Letterhead design is an important part of the image of a company
They say image is everything and can be very true when it comes to the head of a company. What your letterhead design, says on your company can mean a lot to your overall brand and its communications strategy. We must say something about you as a company and communicating your values, your image and style (you should already have a logo designed). By hiring the services of a printer to print custom letterhead, make sure they have letterhead design services included as part of their services so they can help you choose a letterhead that is right for your business and make a statement and be functional and practices.
Companies like yours use letterhead paper from a variety of functions, but presumably will be mainly for external communications such as letters, invoices, receipts and notes. The design must be practical enough to accommodate the various uses to be using the letterhead, however, quite unique for that really stands out as your company or organization and is clearly marked with your company as as a brand and image you want to convey. Letterhead is truly an essential component of any business strategy and communication, but may be simple, it must convey the right message about your company and contain the relevant information so people know it's your company immediately when see it.
The design can be bold and daring, if you are a new beginning and wants to convey a modern look. If you are a company that is at the forefront of technology, a truly bold looking letterhead send the message that your company is a leading company and the message is transmitted to communications of your letter. If you are involved in more conservative business activities, you can still have a letterhead that is stylish and colorful, yet refined and dignified enough not to compromise your company's mission and image.
By hiring the services of a personal printer, make sure you include the design of letterhead as part of their services. You can work with you to design a style appropriate to your business and show you the different samples for you to get an idea of what you want. Having the right letterhead is important to you and your business to achieve their communication objectives and enhance their brand image
Companies like yours use letterhead paper from a variety of functions, but presumably will be mainly for external communications such as letters, invoices, receipts and notes. The design must be practical enough to accommodate the various uses to be using the letterhead, however, quite unique for that really stands out as your company or organization and is clearly marked with your company as as a brand and image you want to convey. Letterhead is truly an essential component of any business strategy and communication, but may be simple, it must convey the right message about your company and contain the relevant information so people know it's your company immediately when see it.
The design can be bold and daring, if you are a new beginning and wants to convey a modern look. If you are a company that is at the forefront of technology, a truly bold looking letterhead send the message that your company is a leading company and the message is transmitted to communications of your letter. If you are involved in more conservative business activities, you can still have a letterhead that is stylish and colorful, yet refined and dignified enough not to compromise your company's mission and image.
By hiring the services of a personal printer, make sure you include the design of letterhead as part of their services. You can work with you to design a style appropriate to your business and show you the different samples for you to get an idea of what you want. Having the right letterhead is important to you and your business to achieve their communication objectives and enhance their brand image
Some extra tips for Brand New Designers
We receive many customer requests for information and advice on designing business cards, brochures, flyers and stationery! The following four articles will cover the most common mistakes.
Incorrect page size. We know that sounds like a simple thing to stuff up, but this is the most common mistake we see. Most often it is because the designer only started designing the card, brochure or letterhead with the default page size of the application, which may be letter or A4.
This is a problem, when supplied to a printer, and often have automatic "imposition" or design applications for their work in a "press sheet. When the page size is wrong that means it is not the correct position and can cause it to break in the wrong position. Obviously, you do not want this! What the printer has to do is adjust the size of the page before going to the penalty phase. Obviously, the more pages have to edit the longer it takes. Even if the moment seems little to change it, the printers are billed. (They have huge costs!) However, you will probably find printers to simply reject the work and ask to be replenished.
So what's the solution? Call or email your print provider - before you start your project! Order the exact size of the final product. Then just type this in your design application. This can be in "Document Settings" or "page setup" in some applications. However, if you're doing it in Adobe Photoshop or other "pixel based" application, you need to make larger document again to account for bleed. That comes in the following article
As mentioned, you might think is difficult to make a mistake, but it is one of the most common mistakes with business cards, brochures and letterhead!
Incorrect page size. We know that sounds like a simple thing to stuff up, but this is the most common mistake we see. Most often it is because the designer only started designing the card, brochure or letterhead with the default page size of the application, which may be letter or A4.
This is a problem, when supplied to a printer, and often have automatic "imposition" or design applications for their work in a "press sheet. When the page size is wrong that means it is not the correct position and can cause it to break in the wrong position. Obviously, you do not want this! What the printer has to do is adjust the size of the page before going to the penalty phase. Obviously, the more pages have to edit the longer it takes. Even if the moment seems little to change it, the printers are billed. (They have huge costs!) However, you will probably find printers to simply reject the work and ask to be replenished.
So what's the solution? Call or email your print provider - before you start your project! Order the exact size of the final product. Then just type this in your design application. This can be in "Document Settings" or "page setup" in some applications. However, if you're doing it in Adobe Photoshop or other "pixel based" application, you need to make larger document again to account for bleed. That comes in the following article
As mentioned, you might think is difficult to make a mistake, but it is one of the most common mistakes with business cards, brochures and letterhead!
