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design•o•saur

dəˈzīn•ō•sau | noun
  1. A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of art and design.
  2. Wise informer of art and design subjects.

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September 19th, 2008

Binding Terms

Saddle Stitched Binding: An often used binding system using staples on the spine. The name derives from when it is open, draped over a saddle to apply the stitches.
Side-Stitched Binding: Staple stitches on the side of loose pages is side stitching. Here the pages are in multiples of two - each page having a front and back.
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September 19th, 2008

Paper Sizes

This is a handy resource if you keep getting confused between your A2 and your A3 paper sizes. Below is a list that shows the sizes of each and the diagram gives you a visual of how they are cut from the larger sizes.                                              
 
These are finished trimmed sizes                                    
Sizes in [...]

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September 18th, 2008

Open type

You may have heard about OpenType® fonts but may not really know what they are or why they would be useful to you. 
OpenType® is a modern font format developed by Adobe® and Microsoft® to provide users with an accessible and advanced typographic toolset. OpenType improves on PostScript and TrueType just as the DVD trumped the video cassette. [...]

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