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  1. Business Cards?

    per your specs, that's tough art. ...not that it can't be done but you're putting a whole lotta faith in the accuracy of in multiple pieces of equipment. Foil stamp --- I'd suggest two foils, a run of black ink through the press, and four accurately cut edges. It'd be an awesome print piece...
  2. San Francisco Area Backup

    I can't help with any of that. But FWIW, if you are leaving someone in Chicago, I've pulled some miracles shipping air freight. It's been a while, but you may want to check into that as an option. You've got three airports within close proximity; SFO, OAK, and SJC that I would imagine have...
  3. Wrap shop to ad agency??

    Without knowing how your customer finds you or the intake procedure, it's tough to come up with the perfect solution for your transition. But I would guess it would start at the sales counter with both existing and new customers by telling them of the services you offer beyond the wraps. To...
  4. Shovelhead

    Duuuuuuuuude --- I was laughing about you earlier this month... I was trying to replicate the mood of a photograph you had posted a few years back after one of your cruises. It was a picture of you and your lady friend with a pair of dolphins --- you had blocked out the eyes of the dolphins so...
  5. Volvo blue?

    What I did > Search > "Volvo Graphic Standards" > Found > Page 46: http://www.slideshare.net/ariellasm/volvo-brand-guidelines No PMS color listed > Search > "VCC_PMS_S.eps" Found > 2-color Logo Art: http://images.mileone.com/Matt/misc/Logos/_Manufacturers/Volvo/Logos/VCC_PMS_S.eps >...
  6. Happy Birthday Fred!

    Best birthday wishes to ya'!
  7. Recommended must have Illustrator plug ins for vector art and text

    Yes. BIG PITA! But, How are you creating that? I'm still old school on those Set Type> Copy > Paste in Back > (move to desired location) > Paste in Back (Pasting a another copy of the original - Keep selected > Select the moved copy > Blend (144 Steps) > Expand > Unite > Delete Anchor...
  8. Recommended must have Illustrator plug ins for vector art and text

    The bulk of what we do is still cut film, so it's nice to have vinyl color palettes to use for some continuity on the spec sheets. http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_EU/3MGraphics/GraphicSolutions/Support/ColourReferences/ http://www.oracal.com/knowledge/oracolor.asp...
  9. California ADA Stair Level Signs

    niiiiiiice!...and really, can you just draw an ebook. I'd type "write" an ebook but I'm much better comprehending pictures. :ROFLMAO:
  10. Recent Work

    Nice gallery of work. :thumb:
  11. Reflective on Reflective or No?

    Do you outline it with black? I get that in most real world applications it's still legible on a white surface. The flash of white from the reflection is going to diminish as one moves through the angle of reflectivity. But, for stationary signs or where one is in that angle for a longer...
  12. California ADA Stair Level Signs

    It depends on what you're calling a simple stair level sign... I suspect this is the code number your guy is referring to --- it's all the rage in California, now (Cha-Ching): 11B-504.8 Floor Identification http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/dsa/access/2013-CBC-Chapter11B-Section05-120531.pdf
  13. Reflective on Reflective or No?

    I vote for opaque black. :help Yellow and White? That isn't going to offer much contrast. Likewise, the funkiness of the reflective black as it transitions from black to white is going to mess with the eyes depending on the angle of light as one passes. I'd think this would make it more...
  14. help cutting on a Lynx with Illustrator CS5

    I downloaded the trial of CoCut just today. I wanted to see if it would help our workflow with an old Desay machine for quick and simple signs. I don't know anything about it's capabilities with either CorelDraw (that I'll be using) or Illustrator. I didn't have much of a chance to play with it...
  15. snow in may

    That's not snow. It's the new and improved Timed Release Rain. It's designed to reduce field flooding for early planting in the plains states. Evidently, something has gone awry in the beta testing. My nephew in Central Iowa sent this shot from his drive to work the other morning...
  16. My thought of the day

    hmmmmmmmmm... xoq ǝɥʇ ɟo pıɹ ʇǝb 'xoq ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝpısʇno buıʞuıɥʇ ɟo pɐǝʇsuı That really turns conventional wisdom on it's head. Thanks for sharing.
  17. If I have one more customer that uses the word "pop"...

    VAGUE? ...I've found that the phrase "make it pop" to actually be the most descriptive part of the typical conversation like that.The customer to english translator I use, defines it as "make it big and red". The term is just really annoying because it's overused like Comic Sans. Now on my...
  18. Caught on Camera Moment of the Explosion In Fertilizer Plant West, Texas

    wow. They just played that video on msnbc. I can't fathom the destruction that is being reported now on the news right now.
  19. Happy 10 Year Anniversary Signs101!

    BaWaaaaHaaa... I wasn't even into signs when I joined. I just liked looking at pretty pictures. I had somehow found Letterheads and then a reference to a new start-up forum that I began to follow. I had lurked at Letterheads and was a touch intimidated, and then miffed by the tenor of a few of...
  20. Happy 10 Year Anniversary Signs101!

    You beat me to it. I actually marked on my calendar to wish you a happy anniversary, today. There was a thread the other day that had 7 members from the class of 2003 post a comment. It got me wondering who was the oldest. I was thinking that you were in the top 10 of early members. But you're...
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