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A guide for supplying artwork.
This will ensure that we can produce a high-resolution print product without the need for alteration.
Format
We require all artwork to be supplied as a high resolution PDF. Please do not supply Canva, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher or Works files.
Sizing and Bleed
The artwork that you produce should be at the correct size. It is essential that there is 3mm bleed around your artwork to account for very slight variances during the trimming process. To help with alignment, crop marks should be added too.
Also important, is a safe area which is similar to bleed, but applies to the inside rather than the outside of the intended trimming lines. Text, logos and other important graphics should be kept in the safe area to ensure that they doesn’t get cut off.
Sizing & Bleed example
For example, whilst an A5 size is 210 x 148mm, with 3mm bleed on each side, your supplied artwork file would need to be 216 x 154mm.
Any background colours or designs will need to extend right to the edge and any important text must be a safe distance from what will be the final trimmed size.
Trim line / Actual size: _________________
Safe area: – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Colour
Any artwork that’s intended for print should be created in (or converted to) CMYK not RGB.
Fonts
All fonts should be embedded or set to curves / outlines.
Images
Images need to be high resolution – 300 DPI (dots per inch) and use the CMYK colour model.
Multipage documents
Please supply a single PDF file in the order you’d like it to print, with the front cover on first page and the back cover on the last page.