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5 hours ago, Smee Again said:
I would definitely choose another border. Perhaps use the entryway to the building as a border, mask out the unwanted parts then add your images.
Are you wanting to make a flyer or a poster?
A poster for local use. Thanks.
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When trying to change my Facebook email address, my account was disabled. The say it is too late for them to review this problem. Is there some way I can recover my account?
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In the assets panel, I can't find the file to import. This folder is empty.
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Need a design that's more appropriate for a small historical museum.
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Here is the updated cover page.
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19 hours ago, Andy05 said:
I hope you don't mind me adding my 2 cents here as well, trying to be constructive.
I don't know if it's intentional. But—to me—the grid adds some "behind bars"/"in jail" feeling, strengthened by the big black border surrounding it, which causes some sadness to the looks of it. This feeling is getting even stronger with the latest version as the title "Sentry" is also "behind bars" now.
Also, I wouldn't use two different font styles above and below the image. I can't think of a good reason why the text above the image is condensed whereas the text below the image is not. The current choice causes too much "noise", choosing the same font style would add some more balance to the layout.
Speaking of balance, the "Veterans Flags Memorial" to the right of the image is either too big/bold or not big enough. As currently it's just distracting, because it's not really clear if it's just a hint (just an explanation of the image to those who don't recognise it—then it needs to be a bit lighter and smaller) or if it's important information in which case it needs more "weight".
Lastly, I couldn't find any hint about the logo might not overlap other objects in the guidelines you've provided? In fact, I find countless examples in the web where it was put on top of a flag or maps or even images of all sorts.
Here is what I made, based on your design.
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How do you like it posted?
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On 4/6/2021 at 3:09 PM, pcdlibrary said:
Newsletter cover page.
Here is my latest PDF.
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7 hours ago, Andy05 said:
I hope you don't mind me adding my 2 cents here as well, trying to be constructive.
I don't know if it's intentional. But—to me—the grid adds some "behind bars"/"in jail" feeling, strengthened by the big black border surrounding it, which causes some sadness to the looks of it. This feeling is getting even stronger with the latest version as the title "Sentry" is also "behind bars" now.
Also, I wouldn't use two different font styles above and below the image. I can't think of a good reason why the text above the image is condensed whereas the text below the image is not. The current choice causes too much "noise", choosing the same font style would add some more balance to the layout.
Speaking of balance, the "Veterans Flags Memorial" to the right of the image is either too big/bold or not big enough. As currently it's just distracting, because it's not really clear if it's just a hint (just an explanation of the image to those who don't recognise it—then it needs to be a bit lighter and smaller) or if it's important information in which case it needs more "weight".
Lastly, I couldn't find any hint about the logo might not overlap other objects in the guidelines you've provided? In fact, I find countless examples in the web where it was put on top of a flag or maps or even images of all sorts.
Great ideas, thanks. File attached, for experimenting. "9. That display of the emblem shall be in a dignified manner and each display shall be the entire emblem standing by itself without any attachment or inclusion of or into any other symbol, with the exception of jewelry where room is not available for such independent display. The emblem represents The American Legion, and accordingly, is entitled to all appropriate respect. Session, Chapter No. 426."
Current_Newsletter_2021.afpub Legion Name & Emblem Guide.pdf
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Here is another revision of my newsletter cover. Suggestions welcome.
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8 hours ago, GarryP said:
You don’t say if you would like some constructive criticism or not so I’ll give some (with apologies in advance if it was not wanted).
- I like the clean look of the cover. You could have filled it with loads of unnecessary stuff, just because you could, but you didn’t.
- I don’t know if it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be on a slight slant over to the top-right. It’s probably just an optical illusion or similar but something to think about.
- The word “Sentry” doesn’t look like it’s fully centred in the grey box. Not a major problem but it might be better if tweaked slightly.
- I think the “Newsletter – September 2021” text could do with a bit more space at the top and bottom inside the white rectangle.
- Have you thought about making the American Legion logo a bit bigger and having it overlap the ‘Sentry box’ a bit? Just to make it more prominent and add a little bit of extra interest to the design. Might not work well but worth trying.
- I don’t understand why there is a white grid over the image. Not a problem having it there but if it’s there I would be tempted to use it for something. Maybe ‘remove’ some of the cells, or move some parts around a little, or something. Otherwise I would not bother with it unless it meant something.
- I would be tempted to change the “Jerry Wickham…” and “Leaf River…” text in some way but I don’t know what I would consider an improvement. It just doesn’t seem quite right to me for some reason. Don’t know if it’s the sizes or the alignments or what.
