Archive for the 'Print' Category

Go Buy Lemon Now

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Alana bought the new issue of Lemon Magazine the other day. Though it only seems to appear in our local Borders once in a blue moon, it’s always worth every penny. You can’t really tell from the small cover image here, but there’s a pattern embossed over the top. It’s kind of waxy, and gives […]

Always Always Always Get Hard Proofs

Friday, August 24th, 2007

I keep learning this lesson the hard way. I just got my business cards back from Jakprints, and they look like ass. The blame lies with me, however, because I was in such a rush I opted for the digital proofs. There is no way for a printer to simulate exactly what your job will […]

Alana’s Business Cards

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

So I finished these up a few weeks ago and am pretty pleased with the results. The photo isn’t the greatest because I was using our older digital camera and the flash. Next time though I’ll definitely order the physical proof instead of getting just the digital, as there won’t be any time constraints. I didn’t notice when I opened the proofs that they cropped out my 1/8″white border on the text side of the card. I mistakenly thought Preview was zoomed in. Now the lower type comes a little closer to the bottom than I’d like. This is what happens when you don’t check your proofs carefully, so that’s my fault.