Over the weekend, I was at the local Shopping Mall and decided to stroll into the PacSun store. I located this bottle of perfume that PacSun recently introduced. Northern Engraving manufactured the nameplate on the bottle.
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Deidre Kruser
Consideration of the gloss level of a color is an important aspect of specifying color that is often overlooked. Colors can look dramatically different when the gloss level is changed. Therefore understanding the requirement up front helps to facilitate colors that successfully support your product ...
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Lynn Holzworth
Definition of Your Target Color Color specifying begins with the definition of a master or target color. There are several options for communicating the information across suppliers. The most common method used is the use of a mass-produced, categorized color system such as the Pantone Matching ...
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Deidre Kruser
Yes, we do love minimal and clean nameplate designs, but we also love color. Colorful nameplates catch our attention with transparent tints of color, metallics and opaque colors used in backgrounds, on graphics, on text and in texture. Sometimes color completely transforms the look of a nameplate. ...
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Lynn Holzworth
Global Leader From custom woodgrain finishes to complex aluminum trim pieces with critical registration, Northern Engraving has long been a global leader in pushing the boundaries in automotive nameplates and decorative trim. Layering of processes brings unique depth and dimension. Embossing and ...
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Lynn Holzworth
Submitting Artwork It is now time to submit your nameplate artwork to your customer service representative at Northern Engraving. File sizes larger than 10MB can be submitted to our FTP upon request. If you are unsure of who your customer service representative is, please contact us
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Lynn Holzworth
You are in luck because we have a plethora of resources available to guide you in creating a striking, one-of-a-kind nameplate. Steps in Designing a Nameplate It is easy to overlook some of these steps and end up spending time redesigning the nameplate. Click here to see a quick checklist to use ...
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Lynn Holzworth
A diamond cut offers a crisp, distinct look. The graphics are first embossed and then diamond cut into one of four cuts: phalanx, skive, zebra or star.
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Lynn Holzworth
There are multiple options available to you in nameplate design. The nameplates below all have the commonality of using green, however they use different techniques to achieve the overall design.
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