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some of my customers are actually afraid to download programs. I have suggested this before. Some try to import my zip file directly into Corel not realizing it needs unzipped first. I have emailed ai and/or eps files and some don't even know what to do next.

I just want to be able to make an informed statement, if/when the customer says they cannot open a zipped file

Maybe some of my customers are running old windows software

What versions of Windows support the unzipping of files? I have Windows XP running on Parallels on my Mac and it seems to support unzipping of files... right click (extract). I don't recall if I installed this at some point or if it is automatic with XP So here is my question.... Do any...

Sheesh. X3 is not that old. I thought x3 was a stable version of Corel?

I did not create the PDF. If a customer sends me a pdf with vectors I tell them what they already have to save them from having to pay for a conversion. Many times people don't realize that some pdf's contain vectors I do not cheat people. It would be easy to pretend I did all the work and...

I have a customer with a pdf that is full of vectors. I told them to import into Corel. They have version 13. I often have Corel customers tell me they cannot import PDF's into Corel and retrieve the vectors. Are they wrong? I assumed Corel had this ability. If not, it is certainly a serious...

I always thought that flattening would make the file larger. I don't recall or have one to test but when I save down to lower ai/eps files they become unmanageable in size. Usually the original version with effects left intact seem smaller. But to make the file interoperable between programs you...

I get requests to do these on occasion. If interested in doing more I could send work your way. PM what you would charge for this

Hand cut. I see these fire truck letters all the time. Many times they are not a font but rather done by hand

Shapes need to be combined. Sometimes Illustrator gets all wonky and you have to uncombine and then re-combine. On the mac, the shortcut to combine is command 8

Yeah the part that triggered my mind on this one was the name "eco". It made me think of ecomagination which is a phrased coined by GE. Thus I remembered that they use this unique font in all of their advertising/tv spots. The font sites won't ID this one because it is not able to be purchased

Actually this font is GE Inspira, a font developed for General Electric. It is not commercially available and can only be downloaded by GE employees and contractors who do design for them. Probably downloaded from a pirate site

True it does work in a pinch but I wanted to caution people into thinking that it was always an ok solution. I received a file once that had 50+ shapes with gradients saved down to v3. Needless to say it was a mess in outline view

Don't save files with gradients to version 3. Gradients are not supported in v3 files so a nice smooth gradient gets converted to 100s of individual boxes in successive colors to attempt to match the gradient. I save all my ai/eps files with gradients to v8, but not any lower

I was thinking of all caps script with a rainbow fill and a metal treadplate background. All letters would have a pillow emboss, glow, drop shadow and something sparkly somewhere

Thanks for the tips, pretty much as I expected. As for the amount of wording that part has pretty much been decided already. It has 2 bible verses. I am not up to debate with them how much is needed on the sign, but rather to work with what I have been given

I am doing a design for a billboard. 24 foot by 12 foot. The customer has basically given me the layout and they want it "improved". It is for a church Any suggestions for minimum letter height, letter spacing etc and general do's and don'ts for a billboard for maximum readability? No need to...

It is not a condensed font. It is simply Helvetica regular

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