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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...

The default PDF export settings in CorelDRAW 2020 pretty much have all the bells and whistles turned on by default. JBurton mentioned the feature of embedding thumbnails. That adds to the file size too. And that can be substantial when you consider the nature of modern operating systems. To find...

Design fees are going to vary based on geographic region and whether the locale is in a high cost or low cost of living zone. A local market can also be affected by competitors providing their design services for cut-rate prices or even free. Even when your work is clearly better than theirs...

I would experiment with the PDF export pre-sets in CorelDRAW 2020. Plenty of settings can make a substantial difference with file size. Embedded printer profiles can add 500kb or more. Embedded fonts take up space, especially if the entire font file is included rather than a limited sub-set. The...

It's important not to confuse Paul Rand with Rand Paul.:D There's a decent web site for Paul Rand that shows off some of his most important work as well as different books about him and his design process. Saul Bass is another design titan from the same era. He not only designed many well known...

I don't think there is as much of an issue with the number of vector objects in a single file as there is with the number of anchor points (or nodes) on a single complicated vector object. In old versions of CorelDRAW (as well as Flexi) I avoided creating complex objects with any more than 5000...

Revisions. That's a complicated issue and there is no one size fits all solution to it since so many sign projects are different in size, complexity and dollar value. We have different policies applied to different products. A large, valuable lighted sign can be afforded more revisions or minor...

You can take your ad hominem insult and cram it. Since when is taking a few simple precautions a "liberal" thing? Playing it safe is literally a more conservative trait. I'm not asking at all for everything to go into lock-down mode. I'd prefer to keep the shop doors open. Until that new vaccine...

Please explain in specifics how those doctors are differing in opinion with regard to simple guidelines to slow or prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. They sound pretty unanimous to me in regard to steps like wearing a facemask in public, social distancing, limiting indoor gatherings and washing...

Yeah, I'm repeating what doctors and scientists who are expert on the subject have said. Wanna fact check me? Go right ahead. But it's going to take more than your opinion to refute any of it.

That's a bunch of tall tale garbage. I've heard all kinds of variations of that myth. A laughable one is people getting killed in car accidents getting classified as COVID-19 deaths to get that "covid bonus." These stories all boil down to an accusation hospitals everywhere are exaggerating or...

It's now a matter of public record and historical fact the leaders who are to blame for the United States' deplorable response to this pandemic. There is nothing subjective about it at all. The American public is absolutely on the hook for this $#!+ show too. Tens of millions of knuckleheads...

I agree that much of a successful response to a pandemic depends greatly on individual citizens to do their part to play along rather than exercising their FREE-DUMBS to be contrarian jerks. Nevertheless, when it comes to the United States' response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the US government...

Pfizer (and its European partner) didn't take any government money or government involvement in the development of its vaccine. The timing is all coincidence. If anything, I'd say the announcement is more than a bit premature. If there was any motivation about making an announcement early it was...

If the Variable Font shows up in the CAS application's font list (SignLab in this case) only the basic weight of the typeface will show up. I don't think any CAS applications on the market fully support Variable Fonts at this point; they don't even support all the standard features of OpenType...