our letterpress journal & resources — digital printing

If you've got a color for us to print but want to see what the most accurate cmyk/hex code will be, try sending us the file below with some color options. Say we have a project that needs to look like Pantone 166u. We'll look it up at a website like encycolorpedia.com and look at some possible options, plugging those into each line of the color tester in Adobe Illustrator. (The lines are grouped and opacity adjustments automatically made, to make life easier for us all.) 1. Find some hexcodes: 2. Download the file and edit the file with your...

Yes we can! We'll need a three things to do this: A designed sample so we know how you want it to look The list of fonts used so we can purchase them if they're not already in our library, or you can package the fonts for us A .csv, google sheet, or excel sheet of the addresses, written exactly as you want it to be. Please do not include extra information on your spreadsheet - no unnecessary columns or information. Make a separate sheet just for addresses. (Or use ours) Ideally, formatted like this (with the Zip line in...

Here are some tips on how to prepare digital files for print:   1. Use the Right File Format: The file format you choose for your design can have a significant impact on the quality of the final print. In general, you should use a vector format such as a PDF or Adobe Illustrator AI. If you must use a bitmap format, you should use a high-resolution file format such as TIFF.   2. Check the Resolution of Bitmap Files: The resolution of your file is another critical aspect to consider. For print, a bitmap TIFF should have a resolution...