Monday, August 18, 2014

Tips In Making Sobriety Greeting Cards

By Dora Reed


The holiday just around the corner is the right time for you to give gifts to those you love. There are many types of gifts you can actually give them. Among the most special gifts you can give to these special someone, you can opt for special sobriety greeting cards. You can pick from a lot of varieties if you opt for this gift.

While the store-bought ones may be of great value already, there is definitely nothing that can be a personalized card. You can make your own cards nowadays, considering that there are various tools for designing available nowadays. As long as you follow simple principles for graphic design, it should be easy to handle the work.

Of course, you can also take advantage of a few tips to be able to make the said card. There are tips for making the card that you can use for your own benefit these days. All you have to do is follow the said tips and you can do a good job with your work. Here are those tips that you should take note of when making the card.

The first tip is to use the right software for this design. In designing, you should be able to install or download software these days that will help with the making of your card. It is up to you to choose which of the available desktop publishing software is the best and easy to use when you are making the design.

Pick the format you will use. Numerous formats are available for people's use these days and it is up to you to choose which one you think will match well with the design you have in mind. When it comes to the formats, you can go for the top fold, oversized, side fold, or just personalize the format on your own.

Set up the document you will be making. If the layout you have decided on is a common one, then there should be at least one or two templates you can use in your chosen professional desktop publishing software. If the layout is not so common, then you can just use the blank templates and design the layout on your own.

Consider what graphics is the best to use for the said design. You simply have to make sure that the graphics are of great significant to the message of your design. You should then remember to keep your design as simple as possible. When it comes to the images, you can use the ones in your gallery, saved in your storage, or right on the Internet.

Do not hesitate to modify the image. Although there might be some photos that are fine without any modification, you should remember to do some changes to some photos so that they fit the message you have on your card. When it comes to changing the photo, it can either be in the color or in the size.

The font used for the greetings in the card has to be decided beforehand. The ideal number of font that you can use for the card should not be more than two typefaces. It will just be distracting to have more than two typefaces on the said card, after all.




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