Packaging Typography: Fonts, Sizes, Legibility
What is the most common typography failure? Small text that looked fine on screen and fills in or breaks up
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Light Fastness: Fading, Yellowing, Shelf
What is light fastness? Light fastness describes how well an ink or coating resists fading when exposed to light. It
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Box Compression: ECT, BCT, Stack Life
What is ECT? The edge crush test measures the compressive strength of the corrugated board itself, expressed as force per
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Recycling Symbols: Mobius, FSC, Claims
What is the Mobius loop? The three chasing arrows is the most widely recognized mark, but it is used in
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Corrugated Printing: Preprint, Direct, Litho-Lam
What is direct printing? Direct flexo prints onto the corrugated sheet after it has been made, usually in one or
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Scuff Resistance: Rub, Varnish, Handling
What is scuffing? Scuffing is abrasion damage to a printed surface: dull patches, burnished marks or color rubbed away where
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