The Print Handbook (2nd Edition)
The New Print Handbook
The 2nd Edition Print Handbook is sold out. But don't worry – there's a new one. And it's better than ever. You can find it here.
Never make a print mistake again. That's what The Print Handbook is all about. It's packed full of examples and tools to help you as a designer make sure your work looks perfect when printed.
Printed with 5 colours on silk, gloss and uncoated paper. The 300gsm cover is foiled and in our opinion looks and feels awesome.
The pages within are jammed with information and examples...
- 4 different paper stocks
- Foiled cover
- 5 colours (CMYK + Pantone Orange 021)
- Selected 1 colour pages
- File type comparisons (PSD, GIF, TIF, PNG, JPG, AI, PDF & EPS)
- DPI comparisons (50, 72, 150, 200, 300 & 600dpi)
- CMYK colour chart
- 6 Rich black examples
- Paper sizes chart
- Length conversion chart (inches, millimeters, pixels at 300dpi (this is really useful), picas & points)
- Paper weight conversion chart
- Overprinting examples
- 12 Binding examples
- 12 Fold examples
- Line weight examples (single, double & triple ink lines)
- Explanation of crop marks & bleed
- Examples of how paper affects colour
- Monotone, duotone & tritone examples
- Rendering intents examples
- Colour profile examples
- Glyphs
- CMYK & Pantone comparisons
- Trapping examples
- Typefaces at different sizes (2–10pt in 3 colours with 4 typefaces)
- Tints of text examples
- Tracking examples (-60 – +60)
- Printing process diagram