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Desktop Publishing Desktop Publishing Get Started Choose Software Make Something From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing I have a daughter planning a wedding in the late summer or early fall of 2013. I'll be doing the wedding invitations (with a lot of input from her, I'm sure - she's planning on going to school for a graphic design-related degree). One of many early options I'm considering is letterpress. Letterpress Printing If you're designing for letterpress you should know about some of its limitations and how you'll need to plan your design. For example, it's a spot color process that doesn't really lend itself well to full color photographs. But you can get some elegant business cards, letterhead, and yes, wedding invitations from letterpress. See More About:  letterpress  printing methods  relief printing Lyla's Graduation Template Speaking of daughters, a few weeks ago I mentioned the graduation announcement / invitation we created for my eldest daughter's college graduation. I've turned it into an Adobe InDesign template. I've given you the general specs and fonts used so that even if you don't use InDesign you can get ideas from this tri-fold brochure style design we came up with. The hardest part? Tying the tiny narrow ribbons that we wrapped around all the folded announcements! See More About:  graduation  adobe indesign templates  invitations Check Your TIC! This won't generally be a problem with letterpress, but for offset printing you may need to play with your CMYK numbers to prevent problems with having too many layers of ink. TIC, TAC, and TIL are similar ways to express ink coverage. See More About:  cmyk  color printing  printing inks June in the Park Do you do digital scrapbooking? Kick off the month of June with this digital scrapbooking kit at About.com Graphics Software in shades of blue, green, and yellow with ribbons, flowers, and a zipper too. See More About:  digital scrapbooking  digital scrapbooking kits  digital scrapbooking elements Desktop Publishing Ads Desktop Publishing Download Software Letterpress Microsoft Publisher Software Featured Articles Using Windows Character Map Advanced Features Type Foundry Abbreviations in Fonts Adobe InDesign Tutorials on Interface and Tools Design With Printing in Mind: Time/Money Saving Tips Talk to Me on Twitter Find Me on Facebook   More from About.com Bake Sale Bestsellers Make your next bake sale a profitable one with these irresistible recipes. More> Real Recipes app Download our highly-rated app for free recipes and kitchen tools, for iPhone and iPod Touch. More> This newsletter is written by: Jacci Howard Bear Desktop Publishing Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Desktop Publishing newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Recently Updated CD / DVD Packaging (New Tutorials and Templates Added) Ogilvy Ad Layouts (Added InDesign Templates) Free Vector Clip Art (New Links to Vector Sources)   Follow me on: Advertisement