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I work in scale only when I have no other choice. 99% of the time I am making my artwork at full size. CorelDRAW and Flexi both provide a lot more breathing room than Illustrator. The max art board size in Illustrator is currently 227" X 227". Back before Adobe re-built Illustrator on PDF...

Whether or not to use Photoshop in the work process really depends on the intended use of the artwork and possible re-use of that artwork in other methods of display. You must think about how the artwork will be used when deciding on the final form that artwork will take, be it a pixel-based...

I think the problem is current computer graphics software just doesn't know how to render a bevel effect over letter stroke corners and the joins of letter strokes. This goes for both 2D vector software like CorelDRAW and Illustrator as well as 3D modeling software. A number of abstract...

I really don't like Photoshop's inner bevel effect when the bevel is put to the maximum all the way to the center of the letter stroke. It bowls out at any corner or join of a letter. It even does this on a letter style where all the line segments are straight (such as ITC Machine for example)...

What are the disadvantages of using RasterLink Pro to run a Mimaki flatbed printer versus using Onyx to do the same thing? I'm only asking because we have two HP Latex printers driven by Onyx Thrive. We recently installed a Mimaki flatbed printer and that (obviously) is driven by RasterLink Pro...

Our company has standard per hour fees for design time. We also charge design deposit fees for more complicated projects like vehicle wraps, window wraps, wall murals, etc. We are willing to provide more lee-way to customers who have an established relationship with us. When we do artwork...

I'm pretty disgusted about this topic since two friends of mine have died of heart attacks recently. One died a couple weeks ago and the other died just last night (after suffering a stroke a month earlier). Both friends were in their 50's. The health care system in the United States is an...

This rules list applies more to setting type for the printed page. There are exceptions to those rules in sign design. And then there are other rules in sign design that don't come up with design for the printed page. Someone doing sign design work should at least have some demonstrable level of...

That nudge feature, varying degrees of nudge based on different letter sizes in the same text string, is probably something I would never use. I'm not a big fan at all of faux large-cap/small-cap type treatments where the first letter is merely enlarged versus the other capital letters. The end...

We used to do solvent (or "eco-solvent) printing. Four years ago we bought a big HP latex printer and then two years ago set up a second one alongside it. When the second printer arrived we retired our old VersaCAMM. Both printers stay pretty busy. To add another variable, we recently...

Binge watch all the content distributed by Disney's studios that you can while you can still do so. Disney is launching their own "Disney+" streaming service around the end of the year or early next year. Once that happens all Disney-related content is moving over to that service. Some...

I'm still not seeing that "M" in the BrokerLogo.jpeg file in the ITC Edwardian Script Pro glyph table. I've scanned through all 600+ glyphs on that page and only see two capital "M" characters. I attached a screen shot of that part of the table. I also attached a comparison of the "M" glyphs in...

I used to have that attitude a long time ago. I still prefer to use a desktop PC for my office workstation during the day. If I'm going to do creative work at home I use either a notebook PC or an iPad Pro now. I haven't purchased a desktop PC to use at home in 20 years. My reasons for...

The "M" in the "WM" part of the BrokerLogo.jpeg image is definitely not in any version of ITC Edwardian Script. It's not one of the alternatives of the "pro" OpenType version. That particular "M" was indeed grabbed from a variant of Kunstler Script. The funny thing is there are multiple flavors...

It merely looks like someone took Futura Extra Bold and stretched it horizontally out of its normal proportions.

It's a heavy weight of Albertus. CorelDRAW has Bitstream's "Flareserif 821" knock off of it.

At least the tanning salons give customers protective goggles to wear in the tanning beds. Or at least they're supposed to do that. I never did get into using tanning beds or just even laying out in the sun as an adult. Got sunburned plenty as a kid (especially when we were stationed in Yuma...

It is never good to look directly at UV lamps. They can damage eyesight. The really bright curing lamps in these UV printers can potentially burn and scar the retina. Removing the covers that block out a lot of light is a bad idea. The print head and its covers run very close to the material. I...

When it comes to manually tracing "organic" objects, such as a tree, I prefer using the pen tool within Adobe Photoshop. The tool works faster and is more responsive than the similar tools in traditional vector drawing programs like Illustrator and CorelDRAW. Vector placement over pixels is...

What is your point with this anecdote? Are you trying to say I have zero right to complain about what Corel is doing to change its upgrade policy for CorelDRAW? That I should just pay whatever the hell they want and be quiet? The story you tell above sure sounds 100% like that. This example...