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If you're rarely ever having problems with client-provided artwork the stuff you're receiving must only be very basic in nature. What I mean by basic is artwork with flat object fills only, all fonts converted to outlines, no line strokes or effects/patterns applied to strokes, no transparency...

Illustrator and CorelDRAW have been around for nearly 30 years. Users of those applications have been creating and building large collections of files in those formats all those years. Any developer creating what they intend to sell as an "Illustrator-killer" or "Photoshop-killer" has huge...

Misconception? When I look at the different categories of graphics software none of those categories is being led by an open source application. For example Adobe Illustrator is the leader in vector graphics software, with CorelDRAW (also a commercial program) being its most credible rival...

It's all a matter of perspective for each user and what he/she needs out of creative software. For one thing, Adobe's graphics software is not meant for casual, consumer use. It's meant for people who use the software in their jobs to make money. There's lots of other low-priced or free/open...

In the end it's all about profit. Not just for Adobe either. There's a number of developers out there who create plug-ins for Adobe software. As far as I'm concerned Adobe apps on Linux are worthless if they're not coded to run native in that OS environment and the hardware on which it runs. And...

I only see Adobe porting its software to Linux if a certain flavor of it turns into a mainstream success. That would mean casual Windows users dropping Windows for Linux. Google's Chrome books are about the closest thing there is to a consumer friendly version of Linux. Unfortunately most Chrome...

Foco is actually the correct typeface. I just had to use that for one project recently. The whole family of 8 fonts is available to sync via Adobe Fonts. Otherwise you have to buy it outright.

I have a bigger problem with stark white backgrounds on sign faces, especially if the lettering and other line detail is thin. Over-glow of the sign face can literally make thin letters and line detail disappear at a certain distance because of the background's brightness. Then there's the style...

If we specifically charged a customer for converting a pixel based logo into vector artwork we wouldn't hesitate giving the customer a copy of that logo file, perhaps in 3 or more file formats even. Earlier posts in this thread used the term "files," as in plural for what the client was...

The key is getting PAID for your work. Way too many people out there think they can roll in to the shop, make you go through "revision hell" and then take the digital files you created while in "revision hell" and hand them off to another sign shop so they can get the work done for less money...

The issue is time and labor have value. If I spent a good amount of time and labor developing logos and other design elements for a sign job and some other sign company wants to produce work from those digital assets there has to be legitimate circumstances present for me to just hand over those...

In my 25+ years of experience the customers that have been on a paying basis usually stay with us. But I have no problem giving those kinds of customers high quality art files. They usually need those assets for other advertising purposes, not handing them off to a rival sign company...

It depends on the kind of artwork the client provided and the customer history of that client. If they provided production-ready vector-based artwork then there's no problem forwarding a copy of that logo. Still, I would wonder why the client didn't email the same logo to the other sign company...

The situation varies from one large client to the next. The most common way to get an "in" with a major company is by doing those thankless service and installation jobs. If you build a good reputation (being prompt, dependable, professional, etc) those kinds of clients will start giving you...

I understand that. But even in that "basic" section detail drawing there is quite a bit of specific information. There are numerous ways how to "skin the cat" when it comes to building channel letters and installing them. Images like that (and others available pretty quick via Google Image...

What's wrong with a designer developing channel letter "section detail" drawings himself? If the drawings are supposed to function as actual shop drawings (like a blue print for fabricators to follow when making the sign) then the drawings have to be specific about the components used, show them...

Students are paying indirectly for those keys via their tuition, which is flagrantly sky high at many colleges and universities (especially private schools). Add the various nickle and dime fees schools lump into the mix. One of my friends works at a college radio station and they're currently...

A common word like "subway" cannot be copyrighted. But the Subway logo is indeed a registered trademark. The changes the company has made to its logo, such as re-fresh they did to their brand a year ago, are also protected. A company's brand is one of their most valuable pieces of intellectual...

Technically it would be trademark infringement. Unless the sign company was using the Jack Daniels logo for an approved advertising display, such as POP signage at a liquor store or an off premise billboard, the sign company could get in legal trouble for creating graphics using that trademark...

I can't tell enough from the type sample, but if the base typeface has no curved segments in it (such as ITC Machine) then the effect would be relatively easy to reproduce all in vector format without having to settle for pixel-based Photoshop type stuff. There is no one-button click simple...