- Minimum Text Height: 3" (includes lower case text)
- Minimum Line Thickness: 3/8"
Any space between letters or design elements must be at minimum 1/4"
The text requirements are for general use; however, special fonts and very thin letter forms may need to be made larger or thicker and will be approached on a case-by-case basis.
Gradients, tints, screens and transparencies are not supported and should not be used.
Clipping masks in Adobe Illustrator files must be avoided.
A back plate (bounding area) should be used to surround the design approximately 1” outside of it.
Designs are two-toned based on one palette color (for example: 154 – Charcoal & 154 – Charcoal_2) using the mat color as the original palette color and the back plate and other contrasting elements as the secondary color.
For Waterhog Sculpture - Classic, objects cannot be placed less than 2” from the mat edge. For Waterhog Sculpture – Fashion, objects cannot be placed less than 3” from the edge.
Custom sizes are not available in this product.
PMS colors are not available for this style of mat.
To avoid excessive nodes, do not duplicate within Navigator from designs originating in Corel, but instead download the CDR file from the M+A website, convert to PDF in Corel and open this file into AI to use for new designs.
Bitmap/photographic images cannot be used or reproduced in this product.