Free Business Cards? Are they really free?

February 6, 2008

Free Business Cards? Are they really free? In a nutshell yes, but with a couple of caveats thrown in. In a determined effort to win your business, many companies will supply you with a limited number of free business cards however, you would normally be expected to pay the postage costs, (which is fair enough), and also . . .

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Creating your own Business Cards has never been easier

February 6, 2008

It used to be that to design your own business cards you would need a layout program, such as Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Pagemaker, QuarkXpress or similar. These days life is a little easier, now there are online business card templates that make the task of producing your own professional-looking business cards a breeze . . .

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Designing your own Business Cards

February 6, 2008

Designing your own business cards is quite straightforward providing you have the necessary tools. Rather than give program-specific details on the design of your card, it’s probably more useful to outline the various steps which should be easily accomplished whether you are using Word, Publisher etc. or one of the commercial professional programs.

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Achieving colour consistency across your stationery and promotional items

February 6, 2008

This section has been included to help explain the many colour issues that can crop up when trying to achieve colour consistency across your stationery and promotional items, such as: brochures, letterheads, business cards, signage, printed clothing, CD/DVD covers, exhibition materials etc. etc.

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Legal requirements on stationery in UK

February 6, 2008

Many people are confused as to what, legally should be shown on their printed stationery. This article, along with very useful links, explains all.

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Legal Requirements for your Stationery – contd.

February 6, 2008

More information on the legal requirements for your stationery.

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Spot Colour & Process Colours (CMYK) explained

February 6, 2008

Article relating to working with spot & process colours

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Fonts, using True Type & Postcript Type 1 fonts

February 6, 2008

Many people now enjoy designing their own marketing materials but often come across a problem with True Type fonts, as many older imagesetters cannot recognise the format. Read on for tips and advice . . .

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Email Signature Business Cards

February 6, 2008

Bored with your email signature? Then why not display your business card in this slot to grab the reader’s attention. More here . . .

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Making the transition from web design to designing for print

February 6, 2008

Making the move from web design to designing for print is fraught with difficulties. This article aims to help you get started and discusses some of the software needed to produce top-quality work.

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