Cover of Forms, Folds, and Sizes: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find

Forms, Folds, and Sizes: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find

Forms, Folds & Sizesis the book that is always next to a designer's computer. Completely practical with only the most needed information, this book will provide designers with all the little details that can make or break a design such as how much space to leave in the gutter when designing barrel folds, how to layout a template for a box and the ratios of each part, metric conversion charts, standard envelope sizes in the USA, Europe, Canada and Asia, etc. This hardworking handbook is 2-color with a durable soft vinyl cover.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 264 pages

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