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I have a white logo and want to export it to PDF. Unless I create a non printable dark background this will not be visible on the white background.
I have come across some files like this, where the white object had like a keyline preview to make it visible on screen. Is there a quick option to choose this view mode when exporting or do I have to create a non printable stroke?
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If you produce this PDF with a non-printing dark background or stroke, what is the purpose of the PDF of the white logo?
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I'd guess that the OP wants the white artwork saved as a PDF that he can place elsewhere against a dark background of their choice.
Are you concerned about seeing it in InDesign or in Acrobat? And did the logo originate in Illustrator?
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It seems a bizarre way of working!
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I've worked with files that like... they are white, and intended to be placed on a dark background. That said, only directly out of Illustrator where they can be seen, and edited, in Outline view. I've never seen a transparent logo designed in InDesign. Or any logo, really, designed in InDesign.
If it's being designed in InDesign, one can redefine the default white paper to a dark color, and it won't impact the printing or the PDF.
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Some files are very basic and created in inDesign, and as you pointed out Barb, they need to be placed by the client on a dark background, like a T-shirt for example. Unfortunately not all my clients have Illustrator.
I used to create a separate layer as a dark background, which after exporting to PDF I set to a non printing layer.
I was hoping for something like an outline view in a PDF, but it looks like I just have to do it the hard way.
Thanks for your thoughts though.
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Why not supply it as a PNG with transparency?
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Portable network graphics are suitable for web and dare I say for general office use, but I would never replace a vector based PDF with a PNG, especially if clients intend to up-scale the image.
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Unfortunately not all my clients have Illustrator.
If you have Illustrator, if you know it, and if you are the one creating the logos (that's a lot of "ifs!", you could create a PDF right out of Illustrator. The clients wouldn't ned to know how to use it, or even have it.