Resource blogs and articles about all things design-related.
Are you paying too much for design services?
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Written by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Finding the right design agency can be guaranteed by asking just five questions. Answer these before you even start looking at design agencies.
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Written by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Chances are, if you are reading this you googled about hiring designers: whether that was how to hire a graphic designer or what questions to ask when hiring a graphic designer or even how you engage a graphic design agency.
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Written by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
We’re a helpful bunch at Toast, so here’s our handy guide on how to mark up a PDF.
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Written by Justin Brown.
Last updated: January 15, 2024
You have had your brochure designed and then the designer supplies you with a digital and ‘print ready’ PDFs, so why have they done this and what is the difference?
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Written by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
It’s important to choose the right file formats for images to get the best results. However you want your files, you should probably research the formats you need for whatever you want to do with them. To help you make sense of them, we’ve compiled a list of file formats and their various uses. So, […]
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Written by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
RGB and CMYK colour formats – does it matter what I use?
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Written by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
Sometimes when we’re working on a brochure for instance, the client notices some white space on the page and feel they need to fill it with something.
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Written by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
Whether you’re just about to start your design project or in the finalising stages, specifying colours you want can get complicated as there are many systems involved that display the colour you want differently.
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Written by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
You’ve received the first draft of your new brochure from the designer and want to make a few changes. How do you go about giving them amends?
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Written by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
If you’ve ever briefed a designer to create a promotional brochure for your company they may have asked you for your logo as vector-based graphics, but what is this?
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Written by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
Our clients come to us at Toast asking us to design their logo or brand but what is the difference?
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Written by David Foreman.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
When dealing with brochure designers you might get asked to supply your images as ‘hi-res’.
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Written by Charlotte Brown.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
You brief a design agency to create your company brochure for you. You’re really happy with the results, however, later down the line you need to update some of the information and make edits. How do I edit my brochure?
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Written by David Foreman.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
So you’ve instructed a designer to create an engaging brochure for your company but don’t have any images you can provide them because you simply don’t have any or the ones you have are not suitable for print (hi-res).
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Written by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
When sending artwork to a printer you might get a response from them that they need the artwork to include crop marks and bleed. So what do they mean and why do you need to add them?
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Written by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
When working with a designer on your latest brochure, you will probably need to send them multiple and or large image files. How can you do this without clogging up yours and their email accounts with Large Multiple Files?
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Written by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Sketching is a vital part of the design process with lots of benefits.
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Written by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
Choosing the right graphic design agency is an important first step in creating an ongoing and profitable relationship.
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Written by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
There are loads of marketers that buy designs from various design agencies, big or small. But, how can a marketer know that they’re getting the best service possible?
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Written by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
