Add That iPhone Or iPad Look To Your Brochures   by Lynne Saarte

in Website Promotion / Directory Submission    (submitted 2012-01-14)

Do you want to add the same sleek and popular iPhone or iPad look into your color brochures? Well you have found the right guide. Here, we will teach you several easy tips to convert many of your design elements for brochures and turn them into sleek designs like the ones seen in those apple devices.

These are very simple strategies that anyone with basic design knowledge should be able to implement. So carefully read and apply these design tips to your own brochures. See how it will improve your brochure printing easily.

1. Use more vibrant light color themes

It is characteristic of iPhones and other mobile devices to have brighter and lighter colors. This is because the sleek and modern theme dictates that you must have that energetic color theme. Because of this, you will also need to use more vibrant, lighter colored themes in your custom brochures.

Do not copy other similar brochures that tend to use neutral, subdued and uninteresting colors. By submitting designs with lighter more energetic themes you can start developing that iPhone like theme in your color brochure printing.

2. Use Apple style fonts in all text

You will also want to change the font styles used in your full color brochures. To make sure that it does totally look like APPLE devices, you should use of course the fonts used in those particular machines. Luckily enough for us, APPLE or MAC styled fonts are easy to download over the Internet.

Just do a search for APPLE, MAC or iPad style fonts and you should get plenty of results that you can download and try out. Use these fonts in all your brochure text to establish that sleek style easily for the content of your prints.

3. Add more sleek icons and symbols

If you notice, because of their kind of user interface, iPhones and iPads actually use a lot of sleek icons and symbols. These not only make it easier to understand what is going on in the device, but of course it also make things look a bit more attractive. You can also match the same kind of graphics and integrate it into your color brochures.

By adding extra icons and helpful graphics, you can make your custom brochures livelier and of course more attractive. People should be able to quickly spot what information they need and of course easily understand what your brochures are saying. So try and add those useful sleek icons to your brochures when possible.

4. Make backgrounds more dynamic

If you look at the backgrounds of iPhones and iPads, you will notice that in most cases, it is not a plain white or a plain black background. People typically add in a special picture or themed background that makes the user interface a lot more interesting.

So to make your own custom brochures as interesting as those iPhones, you should also follow suit and adopt backgrounds that are more dynamic. So add textures, slight color variations, highlights and even watermark symbols in your custom brochure backgrounds. It will add a whole new level to your print brochures.

5. Get glossy paper

Lastly, to add that glass type touch screen look, you can try getting glossy type paper materials for printing. Your brochure printing service can easily take care of this. Of course, you should ask your printing service first, if they do actually support brochure printing with glossy paper.

Some use specific glossy paper, others add special coatings. Review what kind of glossy material they use, and of course avail of the smoothest and glossiest type. This should simulate the touch screen type texture, finalizing the modern look for your custom brochures.

So go ahead! Test these features out in your brochure printing. You will never regret upgrading these features. With sleek iPhone like designs for your brochures, you will truly get something interesting and trendy to your readers.

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About the Author

Lynne Saarte is a writer that hails from Texas. She has been in the Internet business for some years now, specializing in Internet marketing and other online business strategies.