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Art Requirements

The Howard Company's designers have years of experience in menu board design. To set your menu board up for success, we recommend reviewing the Design Basics for Menu Boards prior to uploading your graphics. The guide includes information on how to determine legible font sizes.

 

See File Preparation for Print                        See File Preparation for Digital


File Preparation for Print:

Please verify that the artwork meets all the requirements listed below before uploading.

Adobe Illustrator (.PDF, .EPS, or .AI) is the preferred format.
  • Art can be created in Adobe Illustrator and provided as an editable .PDF, .EPS, or native .AI file.
    **Please provide any supporting elements (links, images, fonts) or outline fonts and embed images within the file(s).
     
    • Ensure all supporting artwork is high resolution (300dpi at full size) and layered. Both layered .PSD and .TIFF files are acceptable. Please keep in mind that if supporting artwork you provide is flattened, The Howard Company cannot make revisions and/or future requested edits.
    • If artwork is created in Adobe InDesign, please export the packaged file(s) (InDesign: File/Package) and submit the packaged folder (InDesign File, Links, Fonts).

      • Please Note: designing in InDesign can make editing PDFs a bit of a timely process, as Illustrator is not meant to be a PDF editor. Opening an InDesign PDF this way has its limitations. Some text gets converted to vector, while others remain live text. Also, if you need to relink any supporting artwork, you will need to do it in InDesign and then reexport the PDF.
  • Fonts need to be supplied by the customer or outlined/rasterized. 

  • Artwork should be created in actual size (1/2 size if the length is over 225”) at 300 dpi in CYMK color mode.

  • Include 1/8” (.125”) bleed on all sides.

  • Include Pantone color swatches for correct color matching. If Pantone swatches are not specified, designers will pick a Pantone that closest matches the artwork provided.

  • Include all support for artwork/photos.

  • CMYK color mode


File Preparation for Digital:

The requirements below are necessary in order to create editable templates that will allow you to make your own content changes (ie: Updating pricing or Images). Note that the digital software is a Digital Content Manager, and not a design program. 

  • File should be created in Adobe Illustrator and provided as an editable .PDF, .EPS, or native .AI file
    • There may be an additional art charge if artwork is supplied as .PSD, .TIFF, .Indd as these are not suitable for building templates
  • Artwork for digital must be set up in pixel dimensions of 1920 x 1080

    **1920px x 1080px for Horizontal screens Download Template

    **1080px x 1920px for Vertical screens Download Template

  • Do not include bleeds

  • Photos & supported backgrounds should be at least 72 ppi or above

  • Fonts must be supplied by the customer to have editable templates made

    • The minimum font size for digital displays is 27 pts
      **Editable templates are created in our Digital Content Manager program and do not support font tracking, kerning, percent skewing, or text styles. Fonts will be displayed on screen how it naturally appears for any editable areas.
    • Click here for more information about the Digital Content Manager
  • Include all support artwork / photos

  • RBG color mode

  • Supported Formats

 

*Graphic orders only and future digital design changes could be subjected to art charges

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