- I’m not entirely sure that the ‘painted line’ looks right for this use but I don’t know what would be better. Maybe I’m wrong.
- One last thing, is the design supposed to be off-centre? I don’t know if this was deliberate so I only ask in case it’s important.
Anyway, I hope I have been able to give you some constructive things to think about.
Please ignore any, or all, of my comments if you don’t agree with them.
After all, it’s your design and you can do what you like with it.The white grid is deliberate to add a little spice to the photo. The page design is off-center to allow for booklet binding or 3-hole paper.
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6 hours ago, GarryP said:
You don’t say if you would like some constructive criticism or not so I’ll give some (with apologies in advance if it was not wanted).
- I like the clean look of the cover. You could have filled it with loads of unnecessary stuff, just because you could, but you didn’t.
- I don’t know if it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be on a slight slant over to the top-right. It’s probably just an optical illusion or similar but something to think about.
- The word “Sentry” doesn’t look like it’s fully centred in the grey box. Not a major problem but it might be better if tweaked slightly.
- I think the “Newsletter – September 2021” text could do with a bit more space at the top and bottom inside the white rectangle.
- Have you thought about making the American Legion logo a bit bigger and having it overlap the ‘Sentry box’ a bit? Just to make it more prominent and add a little bit of extra interest to the design. Might not work well but worth trying.
- I don’t understand why there is a white grid over the image. Not a problem having it there but if it’s there I would be tempted to use it for something. Maybe ‘remove’ some of the cells, or move some parts around a little, or something. Otherwise I would not bother with it unless it meant something.
- I would be tempted to change the “Jerry Wickham…” and “Leaf River…” text in some way but I don’t know what I would consider an improvement. It just doesn’t seem quite right to me for some reason. Don’t know if it’s the sizes or the alignments or what.
- I’m not entirely sure that the ‘painted line’ looks right for this use but I don’t know what would be better. Maybe I’m wrong.
- One last thing, is the design supposed to be off-centre? I don’t know if this was deliberate so I only ask in case it’s important.
Anyway, I hope I have been able to give you some constructive things to think about.
Please ignore any, or all, of my comments if you don’t agree with them.
After all, it’s your design and you can do what you like with it.Gary, constructive criticism is always welcome & is very helpful, if we want to improve our work. I will make some changes & get back to you. Point 5: The American Legion has strict guidelines on the usage of their logo - it can not overlap.
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2 hours ago, dannyg9 said:
I agree with most of Garry's critique with a few tweaks:
1. Instead of removing random cells on the grid, maybe knock a few back to 30 or 40 percent (I think if there were blank cells it would clash with the definition of "sentry," - watchful lookout on only some bits).
2. I'd put the "Jerry Wickham" text below the grid image.
3. Extend the grey Sentry box, reduce the size of Sentry a bit, and try, as Garry suggested, enlarging the AL logo to overlap the grey box.
Danny, thanks for your input. I appreciate it.
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Newsletter cover page.
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16 hours ago, walt.farrell said:
Put a colored Rectangle as the bottom layer on a Master Page, and apply that Master Page to your document pages. Or if you have Photo, too, you can use the Photo Persona in Publisher to add a Fill Layer instead of a Rectangle.
Well, this is helpful.
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20 hours ago, pcdlibrary said:
Are printable, color backgrounds available for documents?
Creating a filled frame for your background also works fine.
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Here is a piece of pi, framed, with black text on a gold background (C0 M17 Y74 K17). It can be used as a picture, centered, to customize your desktop.
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Vielen dank. Here is a sample I made in CorelDraw. Notice the colored background.
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Are printable, color backgrounds available for documents?
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Though the Publisher Workbook can be helpful, it does not address the nitty-gritty details of technical questions such as we are discussing. The ID User Manual is a thick book & it provides comprehensive coverage of the nuts & bolts of the application.
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Thanks. Very interesting. It begs the question: "How can you learn this? Neophytes need a user manual; where is it?
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If the text has spaces, they can be found & replaced; otherwise, how do you put a zero-width space between each of the characters, except manually? Once again, this operation is possible in InDesign.
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4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:
Publisher is not InDesign, and Publisher wants to fill text shapes using space-separated text strings.
If I were trying that in Publisher I would use Find and Replace to put a zero-width space between each of the characters, which would allow complete filling of the shape with only one extra manual operation.
There certainly are many workarounds. Too bad they are not more intuitive.
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Thanks. I'll move it.