Category Archives: Printing

The Fight of the Century – Digital v. Offset Printing

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

  Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to tonight’s match which promises to be a classic battle in every sense of the word. In the magenta corner, weighing in at nearly 34 tons and … Continue reading →

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Prejean Creative Tells You Why – Upper and Lower Case

Posted on June 9, 2016 by

The terms “uppercase” and “lowercase” have interesting origins that date back to the early days of the printing press. One of the earliest methods of printing involved painstakingly arranging pieces of metal type to form words and sentences. The raised … Continue reading →

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Prejean Creative Tells You Why – We Don’t Use Double Spaces

Posted on May 10, 2016 by

One space or two? Every time you put two spaces between your sentences, a typographer sheds a tear. The origin of the double space between sentences probably lies with the typewriter, which used monospaced fonts. This meant that every character was … Continue reading →

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Let’s Hear it for the Color of the Year. Or Not.

Posted on January 14, 2015 by

                        The color gods have spoken, at least those at Pantone. In a press release issued in December, Pantone, the global color authority, announced PANTONE®18-1438 Marsala, “a naturally robust … Continue reading →

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A New Reality in the Printed Word

Posted on December 11, 2013 by

Passion is a very powerful emotion. When it’s channeled properly and multiplied exponentially, it can yield impressive results. Such has been the case with growth of the  Foundation of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette  and this is why passion … Continue reading →

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