Buttons design / Layout files

When you design a button or send in an image, you should take into account 2 dimensions: "button size" & "bleed". 

Button format

The button size is the size of your finished button. This is the image that you actually see on the front of the button. 

Run or Bleed

The bleed is an extension to the button format. It ensures that there are no white borders on the buttons. 

The following illustration will clarify a lot: 

The bleed is different for all button formats: 

button 25mm + bleed: total diameter 33.5mm

button 32mm + bleed: total diameter 41.5mm

button 38mm + bleed: total diameter 46.5mm

button 44mm + bleed: total diameter 53.0mm 

button 56mm + bleed: total diameter 66.5mm

button 75mm + bleed: total diameter 88.0mm

button 88mm + bleed: total diameter 101.6mm

Examples

The following examples explain a lot: 

This is an example of a 25mm button with a bleed to a diameter of 33.5mm

Make sure that your image is within the button format so that it does not fall off as in the example on the right. 

Make sure that the background colour of your image continues in the bleed so that no white borders appear on your button, as in the example on the right.

 

Also note that if you use a photo, it should have a bleed. This way you can avoid parts of your button falling out. 

Extra cool edges for your buttons?

To get extra clean edges and avoid air bubbles, you can limit the printing to the area where your paper disappears into the inside of the buttons. 

For all sizes, this white edge is slightly different (and the small sizes do not suffer from it):

38mm > total diameter from visible zone to white edge: approx. 40.50mm
44mm > total diameter from visible zone to white edge: approx. 46.50mm
56mm > total diameter from visible zone to white border: approx.59.00mm
75mm > total diameter from visible zone to white border: approx. 79.90mm

PS: When we make the buttons you don't have to take this into account. We place this border automatically.

 

File formats

The following file formats can be supplied: .pdf, .eps, .ai, .psd, .jpg, ... Please ensure that when using images, they have a minimum resolution of 300dpi or higher. Images provided do not always have to be the circular shape as you see above. Feel free to send a square image with the center piece used as an image.