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When creating curves, are more points better? Why?
On the left, I converted the letter "O" into curves. On the right, I have created the same shape with significantly fewer points. When printed, no one would be able to tell the difference. ...
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What's the best practice for outlining text for print?
Just picking your brains for how you have found to be the best practice for outlining text that you might need to update in the future.
Say I have a file that I need to outline text to send to print. ...
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What's procedurally important in web building circa 2022?
I'm essentially seeking a "crash course" or explanation in any web building changes over the past few years - best practices, new methods, new pitfalls, etc.
It's been a number of years ...
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Is it unprofessional to use whimsical names as sample data in your designs?
I'm a junior developer/designer at a startup so I am wondering if it is unprofessional to make designs and use mock data that have puns. The company I work for is not strict and wouldn't mind if the ...
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Is it OK to only use the wordmark of a logo?
I have a logo that resides in this category:
Combination mark
When a symbol and a wordmark fall in love, they make a logo. More specifically, a combination mark (a traditional logo) is comprised of a ...
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Why would I ever NOT use percentage for sizes?
I am an embedded programmer (no GUI), who codes Angular, and, occasionally, Flutter, for fun.
In general, my apps work, but look like an early 90s GeoCities site :-)
On thing that I just can't get my ...
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When advertising a URL, should the leading https:// be included?
I realize this question belongs more on the Digital Marketing Stack Exchange, but since that experimental SE was deleted, I'm dropping it here. Please forgive me.
I'm working on a flyer that has a URL,...
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Arguments for or against adopting design guidelines in a different context than intended
I'm working on the educational exhibit signage for a forest-preserve visitor center. The forest preserve has a book of branding standards, but the standards seem to apply mostly to outdoor ...
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Best practice for cap height and x-height for bilingual sign-making inside and outside of a public institution: a hospital
Whats is the best practice for cap height and x-height for sign-making inside and outside of a hospital?
I have to design some bilingual signs for a hospital. I have some problems because I don't ...
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Best practice: keep icons as strokes or outline?
I am currently working on generating the icon assets for the company I work for. I am using Sketch, and am creating a large library of the icons. They are all Line icons (the style) and basically ...
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Should the font in a logo be used otherwise in the corporate identity?
I'm currently working on an small project and want to know, if the font which you use in the logo, should also be used as, for example, headlines?
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Optical corrections - is it ok to make a logo mark a little off center to balance it off?
Here is an example I am working on:
The left one if is visualy more balanced to me (it's compensating the off balance of the mark which is lighter on the right) and the right one is perfectly ...
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Is Illustrator accurate for business card sizes?
I've just created my first business card in Illustrator. It has the standard UK business card size of 55 x 85 mm, a 3mm bleed, 300 DPI and the rest of it, and my smallest font-size is 8.94 points, ...
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Just how much information should you share with a former client?
I know this is subjective to a degree. I am asking for best practice or experienced input.
TL;DR: How willing should a designer be to share specific job specifications with a past client after the ...
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Is it okay to visually align the elements in a logo?
Sometimes, some elements in logos look off-centre or misaligned even though we align them in the software (mechanically). Is it accepted practice to shift the mechanically aligned elements, so that ...
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What do you recommend: a Widescreen display or a higher-res display? [closed]
I am currently using an old 1920x1080 21.5" display, and I find it very hard to make high-res designs on it.
While searching for a display that will suit my needs better while still being under 300$, ...
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What to do for eye/retina "burn-in" now that we're all darkened up?
Like many, I've been so excited since I switched to dark mode on macOS. I've been able to work at night and in my studio with dim lighting so much easier. My eyes feel so much better now! But this has ...
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What illustration agencies or service sites provide the greatest benefits to the artists?
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR APPLICANTS.]
I'm a graphic designer in the fortunate position of having enough work that I'm looking to hire an illustrator for some overflow work. Finding a ...
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SVG Pros & Cons for Graphic Designers! [closed]
What Are the Pros & Cons of Using SVG for Web Graphics?
Q: SVGs (Scalable Vector Graphics) are becoming a popular choice for web graphics. What are the main pros & cons of using them today ...
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How to show that an image is also a link?
I'm creating a PDF and it should contain a hyperlink to google maps. The link must be represented by the Google Maps logo. What is the right way to indicate to the reader that the logo is a clickable ...
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Is it necessary for me to have an email address in lower case
I'm designing a flyer which has an email address on it.
Is it necessary for me to have the email address in lower case?
Or can I have it in upper case to put more emphasis?
I did my research on ...
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Should a designer flatten/restrict images when sending to another designer?
Scenario.....
Client sends Photo A to you for use in a design. The photo is a portrait with a background.
In the course of work you remove the background and color-correct the photo for your use. ...
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If a logo implies movement, should that movement be mirrored to match the movement of a vehicle it's placed on?
I've designed a nice logo for a company's charity food-drive campaign that incorporates a tilt and some speed lines to imply forward (rightward) movement. I matched the tilt of the art to the italic ...
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What are the pros and cons of embedding images in InDesign?
I used to be against embedding but realized recently that it's possible to disembed and retain the original data (layers, etc.). Here are the pros and cons I already came up with. I'm interested to ...
