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Category Archives: Print Design
Brandstack
MissJenny turned me on to this new service that acts as a marketplace for logos. The unique thing is that designers can build an entire brand – with company name, logo and a reserved domain name – and place it for sale at a fixed price. For designers this can mean selling designs already completed [...]
The Grid System
A great list of resources for designing clean sites. “ The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style. But one must learn how to use the grid…” via The Grid System.
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Happy new year… Postcard mailing specs for USPS…
Interesting fact I came across while making our homemade new years card. The maximum thickness for the special, cheaper postcard rate is 0.016 inch (maximum size is 4.25in x 6in). But the nice thick Enhanced Matte posterboard (24”x30” sheet) is 0.047 inches (1.2 millimeters) according to: http://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/Q201.htm I also see there are limits on stiffness so probably [...]
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San Francisco letterpress printers
Dependable Letterpress: A fellow UC Santa Cruz grad who does great work once you cease to be relevant, you just fade away: but he’s still going strong… Cranky Pressman- The old letterpress printer getting it done online.. Austin Press: Letterhead and ephemera
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Typography: “The End” of Westerns