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Apply
apply_blog Apply is a free texture tool that allows you to customize any font you wish with an array of inky splatters and sprays. Copy your type layer and paste in place, then change the top layer to the Apply OpenType font to easily get the desired effect. Give this a ...
10 - Michael Paul Young on May 24th, 2009
Skute Freebie!
f0010_blog A.M. Cassandre produced the typeface Bifur for Peignot in 1929. Bifur broke from rigid typographic forms by combining Art Deco principles of obsessive geometry with the line and stroke of letter forms. Skute picks up Cassandre's spirit and carries it onward in YWFT hand set fashion. And ...
36 - Travis Stearns on May 1st, 2009
Happy Songkran Freebie!
f0009_floral-spring-blog-cover As mentioned in our last post, it is the Thai new year here in Bangkok, known here as Songkran. We had a rough new year this time around, but the chaos has moved along and peace is with us now. In honor of the new year and an end to the ...
4 - Michael Paul Young on April 15th, 2009
ZINE4
zine4 We are proud to announce the release of ZINE4. This time around we used our new product line up Guilloche & Moire as the methods and medium of exploration.    Download PDF   Guilloche is an engraving technique in which a very precise intricate repetitive patterns or design is mechanically etched into an underlying material with very fine detail. ...
4 - Michael Paul Young on January 18th, 2009
Buy Stash, Get Free Stash!
We're giving away 20 random Stash DVDs to the first 20 people with a Stash DVD in their order. Promotion ends after the 20th order. Shop Stash!
0 - Michael Paul Young on October 27th, 2008
ZINE3
zine3_logo.jpg We are proud to present ZINE3, the third PDF release from our design team. Once again showing many unique examples of how to work with our fonts and stock art collections. For ZINE3 we composed a continual design within the concept of Heaven and Hell. Links to the products used can be found in the ...
4 - Michael Paul Young on September 15th, 2008
Guilloche
YouWorkForThem’s 6th Birthday!
youworkforthem_6.jpg First thing first, thank you to our families, customers and supporters!

Six years ago, YouWorkForThem started out as two guys (Michael Cina & Michael Young) running the business from a spare bedroom in the suburbs of Minneapolis, MN with less than 50 products. Many people doubted us and what we were going to do with this ...
24 - Michael Paul Young on July 27th, 2008
ZINE2WO
zine2wo_blog.gif We are proud to present ZINETWO, the second PDF release from our design team. Once again helping to show many unique examples of how to work with our fonts and stock art collections. Each image is tagged with the products used so that you, our beloved customer, can be directed easily to the appropriate product(s).
3 - Michael Paul Young on June 29th, 2008
Free Asian MasksDr Freebie Fresh brings you some nice Asian Mask illustrations today. The concept coming from our Bangkok studio, was using traditional Ramakien Thai masks as the inspiration. These drawings were early concept drawings for the later developed Thaiglish font. Continue
6 - Michael Paul Young on April 9th, 2008
freebie_canidates_ywft.gifOh yes, we bring you more great FREEBIE madness. This round, free illustrations of the most eligible candidates for America's next president: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain and Ralph Nader. Working on some posters for your local party's next big rodeo and ho-down? Continue
5 - Michael Paul Young on March 13th, 2008