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  1. Where to post Printers for sale

    So you don't think $10 to post an ad for your printer to a targeted audience on Signs101 is good value for your money?
  2. Company moving to Illustrator. Advice please.

    It might be worth learning both InDesign and Illustrator, but they can both handle multi-page documents easily (but in different ways). Here's a quick summary of my workflow if I were doing 100 signs @ 12"x6", with a different word/phrase on each but all in the same font size, and let's say a...
  3. Reflective aluminum signs

    White reflects better than other colours, so that's a good background choice. If your UV ink is fully opaque, why not just print the text in black? The printed areas don't need any reflectivity if they're black.
  4. Where can I learn about the different use cases for substrates?

    We usually order pre-cut blanks of .080" aluminum for traffic/safety signs, and we use acm for less-critical signs (retail, parking signs, etc.) and when we need custom sizes. We don't have a shear, so cutting acm with a knife vs. cutting .080" with a saw is a lot less work. Also we almost...
  5. Font Help

    Looks like Tango to me. https://www.myfonts.com/search/tango/
  6. What's this font?

    It's a heavy/black/poster weight of Bodoni, but which one? I'm not sure, but the closest I've found is this one: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bagraphics/sahara-bodoni/
  7. Substance Users?

    Adobe’s chief product officer Scott Belsky ... “Adobe is a company that has always embraced new DNA and has grown through these critical acquisitions,” he said, and noted that Adobe always looks to these acquisitions to see how it can change through them — not how it can change the company it...
  8. Need Help Odd shaped acrylic face, how to digitize accurately?

    Print a 1" grid on cheap removable vinyl, apply to the odd-shaped panel, then photograph it. Use the Lens Correction filter in Photoshop to get the grid as straight as possible, then trace it in Illustrator. That should get you close enough for the odd job that needs more precision. Sometimes...
  9. Where can I learn about the different use cases for substrates?

    Here's a quick rundown of our standard substrates that we use for 95% of our work: Foamcore 3/16" Indoor signs, mostly disposable/one-time use Coroplast 3/16" Everything outdoor and temporary. Lawn signs, real estate signs, construction site signs, event signs, etc. Large signs sometimes done...
  10. Anyone know the font?

    If you need to set more text, you can probably get away with Gotham or Proxima Nova.
  11. Anyone know the font?

    If you're just looking for a vector of the logo, it's right here: https://restaurant365.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/R365_Pizza-Expo-Release_031418_FINAL.pdf
  12. Logo critique and advise please.

    That lettering style is not very legible, and you need better legibility when you're using an unfamiliar word, like a proper name. MEAT EOERS MEAT EDEAS MEAT EOEAS
  13. Need Help Illustrator placing problem

    Both of these infer the file format from the extension. They won't tell you the actual format of a file whose extension was changed.
  14. Need Help Illustrator placing problem

    I had a hunch that the problem might be something along those lines. Does it open in Illustrator after renaming the extension to .png? Often images downloaded from the web are accidentally saved as .jpg when in fact they are a .png or something else like .webp. This can be user error but more...
  15. Anyone use a Font Manager Software? Suggestions

    I find it much easier to just browse Adobe Fonts and MyFonts to find what I'm looking for. Between those two subscriptions we rarely have to buy fonts.
  16. Need Help Illustrator placing problem

    Post the file so we can help you troubleshoot it.
  17. What in the world?

    No idea. Maybe getting a copy of your signature was the goal and the rest was a weird diversion.
  18. What on earth vinyl does this? holy %$%$

    I've never had an issue with Avery's removable adhesive products, i.e. all their vehicle vinyls. Obviously you're going to have issues if vinyl with permanent adhesive was used, or the super-strength adhesive that virtually all reflective vinyls use. Avery HV1100 used to have gray permanent...
  19. What on earth vinyl does this? holy %$%$

    Why do you think it's Avery? For one, Avery uses clear adhesive on virtually all their coloured vinyls.
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