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Three Factors When Designing Your Print Job
When designing a piece to be printed, three important meausurements from largest to smallest are Bleed, Trim and Live Area. What is a “Bleed”? A bleed is any part of your design that extends up to or past the edge
Print and Paper - The Facts
Paper production supports sustainable forest management Paper manufacturers encourage forest sustainability through their purchase and use of certified wood fiber and support for sustainable forest management policies
What is my paper size?
Lately we've encountered a number of files not quite formatted as their creators intended. This is mostly due to files being created using the A4 paper size (a European standard) and not US Letter paper size (the US
Vector Art vs. Raster Art
“You can just pull the logo from my website.” This is something we hear all too often when we ask for a copy of a logo to begin a project. The problem is the resolution of a website graphic is usually too
Quick note on email
We just had a suggestion about emails and proofs and thought we'd share it. Email makes it easy for customers to send their files to us for printing and for us to send proofs back. It is a very convenient service we
WTF
What the Font? One of the biggest problems we face with customer files is not having the same fonts they used.Fonts seem simple but they really aren’t. There are thousands of fonts and variations now in