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Creating a dashed line with two colours in Illustrator
It is possible to create dashed lines in Adobe Illustrator using the “dashed line” option in the Stroke panel (Window → (...)
February 5, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Visual arts
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How to make Adobe Illustrator remember arrowhead settings
If you ever tried to draw a bunch of arrows in Adobe Illustrator, you were probably frustrated by the fact that Illustrator does not (...)
February 1, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Visual arts
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Emigration in Europe: Destination countries and percentages of emigrants
Last year, I published a map showing the current state of immigration in Europe. However, I realized that the data contained in the 2015 (...)
January 31, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Drawing an island in Photoshop
I have recently discovered a technique for drawing a relatively realistic-looking island in Photoshop, including the water that surrounds (...)
January 16, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Visual arts
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Comparison of Iceland and Malta
The most densely populated European countries are Monaco (population 38,000; population density 18,700/km2) and Vatican City (with (...)
January 13, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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‘January’ in European languages
The English word “January” comes from Latin ianuarius, which means “of Janus” (Janus was an ancient Roman god of doorways, gates, (...)
January 7, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Map of the results of PISA 2015 (Programme for International Student Assessment) in science, reading, and mathematics in Europe
Results of the PISA 2015 (Programme for International Student Assessment) in science, reading, and mathematics visualized on a map of Europe. (...)
December 18, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Why the EF EPI rankings are not what you think
The English Proficiency Index (EPI) by EF Education First is a rating of countries according to (presumably) the average level of English (...)
December 4, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Number of foreign languages studied per pupil in Europe
Learning foreign languages is an important part of secondary education in Europe. One could argue that it should be enough to just learn (...)
December 1, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Percentage of pupils learning French by country in Europe
French was and to a certain degree still is one of the most influential languages in the world. It is one of the official languages of the (...)
November 22, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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