smartcentre’ project, which refers a new applications showcase at its Nottingham site.

Agfa Graphics has introduced Apogee 9, a PDF-based workflow solution that serves as the production hub for graphic reproduction, which it believes will help commercial printers expand into wide-format.

To help celebrate the Tour De France 2014 as it cycled passed Brook International’s door in Yorkshire on its first two stages, the soft signage/banner fabric supplier provided material to create various land art images on surrounding countryside.

Clarity Software has integrated ‘best fit’ nested layouts into the quoting process in its MIS/CRM tools. By combining tailored estimating and optimised nesting into one joined-up procedure, users can cluster jobs and view the most efficient layout before submitting quotes to clients.

Signage and imaging company Astley has begun a search for young people as it undergoes a major review of its succession planning.

Palmer Publicity Services (PPS) is celebrating 25 years in business with a party on Friday 25 July. The Preston-based company is a second generation family business, formed by managing director Noel Palmer and his wife, Lesley Palmer, finance director. Their daughter Katie joined the company three years ago and became sales and marketing director earlier this year following university and working in London for D&G, gaining experience in marketing.

Falkirk-based Brooklyn Graphics has been instrumental to the look of the Kasabian set at this year’s Glastonbury music festival. The company has printed a bass drum skin for the indie-rock group as Darren Brooks, proprietor of Brooklyn Graphics explains: “I’ve been involved in the local music scene for years and through a contact in the percussion business, we were given the opportunity to show what we could do.”

New from Trilogiq is the modular Graphit banner system. Its composite aluminium and stainless-steel tubes can be assembled into banner frames and three-dimensional structures of various shapes or sizes and is reusable. The system is exclusively available in the UK from the Tube and Bracket Company.

HP has certified SA International (SAi) software solutions for use with the recently launched HP Designjet Z6600 and Z6800 printers. The certification is for SAi Flexi and PhotoPrint Families Version 11 with Cloud, and Flexi subscription software.

Perfect Colours is taking to the road with its SureColor Roadshow in partnership with Epson.  The Epson SureColor SC-S30600, a 64in printer capable of printing at speeds up to 29.4m2/hr is a key feature and will be demonstrated live at each event.