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A menu design glossary: 60 terms from bleed to x-height
Sixty menu design and prepress terms restaurant owners actually meet: paper, type, colour, folds and the words a file must get right before it goes to print. · 5 min read
Menu design for restaurant groups: one system, many venues
How a restaurant group builds a menu design system that works across venues: shared grid and typography, local dishes and prices, versioning and a print workflow that scales. · 5 min read
Opening a restaurant: the menu design timeline, week by week
A week-by-week timeline for designing and printing the menu before a restaurant opening: when to freeze dishes, when to proof, when to print and what to leave for later. · 5 min read
What a menu design costs: agency, freelancer, template or AI compared
Real price ranges in € for getting a restaurant menu designed: agency, freelance designer, DIY template and AI tools, with the hidden costs and when each option makes sense. · 5 min read
Chef, owner, front of house: collaborating on a menu design without chaos
A practical way for the chef, the owner and the floor team to collaborate on a menu design: who decides what, in which order, and how to stop the endless round of changes. · 5 min read
PDF, PNG, GLB, JSON: what each menu export file is for
A print bundle is more than a PDF. What the 300 dpi print file, the PNG faces, the 3D model and the editable source each do, and which one to send where. · 5 min read
Templates vs custom design: a third way for restaurant menus
Why a downloaded menu template looks generic, a full custom job costs more than most rooms can repay, and how a brief-led system sits between the two. · 5 min read
Versioning menu designs: lunch, dinner, seasons, languages
Keep lunch, dinner, seasonal and language menus as one family: what to lock, what to vary, and how to name files so last week's card never goes to press. · 6 min read
Menu design brief examples for ten kinds of restaurant
Ten ready-to-adapt mood sentences for briefing a menu designer or an AI tool, from neighbourhood bistro to sushi counter, with the density and refusal each room needs. · 6 min read
Why previewing a restaurant menu in 3D beats a flat PDF
A flat PDF hides fold, thickness and how a menu sits on the table. Why a 3D preview catches errors before you print, and what to look for when you turn the model. · 7 min read
AI-generated ornaments, icons and logos for restaurant menus
When AI ornaments, icons and logos help a restaurant menu and when they wreck it: what to generate, what to refuse, and how to keep assets print-ready at 300 dpi. · 4 min read