Should i get a color or b/w print for proofing my work?

Im a freelance graphic designer, most of my works includes, visual identity, posters, flyers, and almost everything printed work. Usually i just send an email JPEG sample, but now a i'been asked to design a magazine. In the first 2 editions i had trouble with the client for some "errors" so now i want them to sign a "dummy" printed magazine, something to cover myself. But i dont know for how long im gonna be doing this magazine. On the other hand always giving a printed sample is going to give me a more professional look? besides i could hand over my stimates, invoice printed, so 2 questions here, should i get a printer? wich one, color or b/w?. Thnxs for read and answer!

Font size on iOS7 looks different from Photoshop even though resolution in mockup is same as iPhone dimensions

I'm facing a weird issue here.

I did a mockup for iPhone 5 + iOS7 in Photoshop, and since Photoshop handles font size in points, I passed all these info with the mockup file to the dev team. (e.g: Header A is 32pt, Body text is 20 pt etc.)

However, it seems that when these font size values are applied in the app and iPhone device, the font size looks enormous!

Is there something I'm missing here? Maybe mobile devices compute font sizes differently? I thought a 32 pt font would look like a 32 pt font anywhere, maybe give or take a few pixels, but not to this kind of huge difference.

Any insight?

Tks!

Shadowing all text in an image

I want to make an image like this. Shadow text in an image

Why are my corners "inside-out" in Illustrator?

There are 2 big things I don't get about this image (two identical paths in Illustrator, one of which is reflected, with a pretty simple brush applied to them both in order to highlight the issue)

1. What are these "inside out" corners, and how can I get rid of them? It is nothing to do with the brush because I've seen this happen with very simply shaped paths (i.e. a basic 1-2pt stroke on a triangle) as well.


2. I'm also curious how the exact same shape has a stroke applied in a completely different way. The above shapes are identical except for (obviously) being reflections of one another (this is the above shape deconstructed.

Some notes:

* These are two identical paths (as noted above) with a stroke applied to each simultaneously.

* To make the shape, I merged a circle with a triangle, then adjusted the points manually.

* One is a reflection of the other, so they should be completely (symmetrically) identical.

InDesign RGB to CMYK Problems

I created an InDesign document (4 pages) that has various shapes that are different colors (yellow, green, etc.). The shapes are InDesign shapes (not imported graphics). We originally created the document to be exported as a PDF and shared online. The green shape color we used (a neon green) looks fine in RGB. However, when we try to export the document to CMYK (we decided that we need to be able to print the document on a CMYK printer also) the neon green color turns into a dark, forest green color. I'm pretty new to InDesign and I'm not sure how to replicate the neon RGB green to look the same in CMYK. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

Y axis' negative direction seems confused in Illustrator. How can I fix it?

Hi !

When I pull a line from ruler up on the Y axis, Illustrator shows negative value for the line which should be reverse in fact. What I know is, top and right side must be positive for Y axis. I don't understand why it keeps doing this. Heelp!

Get rid of tiny space lines in seamless pattern? Illustrator

I have my seamless pattern finished, but, I can see tiny little lines on the grid, and I want a perfect pattern before using it.

If you zoom in, you can see tiny little breaks:

What do I need to do in order to make this compact before using?

Thanks!