What you need to know about wanna be graphic artists and designers

"Wanna Be Designers" vs. Graphic Artist/Designers who have printing studios:

(1) Have no typographical or design background in typesetting in appropriate software or art or design background and their work shows it in poor layouts and typography, and leading or spacing in their printed work.

(2) May sometimes be using a design package sold out of several suppliers but NOT know how to implement it for

maximum results shown in their dealer samples because they did not print the samples themselves.

(3) Copy other people's work and claim it as their own, and often cannot even duplicate a design well, and rarely have excellent original ideas of their own.

(4) Lack true creativity in seeing capturing your vision or the experience and knowledge to find the appropriate paper colors and textures and weights for the appropriate printing processes.

(5) Don't know how to prepare typography or typesetting of your wording for print production.

(6) Use their own inkjet printers and worse, powdered printers for their production work.

(7) Do not possess the software or ability to design a wedding and reception map for you. In fact, most of the suppliers above will NOT have this ability either. You will have to find a graphics person to design your map, and then, hope to find the appropriate matching paper, and font to make your wedding invitation ensemble come together.

(8) Refer you to other calligraphers or have very little experience in computer or hand calligraphy.