How to Use Bleeds in Your Print Work
Like the look of advertising or book illustrations where the image runs off the edge of the page? That’s called a bleed and it’s an effective design technique. It’s also essential whenever you want a background colour over the entre surface without the tell-tale white border around the page. Defining a bleed is necessary because presses, copiers and most other printers do not print to the actual edge of the sheet. This means there is always a “white”, unprinted area at the edge of the page. To overcome this, the… Read More
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