The marks a package
has to carry
Handling symbols, recycling marks and consumer marks, drawn as geometry rather than traced from a picture — so they scale, and so the line stays the weight you set when the mark goes on a carton at 15 mm. 完全免费。 真的免费。
- Drawn, not traced.
- Every mark is built from its geometry, so it is sharp at any size and there is no bitmap edge anywhere in the file.
- The weight is yours, and it is held.
- A mark scaled from a picture takes its line down with it. Here the line is a number in millimeters and it stays that whether the mark prints at 15 mm or 100.
- Numbers set in a real font.
- A stacking limit, a resin code, a period after opening — the figure inside the mark is set in a real font, not a seven-segment fake.
- Marks nobody may redraw.
- EAC, UKCA, the Green Dot, Triman, RESY, FSC. They are listed as slots that take the artwork the scheme issued you, because approximately-right is what gets a consignment stopped.
- Arranged as a panel.
- Set how many stand across, the gap between them, and whether each is boxed. What comes out is one piece of artwork to place.
- True size on screen.
- ISO 780 states a minimum size for a handling mark. The preview is in millimeters, so you can hold a ruler to it.
What is in it
What it does
A package carries four or five marks, and the question is which four and how big.
The ISO 780 symbols
- This way up, fragile, keep dry, keep away from heat
- Do not stack, and stacking limit by number
- Center of gravity, do not roll, no hand hooks
- Clamp here, do not clamp, sling here, temperature limits
The loop and the codes
- The Mobius loop, drawn as three identical chasing arrows
- Resin identification codes 1 to 7, with the abbreviation shown
- The board mark, for corrugated
- The crossed-out wheeled bin, with the bar under it
Consumer marks
- Period after opening, with the months set in it
- The glass and fork, for food contact
- Set the figure and it is drawn in a real font
- Add a caption under any mark
The marks somebody owns
- EAC, UKCA, the Green Dot, Triman, RESY, FSC
- Paste the SVG you were issued and it is placed in the same grid
- A whole document or a single path — both are read
- Until you do, the slot shows as an empty box rather than closing up
In the panel
What you can set
Tab by tab.
Marks
- Add any mark, in any order
- Move one up or down the panel
- Set the figure a mark carries
- Paste your own artwork for the ones held by a scheme
Size
- The height of a mark in millimeters
- The weight of the line
- The gap between marks, and how many across
- The size of the whole panel, shown as you go
Look
- One ink for the lot
- Captions under the marks, at a size of your own
- A box around each mark, or around the panel
- Padding inside the frame
Export
- SVG
- PDF at true size
- Nothing uploaded
- A file named for what is in it
How it works
How it works
Pick the marks
From the handling, recycling, consumer and conformity groups.
Set the figures
A stacking limit, a resin code, the months after opening.
Size it
The height of a mark and the weight of its line, in millimeters.
Take the file
SVG or PDF, vector, at the size it prints.
Who it is for
What it is used for
Shipping cases
This way up, fragile and the stacking limit, at the size the standard asks for.
Retail cartons
A small panel of recycling and consumer marks, in the same ink as the rest of the box.
Cosmetics
Period after opening, with the months set in the jar.
Food packaging
The glass and fork, and the resin code for the tray.
Export paperwork
A slot for the conformity mark your scheme issued you, placed in the same grid as the rest.
Artwork templates
One panel to drop into every layout, so the marks are the same size on all of them.
Prepress
Vector at true size, with the line weight already set for the process.
Questions