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Reduce Labeling Errors in Your Artwork

Artwork for Labeling

Over the years, as we’ve worked to help make proofreading easier and more accurate for our customers, we’ve witnessed many different types of potential issues with labeling artwork design proofs. Most of these issues are visible to the human eye when reading through the document, but a few of them are invisible and require special techniques.

Understanding Unicode for Proofreaders

Unicode for proofreaders

Unicode is a computer and software industry standard for handling text. While it is possible to geek-out on the technical aspects of Unicode (and if you’re so inclined you can check out the Wikipedia page on Unicode and the Unicode Consortium website), in this article we’re going to focus more on understanding the fundamentals, and discuss why this basic knowledge is critical for anyone who is part of a document creation / editing / review / correction workflow in a highly regulated industry.

Live vs. Rasterized vs. Vectorized Text

Live vs. Rasterized vs. Vectorized Text

In a previous post, we covered the basics of Unicode and why it’s so important for proofreaders (or anyone involved in the document creation, review and correction workflow) to understand the differences between the way humans and computers read language. Today, we’ll build on that knowledge as we examine different ways design and print proofs can be exported to PDF and the risks associated with removing live text from your organization’s documents.

MDR e-Labeling

MDR e-Labeling

The EU Medical Device Regulations (MDR) states any device manufacturer with a website must publish user information in electronic form.