Comments on: Listing dimensions of your art–properly

By: Alyson Stanfield

Alyson Stanfield — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:50:10 +0000

Dawn: YES! It applies to every piece of art.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:19:03 +0000

Does the HxW listing of original artwork dimensions also apply to art prints? It seems odd to list print prices that way (i.e. 20×16 rather than 16×20, etc.), especially if all prints of a particular size are a specific price. I tend to work almost exclusively in vertical format, so the dimensions would almost always need to be listed in reverse.

By: Alyson B. Stanfield

Alyson B. Stanfield — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:21:16 +0000

PS: I don’t write these posts in Word, but in a plain text font. I have no idea how to change to inches in TypePad.

By: Alyson B. Stanfield

Alyson B. Stanfield — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:20:20 +0000

Peggi & Eli: Yes! I forgot to mention that. And I just corrected those quote marks in my book text to make sure they are inch marks. Thanks for pointing that out.

By: Eli Bishop

Eli Bishop — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:52:08 +0000

Yes, please use the “chicken scratch” straight quote for inches; it’s very common to see curly quotes instead (like in this post!). It’s less about the font and more about whether your program is set to use curly quotes or not. For instance, if you’re composing in Microsoft Word and copying & pasting posts to the blog, it’s likely you’re copying the curly quotes with them.

By: Peggi Habets

Peggi Habets — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:12:41 +0000

Hi Alyson, As a former graphic designer, I am a stickler for those pesky typography rules. One thing many people don’t realize is that using the ” sign does not always yield an inch sign. Depending on the font, you may get a quote sign. There are design programs that will change this for you, but most will require a change in font for the inch sign. (This also goes for the ‘ sign.) They should also be done in italics when that option is possible. Peggi