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Just like the subject line says, the attached sample looks slightly like Skia. But that's not right. I know I've seen it before, but I'm drawing a blank.

The change in policy, ending the Upgrade Protection Program, wouldn't bother me as much if Corel was doing more to actually maintain and improve the two applications in their "graphics suite." CorelDRAW 2021 has a number of bugs that have persisted for multiple versions without being fixed...

Old versions of CorelDRAW shouldn't be affected, provided Corel doesn't turn off the activation servers for them. If you haven't been paying the $99 per year or $149 per year renewal fees for Upgrade Protection then this policy shift on the UPP wouldn't apply to you. CorelDRAW users who have...

Corel's Upgrade Protection Program for CorelDRAW users is being "retired," starting next week, March 8. For anyone not familiar, the UPP grand-fathered holders of CorelDRAW perpetual licenses into an annual upgrade policy whose renewals cost less than the subscription-based product. Originally...

I need some help identifying the script typeface in the attached file. I think it might be something from DaFont. Thanks in advance.

Looks like American Captain. It has been bundled with CorelDRAW lately.

Wow. That rip-off of Metallica branding is pretty shameless. And then the rest of the lettering combined with it is pretty hideous.

Impuls. There's a Bitstream make of it bundled with CorelDRAW.

U axis?

Nevertheless, Arial is the go-to typeface for badly designed signs. When Arial is squeezed and stretched out of normal proportions it adds an extra level of stink to the design. The only resemblence to Cooper is the heavyweight proportions of the sample lettering on that YouTube video...

We've been able to do that in the past, but not now. Every other day we get emails from sign supply companies telling us about yet another price hike on yet another material. We have to call up and get current prices on everything so we don't wind up in the red on a bid.

Just a spit-balling guess, but are there any unique plugins in use on the computer used to create the artwork and generate the PDF? That's really the only other factor I can think of which could possibly cause a layer structure to collapse in an Illustrator-generated PDF or EPS file opened on...

Our company doesn't require any deposits (especially anything non-refundable) just to work up designs and/or bids for most kinds of projects. If the client has production ready logos, artwork or other assets that need no additional work we'll create sketches and bids without charging them...

It's very common for customers to feel insulted if they get hit with any design charges. They don't think sign designers are doing any real work. Part of that attitude comes from all the bull$#!t depictions of computer use they see in movies and TV shows. Finger-rattle some gibberish into the...

Cooper Black? It doesn't look like that, or any other weight of Cooper at all. It's funny to see sign makers bitching about a very elaborate, flexible type family that's available for free when too many of us don't bother going past Arial in the font menu.

Roboto Serif is a pretty impressive type family. But, wow, the ZIP download from Google Fonts weighs a whopping 68.2MB, 132MB unzipped. That includes two OTF Variable fonts with FOUR variable axes (weight, width, optical size and grade). There's also 40 static font folders with 18 fonts files in...

The old VersaCAMM VP540 printer we used years ago was notorious for having unstable grays. There was this one vehicle graphics job we had where there was this silvery-gray diamond plate texture in the background. That gray would shift between having a green or red cast. Literally one end of the...

Wow, I guess I should consider myself lucky. So far our company hasn't had to get installation permits for full window wraps. I'm used to having to deal with all sorts of sign ordinance limits and install permit requirements in regard to permanent building signs, but not window graphics. A few...

Usually when someone is first diagnosed with ALS they're still able to walk, chew gum and do all sorts of other manual things. Pulling a trigger would still be very possible. When my Uncle Jim was diagnosed with ALS he was still able bodied. But then it was a steady decline downhill over a 2...

Gotham Black.