11/17/2022
Adobe to drop support for Type 1 fonts
Adobe Inc. will no longer support the use of Type 1 fonts starting in January. Once the industry standard in the printing world, this file format, introduced by Adobe in 1984 and also known as “PostScript” fonts, is being phased out in favor of the newer cross-platform format called OpenType.
What does this mean for you? Possibly nothing, unless you’re a graphic designer. However, it means a lot for us at Raintree Graphics. Eventually, we’ll also need to phase out the use of Type 1 fonts and use other fonts compatible with Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite of applications, as well as our rip systems and our e-commerce platform.
This is most likely to affect you if you are a repeat Raintree Graphics customer who prints the same products with changes. Since Type 1 fonts were once the industry standard, there’s a good chance many of your past orders used at least one Type 1 font. In these cases, we’ll need to replace these fonts with compatible fonts before we can print the item. We do have a large library of fonts, but there will be cases where we will not have a direct replacement in the correct format. Please remember that fonts are software. While some fonts are free, others are not. There will be cases where we’ll need to buy a replacement and charge you for it, or you may prefer to buy the font yourself so that you have a copy of it to use on future projects. Either way, we’ll need to contact you when this situation arises.
As always, we’ll work with you to make this transition as smooth as possible. We ask for your cooperation and patience as we navigate this development, which will affect nearly everyone in the graphic design and printing industries. If you are a designer or marketing person, please be proactive and acquire legal copies of OpenType fonts you use regularly in your branding and supply them to us when submitting files for print. Otherwise, please build in a little extra time in your schedules for anything we print for you going forward.
For more detailed information direct from Adobe, click here.
6/10/2022
Raintree brands Brooks Rehab Bartram campus
Raintree Graphics recently partnered with Brooks Rehabilitation to brand spaces at their new Bartram Hospital Campus. Digitally printed wallpaper, sparkly textured wall wraps, high-performance vinyl, UV printed aluminum and brushed aluminum composites, and perforated window vinyl were utilized to create this strategically branded environment. It was a pleasure to help extend the Brooks brand into the physical space, creating an environment that connects with patients and employees alike.
3/30/2022
Community Foundation wins Addy for Annual Report
Congratulations to The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida! The Jacksonville chapter of the American Advertising Federation awarded them the Gold Addy Award for their 2020 Annual Report To The Community. They also won silver in the region, which includes all of Florida and the Caribbean.
We are proud to have printed the report and look forward to the next one!
10/7/2020
Raintree Graphics featured on News4Jax
Raintree Graphics recently hosted WJXT reporter Corley Peel as she covered our production of Florida Gator fan cutouts for the University of Florida’s football season. The life-size coroplast cutouts are taking the place of actual fans in the stands at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for the 2020 football season due to limited seating to prevent the spread of COVID 19. Fans can upload their own photos and order cutouts here.
We are excited to be a part of of this project and wish everyone a festive and safe football season.
9/10/2020
Growth for Raintree Sales Team
Raintree Graphics is pleased to welcome four new sales team members: John Brophy, Mike Kirkwood, Scott Gamble and Scott Rucarean.
John Brophy brings 37 years of print industry experience, most recently as Vice President of Large Format at a Jacksonville print and marketing firm.
Mike Kirkwood comes to Raintree from a national event production agency after spending eight years building a Jacksonville vehicle wrap business from the ground up.
Scott Gamble and Scott Rucarean bring a combined 55 years of industry experience to Raintree’s Gainesville office. Mr. Gamble taught printing at Flagler College and has sales experience encompassing fulfillment and political marketing. Mr. Rucarean owned and operated Ameriprint in Gainesville for 30 years.
Raintree Vice President and Sales Manager Kyle Walker said, “We are already experiencing great gains in sales, and are really excited about serving a larger and more diverse client base.”
7/10/2020
Raintree Graphics welcomes new COO
David Matchett has joined Raintree Graphics as Chief Operating Officer. He owned Xerographics, a digital print and publishing firm, for 15 years. Matchett later became a founding partner of an award-winning data-driven marketing firm with locations in Jacksonville and Savannah.
As Raintree’s Chief Operating Officer, David is responsible for Raintree’s operational performance with an emphasis on improving efficiencies. “David is a real asset,” said Raintree President Mike Seethaler. “He has a great ability to quickly understand a problem and to see it from a variety of angles. He’s already streamlining the way we do things around here. He couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.”
10/17/2019
Raintree Graphics is now HIPAA compliant
We are pleased to announce that we are now HIPAA compliant. This means that, as a business associate of HIPAA covered entities, we have implemented administrative, physical and technical safeguards to secure your clients’ protected health information. These safeguards include locks on all doors leading to our production areas, security cameras throughout our facility and a secure SFTP server for file transfers, and more.
We understand that protecting sensitive information is essential to your business and ours, and we strive to earn our clients’ trust. This is why we’ve taken the initiative to attain SOC 2 PCI certification and now HIPAA compliance. These are part of our ongoing quest to provide a comprehensive range of high-quality printing and marketing solutions for businesses in Northeast Florida and beyond.