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Try Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States There's an SVG image of the flag there. And there's also an illustrated figure of flag specifications and dimensions about halfway down the page. Hoist (height) of the flag: A = 1.0 Fly (width) of the flag: B = 1.9[79] Hoist...

IMHO there is a certain hazard with incorporating clip art as is (or with minor modifications) into a company logo. Possible copyright/licensing issues are one thing. The other more obvious issue is the same piece of clip art can show up in other places. Even in the same town. Generally...

I ended up modifying a condensed weight of Resolve Sans to sort of duplicate the look. It's still bugging me that I can't find the identity of that old cast letter typeface. I went through old CASmate fonts and any cast letter catalogs we had and couldn't find a match.

I'm trying to figure out the identity of the typeface of the cast metal letters in the attached photo. It's kind of a dated looking art deco-ish typeface. Sorry for the really small size of the sample image. I've seen the letters in old sign catalogs, but nothing current (at least not in things...

That anecdotal case doesn't apply to everyone. My dad's oldest sister had colon cancer, ended up with much of her colon removed and died about 3 years after being diagnosed. She wasn't badly overweight, didn't smoke, didn't eat a lot of junk/processed foods and was a generally healthy person...

I plan to get the vaccine when I am eligible to do so. Currently in Oklahoma they're vaccinating people in the highest risk groups, anyone 65 and older as well as any medical personnel or first responders. My boss got his first vaccine dose earlier in the week. He's had no problems. My most...

Kerning that is too tight can be a hazard, particularly with the wrong choice of typeface. "FLICKS" is one good example. The word "clicks" set in all lowercase is maybe just as hazardous.

An oldie but goodie is this "MEGAFLICKS" channel letter sign, set in Handel Gothic. The word "flicks" clearly looks like something else. I would post a picture of it here, but I guess it could violate forum rules on dirty words. Easy to find in Google Images (along with lots of other...

This typeface-related skit from Saturday Night Live was hilarious:

You can't believe SARS-CoV-2 is still here after the election? I assume you haven't known anyone adversely affected by it. A few of my friends and relatives have already had unpleasant experiences with it. I was on the phone earlier today with an ex-girlfriend whose household was swept with it...

Even with the latest and "greatest" of CorelDRAW versions the output of PDF, AI and EPS files is not 100% reliable at all. I always have to round-trip and double-check exported artwork within Adobe Illustrator for any errors. I get the most reliable results exporting AI CS6 format files from...

Are you suggesting Biden is going to be assassinated before taking office? A bullet to Biden's brain is the only thing that will prevent him from being inaugurated on January 20. The election is done. The vote counts in all the key battle-ground states in question are being certified. It is a...

I'll keep an eye on on Billion Dreams if the full commercial version goes on sale. Great eye though, Tiki. The two different "m" characters in the type sample definitely pointed to it being some kind of typeface with alternate characters.

Johnny Best's comments are "invalid" because they were only personal attacks. And your response, filed with personal insults and judgement, isn't any better. Johnny did ZERO to refute any of the factual things I said about Apple's notebooks and other overpriced products as well as the fact...

You only sound like an angry jerk (a Trump-worshiping jerk apparently) throwing out ad hominem jabs at me and WW. You can't refute fact hardly any sign industry specific software runs on the Mac platform. You can't refute the fact Apple butt-rapes its customers at the checkout. You can't refute...

Apple's computers will become completely irrelevant for sign industry design work once their transition to their own ARM-based CPUs is finished. The Windows OS may have its ongoing problems, but nevertheless it is the ONLY platform sign companies can use on any kind of practical basis. Nearly...

One of the things I like about our pair of HP Latex printers: it's pretty easy to change the print heads. Actually it's not much more complicated than swapping out ink cartridges. Our Mimaki flatbed is another matter. Jeez, the thing has to stay powered on continually just so it can cycle the...

From who did you buy the printer and did they offer you any kind of maintenance or warranty package when you bought the printer? Normally when I see banding like what is present in the sample photos I would suspect a faulty print head. One of the ink heads might be going South. Obviously the...

I'm just going to throw this out there at risk of getting flamed. While I agree with pretty much everyone here that it is pretty convenient to have a print-able swatch library of Pantone spot colors, I seriously hope that no one is putting 100% faith in a digital file combined with their printer...

Yeah, I really don't like that at all. It's one thing for the boss or sales manager to have a designer open one or more art files just for the visiting client to take a look. It's another thing entirely when they want to start making impromptu changes on the spot. I don't like eye-balling the...