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Faster Loading PDFs with InDesign

January 29, 2010 Read the full article →

Question Is there a special way to save PDFs from Indesign so they load faster on the internet. My client has their pdf brochures online and it takes forever to load. Answer Yes there is! When you export your PDF from InDesign, make sure you choose the Adobe PDF Preset “Smallest File Size” and check the box [...]

InDesign

Convert InDesign PDF to Grayscale

January 19, 2010 Read the full article →

Question Do you know how to save an Indesign file as a Grayscale PDF? So far all I can figure out is to build the file in grayscale from the start. Including converting all the graphics to Gray before importing into Indesign. In Quark you can just click on save as grayscale in the PDF [...]

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator — How to Add Type to a Path

January 4, 2010 Read the full article →

Question I am trying to do something in Illustrator and I can’t figure out how to make it happen. I want to make letters go in a semi-circle, and the help menu says to select Type -> Type on a Path -> and the option I want. My problem is that “Type on a Path” [...]

Humor

Font Humor

November 25, 2009 Read the full article →

If you enjoy or work with different fonts, you will probably find these very funny. Font Fight Font Conference

Humor

Punctuation Substitution

November 2, 2009 Read the full article →

Whereas this highly instructional (and humorous) video is aimed at designers, the lessons here can easily be applied to any industry. Enjoy. Click here to watch “Punctuation Substitution” or click the image below:

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Your Business Card is Crap!

October 14, 2009 Read the full article →

I hesitated posting this video because I didn’t want people thinking I was trying to sell them an expensive business card design. But, this guy really made me laugh. The only thing funnier were some of the video comments. I posted a couple of them below the video. Don’t forget to add your own two [...]

Print Design

Is Your Million-Dollar Practice at Risk?

September 25, 2009 Read the full article →

Recently, I had the pleasure of doing some work for Linda Harvey for a direct mail piece. Linda specializes in risk management in the medical and dental fields. I didn’t realize how many things needed to be kept up-to-date and monitored for these fields. Unless your employees are actively informed of new procedures, it seems [...]

InDesign

InDesign: Resize Document Window?

September 2, 2009 Read the full article →

Question: Do you know what preference I need to adjust in Indesign CS4 to keep an opening document from filling the entire screen? Even if I adjust it to where I’d like it to stay and then close it, when I reopen it, it takes the whole 24″ of my screen. Answer: I wish I had [...]

Print Design

Bad Design: Things You Shouldn’t Do

August 26, 2009 Read the full article →

Okay. I admit it. I wish I had a “magic” red magic marker that I could mark billboards, newspapers, magazines, and television commercials. There are just some things that really bug me in the world of typesetting and design. Some are just bad design. Some are because no one delivered a pamphlet to our front [...]

Print Design

New Postage Standards March 2009!

March 13, 2009 Read the full article →

Do you send out, prepare, or design direct mail items for your company like newsletters or postcards? Are your items 6.125″ x 11.5″ or larger? If so, you’ll want to review this information. The U.S. Post Office has new postage standards that will be effective at the end of March 2009. Click the link below to [...]

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