Designing on Acrylic: Tips for Invitations and Signs
Designing beautiful acrylic invitations and signs on Zazzle can truly make your creations stand out! To ensure your designs look their absolute best when printed, here are a few key things to keep in mind:
Use Zazzle's Design Tool for Text
Always create your text directly within Zazzle's design tool. Uploading text as an image (e.g., a JPEG or PNG of text) can lead to a blurry or pixelated result when printed on acrylic. Our design tool ensures your text is crisp, clear, and perfectly scaled for the highest print quality. You can also make it a template so customers can easily customize.
Prioritize Contrast for Readability
Acrylic can have a unique transparency, so be mindful of your background and text contrast. Avoid using light-colored text (like white or pale pastels) over busy patterns or light-colored backgrounds. This can make your text incredibly difficult to read. Instead, opt for darker, contrasting text colors against light backgrounds, or vice-versa, to ensure excellent readability.
Avoid Faux Foil Effects
We understand the allure of a metallic or foil look! However, metallic or foil-like visuals created outside of the Zazzle design tool will not print with a shiny, reflective effect and will look faded on this substrate. We would recommend using the text available in the design tool and following the above guidelines too, to ensure a top quality product. If you're aiming for a true metallic finish, explore Zazzle's real foil options for invitations and signs where available. These options are specifically designed to give you that authentic metallic shine.
By following these guidelines, you'll be well on your way to creating stunning and professional-looking acrylic invitations and signs that your customers will love!
