Having a nightmare with fonts - help

Ok -

Trying to design a business card for a business I am setting up.

Hers a rough copy:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/front.psd

Anyway - no matter if I change it to 300 dpi & CMYK colour (need those set for printing), I cannot get the text as script like on this pdf document here, mine is a bit blurry:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/Flyer.pdf

Any ideas?

Scott

PhotoShop is often not the best program to use for business cards or logos. Type is typically rasterized at a *much* higher resolution than 300 dpi ... most "RIPs" use at last 2400 dpi (often 2540 dpi ...because they are metric), and go on up to 3200 dpi and even higher.

So, either

(1) Use higher resolution ... much higher resolution, or

(2) Use a page layout or vector illustration program, such as

Page Layout
Adobe InDesign
Adobe PageMaker
Corel Ventura
Serif PagePlus
or even Micro$cum Pub$lasher (ArrrggggH)

Vector Illustration
Corel Draw
Adobe Illustrator
Serif PagePlus
etcetera

"Scott" wrote in message

Ok -

Trying to design a business card for a business I am setting up.
Hers a rough copy:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/front.psd
Anyway - no matter if I change it to 300 dpi & CMYK colour (need those set for printing), I cannot get the text as script like on this pdf document here, mine is a bit blurry:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/Flyer.pdf
Any ideas?

Scott

You probably shouldn't leave the text as text, but convert it to lines.....a vector shape. This aids the printer, making it unnecessary to have the font loaded on his computer. By converting the text to a vector shape, his computer will read it as a vector shape, not as a font, thus minimizing the chance that his computer will ask to substitute a different font.

To convert text to vectors in Photoshop, just select each text layer and go to Layer > Type >Convert to Shape. Then when you save this as a PDF file, be sure to check the box to include vector data. The printing program will see the "text" as vectors, not as pixels, and the image should come out sharper and clearer than rasterized text made of pixels.

Be aware that doing this makes the type no longer editable as text.

Peadge :-)

"Scott" wrote in message

Ok -

Trying to design a business card for a business I am setting up.
Hers a rough copy:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/front.psd
Anyway - no matter if I change it to 300 dpi & CMYK colour (need those set for printing), I cannot get the text as script like on this pdf document here, mine is a bit blurry:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/Flyer.pdf
Any ideas?

Scott

Scott wrote in news:31jsgkF3c19amU1
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Ok -

Trying to design a business card for a business I am setting up.
Hers a rough copy:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/front.psd
Anyway - no matter if I change it to 300 dpi & CMYK colour (need those set for printing), I cannot get the text as script like on this pdf document here, mine is a bit blurry:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scott.lewis/fixmepc/Flyer.pdf
Any ideas?

Scott

Some types of font dont scale well when reduced for business cards

You would probably find it cheaper and easier to get your cards commercially printed and the finish would probably be more professional

e.g. in the uk http://www.vistaprint.co.uk have an intro offer of free cards you only pay postage.

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Youth is wasted on the young!

Thanks for that - but dont want business cards at the moment - looking for postcards to do a postbox drop.

Scott