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What are the Best Sizes for Designing an Icon Set Used for Web
The icons that I've created for a website of mine are starting to become a little disjointed in size and styling. I"m wanting to spend some time creating a standardized icon set. I'm most concerned ...
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Saving assets for Web?
Is it best practise to make an icon for example in Ai and then export to png resolution 72 for use on the web?
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What are best practices for creating a duotone? [duplicate]
Any duotone experts out there? What would be your main tips to create duotones?
Other than using a light and a dark color and mapping them to light and shadows. I'm interested especially in print ...
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What should be size of Document in Adobe Illustrator?
I have downloaded Adobe Illustrator 2017. It has different options for Mobile, Web, Print, File Video, Art Illustration.
I have to redraw a logo in illustrator which I have already designed in Adobe ...
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Which font to use for making editable PDF forms?
I'm recently re-doing a couple of company forms. These used to be just regular PDFs, which would have to be printed and then filled out.
With the move to a more paper-less office environment, I was ...
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How do big design companies share art files
Many projects with many files all uploaded by humans on one server will get messy, by definition. Even if they have a structure, when 1000 of people work on projects there will be made mistakes.
How ...
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Best File Management Practices when you have thousands of Files
We publish over 100+ textbooks and growing (1-color, 2-color, 4-color) maninly designed in CorelDraw & Indesign with associated Image and Font Files. We also have merged multipage PDF & EPS ...
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Putting the employer's Logo above the Customer
I'm a Front-End Dev with a background in design.
I would like to know if someone would be able to help me finding a good explanation for why I shouldn't put the employer's logo in a place with too ...
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Is there best practice when displaying other brands, such as partners or clients, on your website? Full color or greyscale?
We're debating an issue which I'm not entirely sure should be up for discussion.
We have a dozen or so partners who's logos we're displaying on our website. Both our web/marketing designer and I ...
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Proper use of ligature and kerning [duplicate]
I had a disagreement about the correct use of a ligature and kerning in a headline and would appreciate any help in seeking insight on the issue. The issue is with the "f" and "t". One side believes ...
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General-purpose fonts for beginners?
I'm a programmer and a beginner in graphic design. When learning design, I found it very hard for me to decide which font to use in my website. In fact, when viewing separately(i.e. not in a side-by-...
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Typographic styling when writing about UX elements
Any thoughts, standards, or good practices on typographical styles to set off UI text in a user manual?
For example, how to style the text of the label on a button in:
"Press the Submit button."
Or ...
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New web designer - strictly design in the browser, or be open to designing from PSD mockups?
I'm someone that's been following the industry and reading up on web design/development for a good few years, and only now making the leap into studying it properly in order to go freelance. From what ...
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Presenting a large number of items in one slide – too crowded or not?
I am creating a presentation and I have to list the following items
(personal information you should take care of):
Full name
Address
Social Security number
Date of birth
Mother’s maiden name
PIN
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"Correctly" vertically center text in a box
Is there a canonical rule how to vertically center text in a box? Or, in other words, how to align a box around text?
I could imagine three options based on typographic metrics (see my non-exact ...
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Is there a reason Hillary Clinton's logo has hidden notches?
This question is not political in the least!
While looking at the SVG version of Hillary's logo found here, I noticed there were notches in the two vertical bars of the H. The arrow crossbar covers ...
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Borrowing punctuation from another typeface
I am designing a piece of editorial and using Univers throughout, except for the pull quotes where I have used the quotation marks from Gotham instead as I feel they are more distinctive and appealing....
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Is there a standard design for adding(editing)/removing/reloading a file? [closed]
I am building application that stores pictures of my friends in a database.
Each friend has exactly one picture of himself in the database, so there will not be multiple pictures of the same person.
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How many logo variation is too many? [duplicate]
Some background & context
When including third party logos, we often get given low quality files. Mostly these are low resolution JPGs, but I have seen badly hand drawn scans (expected to be used ...
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Export InDesign to Excel or Word
I’m working with an InDesign file and now I need to get the file translated in a few languages. The translators that I’m working with asked for an excel or word file. Is there an integrated InDesign ...
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White space around vector portrait 12 x 18 inch' rule(s)? Best practices?
I'm doing a poster series around vector portraits and I have two elements on the page.
a. Portrait / Head + Neck
b. { just below } a small centered logo connected to a box with a persons name.
What ...
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Should I send a separate invoice for each job?
I've done 2 jobs for the same client this weekend. Do I put them on the same invoice or send him two separate ones?
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UI specifications to developers [closed]
What is the best way to give IOS/Android developers UI specifications like
font sizes, icon size, images, positions, etc.?
Is there a best practice for this?
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How do you deal with amends from a client?
I'm a web designer currently working with a very demanding client.
I presented them with designs back in May and I'm still working through amends with them. They are making changes to everything and ...
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What is your file naming convention you use for version control? [closed]
I'm trying to figure out the best way to link a printed piece to the electronic file name. What are the best practices for file naming and version control? Do you use a log of sorts for graphic design?...
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How to can extract all icons from an .eps file?
I Have
shutterstock_219776725.eps that I downloaded from http://www.shutterstock.com/ , it looks like this when I open it in Photoshop.
I want
to export all those icons in there into its own pieces ...
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