Packaging files are technical documents that happen to be beautiful. Here is a practical, repeatable setup for overprint or knockout, fonts, links, barcodes, and a clean 3-page PDF hand-off.

Your proof looks perfect by the window but dull in the aisle? Here’s why lighting and substrates shift color—and a practical routine to lock your builds so they hold up under retail LEDs.

Colors look dull on clear film? Metallic board making everything shiny? This post shows a practical white ink underprint setup—built cleanly, proofed fast.

Barcodes that scan, nutrition you can read, and boxes that pass checks—without wrecking your layout. A practical guide to compliant packaging across labels, pouches, and folding cartons.