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We have InDesign and I think have opened it 3 times and those 3 times were just to look at examples of what you could do with it. However, I have the need to do some variable data work that I need to save the output to supply to someone. I did a job last year that had a ton of names on it, the...

Using X3, I have a customer supplied PDF file and when I import it into Corel, it asks if I want to import the text as text or curves. I pick "curves", then the dialog box opens and tells me it's missing a fonts and wants to substitute it. What gives? Any way around it? I have Adobe...

I had a file I created in Corel or Illustrator, I can't remember which one at the moment. It was simple, just 2 words for dimensional letters. That's why I can't recall where I did it, since it was so simple, and I probably used whatever I had open to do it. However, I was sending it off to get...

Can anyone recommend a good source for wholesale Photopolymer that doesn't charge retail prices for wholesale work? I looked at a few old threads, but everything I saw was quit dated and I was hoping someone had a good source for them. Thanks!

It'll either make you quit on convince you to learn more! Take some time if you have it, to go through the tutorials this guy did as well. http://www.khulsey.com/masters_yukio_miyamoto.html There's some sick illustrations on this site as well. Many have been posted on other sites before, but...

I have a job that I have run repeatedly for a customer over the last 3 years. Not high volume, just a repeat order type thing that comes in about every 6 months with the wording slightly changed. Just got an order for 20 of the items, opened up the last file I used and it tells me that the font...

I have in install we did for a office sign, installed on wall paper, vinyl wallpaper. The customer will not let us use VHB on it, so it has to be the green foam tape. It works okay, but I'm not happy with it and they refuse to let us use anything stronger or silicone. Installed a sign last week...

Was asked to remove an existing company logo from a wall and remount it to a substrate instead of directly to the wall. No problem, went by, took as many measurements as I could, lots of letters. Lots of letters. Some large, some small. Took lots of photos as well. Simple font, Times New Roman...

I know that's a really 1) Stupid 2) Simple question, but I'm curious. I understand that it depends on what media it's being printed on or what you'll be doing with it, but one thing I seem to struggle with is coming up with good looking colors for things. When I look at other people's work, I...

CS4 Illustrator- Stupid question....I normally just draw things and send them to my printer (a person, not an object, we don't have printers in house). No issues. However, I'm working on some larger pieces now and the files are getting big. I looked and noticed it was at 300 DPI. I called my...

Anyone got a vector image of a 14' Pro-Line trailer? I have someone wanting a quote on some graphics and I'd like to mock it up without having to get photos of it is possible. They have some hardware on the sides and I'd like to accurately lay it out so I can miss their hardware if possible. It...

Had a referral for a new company opening a retail store. Had two names for points of contact. I called, talked to the owner (one point of contact) and he said he needed a sign for his storefront and he needed to meet me there that day. This was a Friday. Get there, he's not there, point of...

I primed some sign foam with FSC-88, two coats, sanded after it dried, wiped it all down, put some 1-shot on it with a brush. It looked like glass. I kept walking by it and marveling at how incredibly glass like it looked. Came in this morning, picked it up, it's got 100's of tiny microbubbles...

Does anyone sell bits and pieces to join 10mm thick coroplast? I thought I saw some stuff for the thin stuff a while back, but I've got a non-sign project that requires I put some 10mm coroplast together in many places. I know I can just use dowels or whatever I can find that fits, but I was...

I'm not a fonthead, and I'm embarrassed to say that I have the capability to look at Times New Roman on a sign and say "I wonder what font that is", and I'll do it again next week. Having said that, I am more than happy and willing to purchase fonts when we need them. Problem is we deal with...

I'm trying to transition from Corel into Illustrator and it's not going as smooth as I'd like it to go :) Simple question- I have a logo I imported as a pdf, it's all vector format provided by customer. I need to scale it up to fit the sign blank. I can't seem to grab a corner and keep it...

Just got CS4 Design Premium and was excited about the fonts I hoped to get with it all. However, there seem to be a number of fonts that aren't smooth looking fonts, and it's a large number of them. I'm not a designer, I don't play one on tv, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last...

Can someone with one of these do a quick test for me? We've been having problems since the day we bought this thing and haven't had any luck resolving it. The problem seems to be inconsistent pressure while cutting. One row of letters will weed like a dream, next line up, 1/2" away is a bear...

I have a couple hundred items that are being printed right now (by a printer) and I will need to cut them all to specific sizes. They are all on semi-gloss paper and will be inserted into a modular sign system. They have cut marks printed on them (which doesn't make much sense to me, since once...

I've having some issues in Corel that just popped up with some special characters. I'm using Corel to enter braille, using a braille font. The special character I need is Alt.# 039, which is the double quote/apostrophe key. I've used this for over a year now, no problems. Now, when I enter it...