Brand Name Nerd — Graphic Design for Small Businesses. Design Tips & Critical Hits.
Menus, signage & print collateral
Menus and table tents. A-frames, window and wall signage. Business cards, flyers, brochures, stickers, labels, and packaging. If it holds ink, we can set it up.
Hierarchy and contrast. People scan a menu; they do not read it. We group items so the eye lands where you want it, keep type large enough for low light, and check color contrast the same way we check a website. Then we build it so a price change does not mean a redesign.
We can. We set up print-ready files (bleed, crop marks, embedded fonts, correct color mode) for your printer, or we manage production through print partners we trust. Small runs and specialty finishes like foil are options — ask.
Design timelines depend on scope; print turnaround depends on the vendor and finish. Tell us the date it needs to exist and we will work backward from there.
Print-ready PDFs sized for your vendor, plus editable source files where that makes sense, delivered in a shared folder. If we manage production, the finished pieces.
A neighborhood cafe with a strong personality needed signage that could be read from across the street and a menu that matched. We hand-lettered the A-frame, built the menu system around it, and kept everything on-brand from the sidewalk to the counter.
A one-page menu and a full packaging system are different jobs. Tell us what the piece is, the size, and whether you need production handled, and we will quote it.
Design, print-ready setup, and optional production management.
Quoted per piece
Tell us what it is, the size if you know it, and when it needs to exist. We will come back with a plan and a price.