15 Vintage Print Ads That Could Never Be Published Today

by | Mar 12, 2016

Check out these vintage print ads… My how times have changed.

What was once considered typical marketing messages for selling products — like these ads for beer, cigarettes, and appliances — would never be allowed to go to print today.

Can you image the social media disaster they would create?

Vintage Print Ad for Blatz Beer

Vintage Print Ad for Camel Cigarettes

Vintage Print Ad for Cocaine Product

Vintage Print Ad for Colt Guns

Vintage Print Ad for Dormeyer

Vintage Print Ad for Cigarette

Vintage Print Ad for Hoover Vacuum

Vintage Print Ad for Kenwood Chef

Vintage Print Ad for Lane Bryant

Vintage Print Ad for Motorola TV

Vintage Print Ad for Pep Vitamins

Vintage Print Ad for Soda Pop

Vintage Print Ad for Weight Loss

Vintage Print Ad for Tipalet Cigarettes

Vintage Print Ad for Total Cereal

Logo File Formats

EPS stands for Encapsulated Postscript. It is a vector-based file format that is infinitely scaleable. This means it can be scaled to ANY size without loss in print quality. It is also the most widely used and accepted print production format for high-resolution printing and can be imported into almost any software program. It is therefore the recommended format for logo design.

Print Formats: Color

  • (1) 4-color (also know as "full color" or CMYK) EPS
  • (1) 2-color PMS EPS (if applicable)
  • (1) 1-color PMS EPS (if applicable)
  • (1) 4-color high-resolution JPG
  • (1) 4-color high-resolution PSD
  • (1) 4-color high-resolution TIF

Print Formats: Black and White

  • (1) B/W EPS
  • (1) B/W high-resolution JPG
  • (1) B/W high-resolution PSD
  • (1) B/W high-resolution TIF

Fax Friendly Formats

  • (1) Fax Black EPS
  • (1) Fax Black JPG

Web-Safe Color Formats

  • (1) color EPS
  • (1) color JPG
  • (4) color GIF files (200, 300, 400, and 500 pixel widths)

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Logo File Formats

EPS stands for Encapsulated Postscript. It is a vector-based file format that is infinitely scaleable. This means it can be scaled to ANY size without loss in print quality. It is also the most widely used and accepted print production format for high-resolution printing and can be imported into almost any software program. It is therefore the recommended format for logo design.

Print Formats: Color
  • (1) 4-color (also know as "full color" or CMYK) EPS
  • (1) 2-color PMS EPS (if applicable)
  • (1) 1-color PMS EPS (if applicable)
  • (1) 4-color high-resolution JPG
  • (1) 4-color high-resolution PSD
  • (1) 4-color high-resolution TIF
Print Formats: Black and White
  • (1) B/W EPS
  • (1) B/W high-resolution JPG
  • (1) B/W high-resolution PSD
  • (1) B/W high-resolution TIF
Fax Friendly Formats
  • (1) Fax Black EPS
  • (1) Fax Black JPG
Web-Safe Color Formats
  • (1) color EPS
  • (1) color JPG
  • (4) color GIF files (200, 300, 400, and 500 pixel widths)

Creative Strategy Questionnaire

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