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BWS · Type, Web & Software

Pages, letterforms and artwork, ready to print.

Layout, typesetting and vector art, delivered with the checks a print shop expects.

Set type as thin plates, with the outline's points and handles floating in front.

What it does

Print-ready PDF
PDF with bleed, trim and crop marks, in RGB or CMYK.
CMYK colour
Converts to CMYK with an ink-total report and a preview of each ink.
PDF/X
PDF/X-4 output; the stricter PDF/X-1a and X-3 checks refuse live transparency.
Preflight
Warns about overset text, low-resolution images, tiny text and overprint before anything goes to print.
Print package
One ZIP with the document, images, fonts, print PDF and report.
Typesetting
A paragraph composer with Korean line-break rules, hyphenation and justified lines.
Text flow
Text threads across frames and pages, reports overflow and repeats table headers.
Type features
OpenType features and variable-font axes carry into the PDF.
Accessible PDF
Tagged PDF with headings, alt text, reading order and table headers.
Vector art
Pathfinder, brushes, blends, envelope warps, gradient meshes and bitmap tracing.
Data merge
CSV, TSV or XLSX rows become one page each.
A product flyer headed Cobalt, with a blue glass bottle.
A flyer from the example brief, laid out in BWS Type & Vector.
An event poster headed Open studio, with the words repeated down a green band.
An event poster set in one type family.

What you receive

Print files
Print-ready PDF in RGB or CMYK with bleed, marks and a PDF/X level, and a print package ZIP.
Screen files
PNG, JPEG and SVG.
Office files
PPTX.
Animated layout
MP4 of an animated layout.

Formats

In
SVG and EPS artwork; text from TXT, RTF, DOC and DOCX; data from CSV, TSV and XLSX; TrueType fonts, and WOFF or WOFF2 fonts converted for PDF; ICC colour profiles and .cube look files.
Out
PDF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, PPTX and MP4.

Questions

Do you check files before they go to a printer?
Yes. Preflight warns about overset text, low-resolution images, tiny text and overprint, and the print package carries the report.
Can one design become many pages from a spreadsheet?
Yes. Each row of a CSV, TSV or XLSX file becomes one page.
Do you set Korean text?
Yes. The paragraph composer follows Korean line-break rules.

Working with BWS

Each engagement starts with a partnership inquiry: what you are building, on what timeline, and which engines it needs.

Start a partnership inquiry