Adobe Illustrator - question: (clothing design project) how thick are the lines?

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question: (clothing design project) how thick are the lines?

nono umasy

2007-07-18, 6:15 pm

Hello all,

I have a clothing design project I am doing for a client in LA. One of
the constraints of the projects is that the lines on my designs, e.g.
an illustration cannot be less than a 1/4 of an inch. The thing is
since Illustrator sizes are relative, I was wondering how I can make
sure the lines are thick enough so that when they process the garment
it will hold up.
the illustrations are to be 24 inches by 24 inches.

Possible solution?
I was thinking of taking it in photoshop and resizing to 24 x 24 and
checking to make sure the thinnest line is atleast 8 pixels wide( 1/4
of inch). is this a solution? is there a better or easier one?

thanks in advance.
n

inez

2007-07-18, 6:15 pm

On 7/18/07 2:38 PM, nono umasy commented:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a clothing design project I am doing for a client in LA. One of
> the constraints of the projects is that the lines on my designs, e.g.
> an illustration cannot be less than a 1/4 of an inch. The thing is
> since Illustrator sizes are relative, I was wondering how I can make
> sure the lines are thick enough so that when they process the garment
> it will hold up.
> the illustrations are to be 24 inches by 24 inches.
>
> Possible solution?
> I was thinking of taking it in photoshop and resizing to 24 x 24 and
> checking to make sure the thinnest line is atleast 8 pixels wide( 1/4
> of inch). is this a solution? is there a better or easier one?
>
> thanks in advance.
> n
>

Is the 24in X 24in the final full size or is it 50% or what? It's just a
math problem.

NO PIXELS. 18 points equals .25 inch. I can't imagine where you got 8px.
That would be 32ppi. Regardless, think in vector, not raster.

steggy

2007-07-18, 10:14 pm

inez wrote:
> On 7/18/07 2:38 PM, nono umasy commented:
>
>
> Is the 24in X 24in the final full size or is it 50% or what? It's just a
> math problem.
>
> NO PIXELS. 18 points equals .25 inch. I can't imagine where you got 8px.
> That would be 32ppi. Regardless, think in vector, not raster.
>

Your last post did come in Nono, as you can see you were
even answered. Hi Inez!

What do you mean when you say: "Illustrator sizes are relative"?

If you use stroke for the lines they are totally under
command. But even a path would not be a problem, so I have
this feeling I do not understand your problem;)

inez

2007-07-18, 10:14 pm

On 7/18/07 5:15 PM, steggy commented:

> inez wrote:
>
>
> Your last post did come in Nono, as you can see you were
> even answered. Hi Inez!

Hiya, Steg!

> What do you mean when you say: "Illustrator sizes are relative"?

I think the OP was referring to scalability.