

Once you have your design set up exactly the way you want it to look when it's printed, you're going to want to convert all of the fonts used in your design to outlines. Now you can use your sketch as your visual guide to layout your text and images. Click 'Create' and you'll be taken to your empty artboard set up to your specifications. Make sure your dimensions are measured in inches, as that's what we use for all of our products, and enter your height and width. You'll want to start from scratch with a new layout. When you open Illustrator, you'll have the option of creating a new layout from scratch or opening a previous file.
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Remember those dimensions you wrote down of the full space you want to cover? Those will be the dimensions you enter in for your Artboard in Illustrator. Setting up Your Design in Adobe Illustrator There are a lot of different design programs you can use, but for this purpose we're going to focus on using Adobe Illustrator. Now, you can start setting up your design. If you plan on including a logo or image in your design, draw an outline around where you plan to have that image in your layout. You don't need to write anything out if you don't want to, but having those lines in the space will come in handy once you add your text to your design. Do the same thing for the other lines of text, like store hours, contact info, slogans, etc. Lightly draw that top line in a similar curve within your sketch space to represent your business name. Let's say you know you want the top line to be your business name and you want it to be slightly curved across the top.

Then, draw thin lines in your space to represent where your text will go. For example, if your space is a 36 x 24" rectangle, you'll want to sketch out a rectangle that's similar in proportion to that space. You don't need it to be the exact size of your application space, but you want it to be at least the same relative shape. The best option is going to be if you draw out a shape similar to the shape of the area you need to cover. You're just using it as a layout guide for setting up your design. This doesn't have to be fancy or beautiful. Next, you'll want to sketch out your design. You'll be able to change the overall size later once you've finalized your layout. If you're not sure of the exact size you want your print, but you know the space you want to fill is 36" wide and 24" tall, use that as your measurement base.

This will be your starting point for your design layout. - which program you intend to use to set up your designįirst, measure the height and width of the space you're wanting to cover.- the basic layout of how you want your design to look.- the overall dimensions of the space you want to cover.There are a few important factors you're going to need to know up front before you get started setting up your design:
