I have worked with a large number of publications in my time as a prepress technician, in various languages, formats, and programs. I have scanned and cleaned more than 200 page booklets for the southern california jewish communities; adjusted color and trapping for upscale real-estate magazines; converted pagemaker documents utilizing RGB vector artwork to spot color pdfs; as well as producing files and artwork in over 20 languages. Experience working in a multilingual environment has provided me with an acute idea of what problems can occur with fonts and character sets for each language. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Russian, Yiddish, Arabic, Malayalam, Polish as well as Spanish each have their possible problems, and solutions for working around those problems.

I have also designed newspapers and periodicals for a number of local organizations. Most frequently I design the newsletter for the National Guard Association of Illinois, called the Prairie Minuteman; Annual tour books for Mid-America Tours, Ads for Suburban Focus Magazine, the Village of Hazel Crest and Rich Township newsletters.

Many samples of these publications can be found here, as well as samples of Ads for Suburban Focus.