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- johndiggity0
this is the reason you have a website. include that as the only contact info and all parties interested in corresponding can find the correct office location off the site.
- aliceblue0
Crouwel -like that!
light grey (30-40%)
the address the letter originates from 70% (or bold)
- MrT0
I mean it can't be considered simply on it's own. You can't be serious if you just design letterheads for their own existence and not to be used!
Discussing what we mean by balanced is not helping anyone is it. And who mentioned consistency?
And it's stationery by the way.
lol
- Crouwel0
a few tips:
- use a very legible sans-serif
- weight: light or roman
- preferrably condensed!!
- tone it down, light grey (30-40%)
or something
- put sample copy on it and see if it still looks good
- you could put the most important info at the top and the adresses in 8 small columns at the bottom, should be doable.
- Dancer0
And letterheads will always be unbalanced until they get a letter on them... 1st rule of letterhead club.
:-)
MrT
(Oct 25 05, 07:27)whaaaaa!!!!!
You serious? No letterhead should be unbalanced.
You can't rely on the user to "balance out" the layout by typing enough copy. What happens of it is a one liner with a PO box address.
Sorry but if you design stationary it should ALL look balanced, well considered and consistant.
- MrT0
You should try it sometime...
Soz, that was a snotty post.
There's nothing wrong with making it more, as long as the result is not more of a problem to use, which I thought those were.
And letterheads will always be unbalanced until they get a letter on them... 1st rule of letterhead club.
:-)
- Dancer0
8 way letterheads?
Rubber stamping the address?**** it may as well just give all the offices a pen and some plain paper...
It's a layout issue, nothing more.
MrT
(Oct 25 05, 04:50)Why can't we make it more? This is a problem that antoine_1 came up with we are merely suggesting alternative ways to get to the solution. to:
1. cut cost
2. making the most of an interesting problem.After all this is ONLY a letterhead, 8 addresses down the side is... dull... and unbalanced.
now back to your typesetting...;)
- MrT0
8 way letterheads?
Rubber stamping the address?**** it may as well just give all the offices a pen and some plain paper...
It's a layout issue, nothing more.
- Bluejam0
- layout : logo top right, list office information below. set primary office under logo and then list the other office's one third down page, use 7-8 point text
- organise by country (6 in total)
- standardise your typography, it's shockingly bad. no caps (see country name), decide on: tel, t, t. and include international dialing numbers.
- email and website info bottom of page.
- Spanna0
oooo - dancer - nice suggestions!!!
- Spanna0
Run each address in one line of text so you have eight lines of text.
The office from which the letter is coming sits at the top, or is heavier weight or something?
8 kinds of letterhead but should not prove that much more expensive and is more comprehensive to the recipient
- kelpie0
definately lose the strong red column, it unbalances the thing...
- shutdown0
get the offices to register PO boxes, then all you need is po box 123, shitsville, county
that ends my wank idea of th day
- foreign0
how about main info at the top, secondary info at the bottom, in a subtle color, like a light grey?
- Dancer0
Nahhhh, it would be different and unique, stand oout and all that.
OK, print just the logo on the paper and get a rubber stamp for each address voila.
- MrT0
I'd be wary of making it too complex, at the end of the day everyone knows how to use a letterhead. If you go for a rotating 'concept', it'll come with instructions and it's 110% guaranteed someone will do it wrong.
You can go below 8pt for legible text, and I would avoid the red banner down the side. IMHO that draws attention to the fact you've got loads of addresses.
Bigger logo, smaller addresses.
Hope that helps...
- Dancer0
OR
Print all addresses in a single each and run across the top of you paper and get the staff to cut a little knick out next to their address...
OR a hole punch??
- Dancer0
You need to reason with your boss*
Here's my idea:
THere are 8 addresses and eight sides of the paper (stay with me!) print the logo and address in corner or on each edge of the paper (rotating as you go) on both sides. Each office will print their letters with the paper in correct rotation, therefore the recipient will know which address it came from.*Print single colour to save on cost.
N.B the rotation is symbolic of your comapny logo.
That's for free
:)
- NegativeSpace0
I had to do one with two full address' on it and it seemed like information overload already lol.
To me it makes more sense to only have the address to the office that the letter is coming from, otherwise its confusing. There are somewhat cost efficient ways of doing this too if you do a generic letterhead and the address gets printed from the computer, or perhaps through imprinting.
I wish I had some better layout ideas aside from putting them on the other side.
If it does say one side, id make sure to limit the text area of where the letter will be written or else its going to crowd any other elements. For intance, like a 4 column grid where 3 columns are reserved for the body and the 4th column somehow accomodates the address or something.