CUSTOM FOIL TEXT

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Custom Foil Text

Wedding Custom Foil Text

Product Kind Description

In March 2017, Minted launched Custom Foil Text to Wedding Foil-Pressed Invitation cards, allowing custom foil-pressed design elements and text with digital printing. It has since been expanded to include all A7 cards.

File setup

NO LOCKED OR HIDDEN LAYERS

1. id:foil_artwork (foil layer):

• Foil layer must be labeled: id:foil_artwork.

• Opacity mask within must be labeled: id:foil_image.

• Only the opacity mask should be in the foil layer, nothing else.

• Visibility for opacity mask should be on.

2. text:

• Non-foil live text boxes.

3. id:bg:

• Flattened image

Opacity Mask

• Text should be live, not outlined.

• Fill and stroke should be the Foil Spot swatch (to check: Release opacity mask, select group > Recolor Artwork tool, only the Foil Spot should be present).

• For script fonts, check Stroke Panel to ensure stroke corners are rounded.

FLATTENED IMAGE

• Non-foil design elements need to be flattened by exporting them as a TIFF file and re uploaded to the art file. Live non-foil elements should be removed after saving an editable art file.

• TIFF file should not be embedded. Zip TIFF file and art file in a compressed folder and upload to MBO.

• Remember to upload the editable art file to order notes

TIFF FILE

Select the photo to check the color space. Flattened artwork without photo(s) should be CMYK. Flattened artwork with photo(s) should be RGB.

product limitations

Small Gaps of Non-Foil

• Small areas of non-foil surrounded by foiled elements can get muddy and filled-in due to varying stamp pressure

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Example: The fine hairline details on this flower and leaf might improperly fill in with foil and may not look as originally intended. Increasing the size of the white details might work for the flower, but such a solution might now work on the leaf. The white details are now too big. In that case it might be better to intentionally fill them in, making it a solid leaf foil.

THIN DESIGN ELEMENTS

• All design elements must be at least .75 line thickness to ensure a good foil-press.

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TEXTURE IN TYPOGRAPHY

• Textures will not foil properly. The only solution for this is to remove the texture.

SCALE OF ELEMENTS

• Thin hairline elements can turn out blotchy if they are accompanied with large swatches of foil. This is a result of the increased pressure applied to adhere the larger foil area within the design.

• The larger the foil area = greater amount of pressure needed to adhere foil.

• The smaller the foil area = less amount of pressure needed to adhere foil.

Example: It would be difficult to foil both the large area of foil behind “We’re Married” as well as the thin foil of the bride and groom’s names.

REGISTRATION

• Orders with a large number of cards can cause some "drifting" of paper sheets. As the paper sheets run through the foil process, the alignment can shift, causing the foil registration to move from its original placement by up to 1/32 ".

• Avoid adding foil elements that need to be perfectly aligned next to non-foil element.

Example. For cases like this monogram, the file appears to be ok and spaced correctly, but when the order is being printed, it is almost impossible to hit the monogram right on mark and keep the copy centered. It's best to foil-press the entire monogram or at least the pike to avoid misaligned foil-press. Please be sure to let the customer know as well.

Example. The photo inside the foil frame needs to extend underneath the foil. The frame needs to be at least 1/16” wide and the photo edge needs to reach halfway across.