Education
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Font Choice ‘Dos’ for Awards
Typically, serif fonts are used for large bodies of text as the serif guides our eyes and makes words easy…
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Adjusting a Selected Color on a Graphic
There are some quick ways to do a basic color correction of a selected color throughout your design in Photoshop…
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The Right Time to Raise Your Prices
Take a breather from the frantic pace of a production shop and recalculate what it costs you to produce an…
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Tips for Creating Promotional Products with End Users in Mind
Follow these three tips to improve the effectiveness of promotional products: 1. Personalize something useful Don’t give away or advise…
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Teaching Your Employees About Accounting
Many non-accounting employees don’t make the connection between their job efforts and the bottom line. When you can get your…
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How can embroiderers ensure a quality finish when doing 3D work?
For the smoothest finish, 3D foam requires a careful balance between the best stitch angle for tight stitching and the…
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5 Marketing Design Principles to Elevate Your Screen Printing Business
To successfully market to customers, you need high-quality design work that is marketing focused. In this video, Ryonet goes over…
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What are the reasons a design might lift or peel after being heat printed?
In a Stahls’ Q&A video, educator Bob Robinson touches on some important heat printing topics. His insights for a failed…
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How can businesses expand without relocating?
Offer your business model as a franchise or business opportunity. Sure, there are tens of thousands of screen printers and…
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Stitching Caps
Tear some caps apart and place the brim on the curve of your cap gauge and check for gaps. The…
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Starting an Embroidery Business: Keys to Success
Once you’ve done your research and you’ve made it past the “10 Steps to Start Your Business” offered by the…
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Vintage Vinyl: An Element of Surprise
This week’s Vintage Vinyl video comes to us from the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, which is where Frontrunner Sign Studios…
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The Art of the Overlay
Where to begin … all vehicles are different and each customer’s needs and design specs are going to vary. So…
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Building Your Impressions: Grow Your Business by Being About More Than Signs
The day a customer called to ask for a “building impression” instead of just another sign was an important day…
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Go with What They Know: Font selection
As a designer, you may think you’re making a creative choice, when in reality, the answer can easily be defined…
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Red Flags When Producing VIN Plates
When a client came into our shop, I thought we were supplying blank VIN trailer tags to replace his old…
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