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CorelDRAW 2018 is the main version I use at work, despite have CDR 2020 installed on the same machine. No. It doesn't really happen all the time. Once again I will stress the point various competitors of Corel do allow customers to open files made all the way back to the very first versions...

In the graphics industry it is extremely mission critical for people to be able to use and re-use the assets they created in those graphics programs. If a developer wants to cop an attitude and make a new version of its software cut off file open/import operation to older files then the...

Regarding Corel's version cut-offs for upgrades, that actually dates back to them having to match what their rivals were offering at the time 20 or more years ago. Adobe Illustrator, Freehand and some other graphics applications had flat upgrade prices; it didn't matter what version the license...

Corel didn't have any cut-off for upgrade eligibility. If someone had a legit yet pretty old version, such as X3 or CorelDRAW 9, that user could have still upgraded to CorelDRAW 2019 for the standard upgrade price. As for product support, the term "support" has some categories that need to be...

To answer the original question: no. At least not directly from Corel. They no longer sell perpetual license upgrades. They offer two options: 1. a $249 per year subscription. 2. $499 full version, with an option to pay $149 per year for "upgrade protection." Those prices are for CorelDRAW...

That's not any kind of Garamond. Times (not Times New Roman) is the nearest match. Major corporations often commission their own customized typefaces. Chances are likely the typeface in the "Coke is it" sample image was made from a customized version of Times. The "Coke is it" slogan is from...

I've designed plenty of signs for used car lots over the years. Some of those jobs have included lighted channel letters, even here in Lawton. Not all used car lots are so cheap or budget-strapped that they can only afford some vinyl or painted lettering on the building fascia. But go ahead and...

If the customer had the budget for it, lighted channel letters on a raceway would be the most effective choice. Non lighted, fabricated metal or plastic letters (whether you make them yourself or order them from an outfit like Gemini or ARK Ramos) would also be effective. Sign cabinets with...

There is no flat answer for the OP's original question. The "correct" approach is going to change from one project to the next. One issue is the surroundings. Where is the banner going to be installed? On a building or on some kind of banner frame structure? The background color of the banner...

That angle doesn't really work when it comes to a national brand, such as Century 21. The brand is 100% the property of the national company. It doesn't belong to franchise operators at all. The national company has its own brand guidelines that have to be followed. An individual shop owner...

The design isn't helped by the inappropriate use of Arial either (Arial isn't in the list of approved typefaces in the C21 brand specs).

We didn't get any font files from our C21 client. The C21 Masterbrand Guidelines has all the font characters typed out inside (although Barlow, a free typeface, didn't render correctly in the PDF I have). It's possible for someone to do a quick and dirty approach, converting all that to curves...

There's nothing to "interpret." The guy was already cuffed, immobilized and not doing anything. Normally at that point the police pick the guy up off the pavement and direct him to the back seat of the squad car. What they're not supposed to do is continue putting a knee into the guy's neck...

One of the problems with the 2018 C21 Masterbrand Guidelines is the fonts any sign company may have to purchase just to bid the job. The branding scheme doesn't use commonly available fonts. Typold (from The Northern Block) costs $385 for the entire 55 font family or $29.55 per font file. Six...

Video has been shown before was put on the ground. Security camera video from buildings by the scene clearly show Floyd NOT physically resisting arrest, with his hands cuffed behind him. One angle shows police sitting him down on the sidewalk against a building. Big question: if the guy was...

I haven't seen a lot of the hardcore "back the blue" types rushing to defense of these police officers like they have in past cases. A few are trying. One of the spin attempts is shifting blame for Floyd's death to the people who were videotaping the incident, "why didn't they try to stop the...

Our shop does. We keep everything up to date with certifications, logs and all that stuff. We're fully prepared for any surprise visits from DOT, OSHA and EPA. It's foolish not to do so. Fines can be hella expensive. Now we don't act like we're the police for other sign companies in our region...

The thing I find truly flabbergasting is the cop continued to grind his knee into the guy's neck for several minutes while being videotaped by the bystanders yelling for him to stop. IMHO it's an act of cold blooded murder. The suspect was defenseless, belly-down with his hands cuffed behind his...

I think Calibri has a little too much style to it to act as a replacement for Arial. It's not a very neutral looking typeface. Helvetica and various Helveti-clones (Swiss 721, Nimbus Sans, Triumvirate, etc) are easy choices. Akzidenz Grotesk has more of the Arial feel, but without looking nearly...

Some of us have offered suggestions, but any list of "recommended fonts" is really pretty worthless without having any context relating to a specific sign project. It would be just as easy to check something like the "Best Sellers" page at the MyFonts web site as a gauge of what's popular. The...