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Yeah, I'm not too keen on sending art files directly to some "t-shirt company" that's moving into selling banners (and then maybe selling more and more sign products). It's one thing to send a vector logo to a specific customer, particularly one that has an on-going relationship with your sign...

In this case I'm pretty sure the client has already paid for the creation of her artwork. The "designer" person is keeping possession of the best quality, vector version and only providing pixel-based versions of various fixed sizes to anyone else. I think that's stupid. It puts the client on...

Reoccurring equipment costs are a nature of the sign business. This past week we had to buy a new laminator because our old Seal unit developed a problem with one of the rollers -a problem we paid a couple grand to fix not even 2 years ago. The replacement: a new Kala Mistral 1650 65" unit. Our...

Moving files on/off a phone fast & easy is one reason I've been in the Android camp. If I connect my iPad to my computer the only thing the iPad shows in Windows File Explorer is the DCIM folder. When my phone is connected to a PC I can see any folder on the phone in Windows File Explorer and...

We frequently receive garbage quality files which customers expect us to print in large format or even use to make lighted signs. It happens so often that it's really difficult to think of any one example that could rank as the worst file. PDFs that are not edit-friendly are common. Some simply...

IMHO, you don't give away your design time. Either charge for it directly as a line item on the invoice or work the design time fee into the total cost of the vehicle wrap. Different sign companies have their own ways of doing business and some policies can vary depending on the client (repeat...

The original version of Papyrus, designed by Chris Costello for Letraset in 1982, was a pretty decent display typeface. I remember buying a Letraset "Fontek" version of it on a 1.44MB floppy disc in the early 1990's. A couple or so knock-off versions of Papyrus were made later, which includes...

It looks like Serpentine Sans, a bold-italic weight of it artificially stretched a good bit.

Yes, a CC account is necessary.

Reklame Script is available to sync via Adobe Fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/reklame-script

If they designed the wrap themselves the technical problems are pretty much on them. Most of the time it's not necessary to link external image files anymore. Modern computers for graphics purposes usually have enough RAM and CPU horsepower to handle embedded art. Image files for vehicle wraps...

That's not from a font at all. Indeed, the best thing to do is re-create it using an image of the letters at a guide.

The numerals are definitely from The Sans. The "1" in that type family has a bracket on the bottom of it. Myriad Pro doesn't have a bracket at the bottom of a "1" regardless of what number set is selected in the typeface. Some typefaces will add a bracket to a "1" if the number set is changed...

Adobe could try developing its own spot and process color standards. But there would be potential pitfalls in doing so. Adobe is far from the only company making graphics/publishing software. Adobe would probably run into a lot of challenges trying to get competitors to support a spot/process...

This tightening of the screws on computer users is happening in a seriously bad economic environment. Diesel prices have been falling but prices at the grocery store are still rising regardless of it. Credit card debt is setting new records. Housing costs, broadly speaking, are insane. This is...

I hope the guy doesn't get sued. Just recently I watched a little YouTube feature about Stuart Semple's Pinkest Pink powered paint -the pink is beyond the limits of what any video format or computer monitor can display. It also had a bit of coverage for Semple's BLK 3.0 paint, which claims to be...

$15 per month, or $180 per year, just for digital versions of Pantone color books is a rip-off. These digital spot color libraries are pretty much worthless without a physical Pantone Color Formula Guide swatch book on hand. Those cost upwards of $200 on their own -just for two swatch books of...

Here's one solution that works without having to buy a $180 per year subscription to Pantone Connect: Install the previous version of Illustrator. Open up the Creative Cloud Desktop app, bring up the All Apps tab, at the Adobe Illustrator listing click on the three dots icon next to the "open"...

Adobe Illustrator has a very good tool set. Another nice thing about Illustrator is all the 3rd party plug-ins available. A few are free. Others have to be purchased. Astute Graphics has a pretty incredible collection of Illustrator plug-ins. The company continues to improve and add to that...

Chaney? That's Serpentine, with quite a lot of horizontal stretching.