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Samples of each category of font: Serif, Sans-serif, Display, Formal Script, Informal Script, Blackletter, etc.

A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Typography, Part II

In the following, we provide the names of a few common typefaces found under their general type category along with a brief discussion of how they’re used and the basic…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Typography, Part I

Personal computers have brought incredibly sophisticated and powerful typography tools to the professional and novice user alike. Typography is ubiquitous: it’s seen every day and everywhere. There are thousands of…

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Retractable Trade Show Banners

For ease of use and portability, retractable banners can’t be beat! Similar to a retractable blind, rather than pulling down, retractable are banners are pulled up from a floor unit…

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5 variations of modular trandshow banners, narrow to exra-wide.

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Modular Trade Show Displays

If you’re an upstart business looking to grow, trade shows provide a great opportunity to build brand awareness and a broader customer/clientele base. Trade shows can be organized for B2B…

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Benefits of Using Professional Graphic Designers

With the ubiquity of powerful computers and the availability of graphics software, it’s become common for smaller companies and organizations to undertake the design of printed promotional materials themselves. Typically,…

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Elaborately shaped label with "hello" and a smiley face, held in a hand.

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Printing Terminology: Kiss-Cut Labels

Anyone who has purchased a book of postage stamps in recent years has encountered a label (or sticker) created using the kiss-cut method. What is a Kiss-Cut Label? Traditional self-adhesive…

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Custom Printed Adult Coloring Books

When people typically think of coloring books, they conjure up images of themselves (or their children) at five or six years of age with a box of Crayola crayons trying…

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How to Approach Rush Jobs

Waiting until the last minute to undertake a print project is never a good idea and often leads to stress, headaches, and additional costs. Most printers understand businesses or organizations…

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Questions to Consider When Launching a New Print Magazine

Despite the prominence of computers, smartphones, and internet-based content, printed magazines are still readily available and have not disappeared from the face of the planet. In fact, many magazines offer…

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Printing Terminology: Miniature Folding

If you’ve purchased over-the-counter or prescription medicines, various electronic devices, toys, cosmetics, or other small items, then you’ve likely encountered a printed sheet of instructions (often in multiple languages) or…

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