Belinda Vesey-Brown

  • Buffett says brand is the business

    Warren Buffett, the world’s most successful investor, now says that brand is the most important factor in deciding where to invest. The Financial Times on 11 October reports on a recent talk to investors in Germany, where Buffett asked what might be the criteria for deciding whether to buy a company. ‘Traditionally, the first criterion Is a strong…

  • Binding Terms

    Saddle Stitched Binding: An often used binding system using staples on the spine. The name derives from when it is open, draped over a saddle to apply the stitches. Side-Stitched Binding: Staple stitches on the side of loose pages is side stitching. Here the pages are in multiples of two – each page having a front and…

  • Paper Sizes

    This is a handy resource if you keep getting confused between your A2 and your A3 paper sizes. Below is a list that shows the sizes of each and the diagram gives you a visual of how they are cut from the larger sizes. These are finished trimmed sizes Sizes in mm A0  1189 x 841…

  • Open type

    You may have heard about OpenType® fonts but may not really know what they are or why they would be useful to you.  OpenType® is a modern font format developed by Adobe® and Microsoft® to provide users with an accessible and advanced typographic toolset. OpenType improves on PostScript and TrueType just as the DVD trumped the video…