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Art Files for Illustrator

Code Line Communications has produced a stand-alone application for Mac OS (PPC and Universal Binary) that makes packaging Illustrator files for delivery of original .ai file including graphics and fonts to service providers an easier task. Web Reference: ArtFiles (2007, Code Line Communications)

Benday Dots Screen Fill technique

Benday Dots Screen Fill technique

The following tip looks at using screen patterns as a fill for selected objects in Illustrator. I must thank Sylvia for asking about benday (or Ben Day) dots on the CTP-Q, Page Layout: Adobe, Quark, MS, PDF forum, as it triggered the creation of this tip. Creating a simple pattern To start this tip, create […]

Benjamin Day

History is interesting, and when someone on one of the many email lists to which I subscribe recently asked how to create Benday Dots. My first thought was “what the heck are Benday Dots”? So I ended up doing what most of us do today, when we want to know something: I did an internet […]