01Nov 2011 by Cindy Berrier No Comments
Think Before You Font

Think Before You Font

Design Tips & Tricks, Expert Advice, Fun and Humor, Small Business, Wedding & Family
Sometime around the end of last week I walked into the office and before I could even sit down at my desk my colleague and fellow 123Print writer Shannon was all but levitating off the ground in a state of near-panic. “You have to look at the new calendars page on the site right away,” she exclaimed nearly breathless. I expected that maybe there was a typo we didn’t catch in proofing, perhaps an honest misspelling that spell-check “fixed” into a NSFW four-letter word, but no. It was worse. Right there in the headline was the most egregious of all things typography – the headline font was Comic Sans. Several expletive-laden phrases later and I was surrounded by our entire web design team who, after several expletive-laden phrases of their…
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28Sep 2011 by Cindy Berrier 2 Comments
7 Common Errors Found on Business Cards – Or Any Customizable Product, Really

7 Common Errors Found on Business Cards – Or Any Customizable Product, Really

Everything Else, Expert Advice, Fun and Humor, Small Business, Wedding & Family
Let’s get one thing straight. Sometimes our brains work faster than our fingers when it comes to typing. You know your phone number like the back of your hand. You know how to spell your name faster than someone who doesn’t have your name, and you know all of the contact information for your business and can rattle it off at the speed of light. None of that is an issue. The issue becomes when your fingers are dancing across the keyboard and you get lost in that clackity clack sound of the keys and make a bunch of ridiculous typos. A lot of times, our Customer Care Representatives get calls about how someone received their business cards or wedding invitations and their name is spelled incorrectly. I’d like to…
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13Sep 2011 by Cindy Berrier 2 Comments
6 Proofreading Tips

6 Proofreading Tips

Design Tips & Tricks, Expert Advice, Family Lounge, Small Business, Small Business Lounge, Wedding & Family, Wedding Lounge
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again." – Oscar Wilde Remember back when you were in high school and your teachers always stressed the importance of proofreading your work, because spelling and grammar counted? The same holds true when it comes time to proof a business card, a wedding invitation or your yearly family Christmas card. You want to make sure everything is perfect! To achieve the desired perfection, please remember the following tips when you’re entering any and all information on a 123Print product, or writing/typing any important document: 1.)   Read every sentence and word out loud, exactly how you have it written. 2.)   Read from the end to the…
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