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Visio Discussions => Shapes & Templates => Topic started by: entervoice on January 29, 2018, 12:09:32 PM

Title: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 29, 2018, 12:09:32 PM
Hello

are there any postage stamp template/stencils that i can download please?
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Paul Herber on January 29, 2018, 12:14:48 PM
What aspect of postage stamps? Design? Collecting? Page layout?
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 29, 2018, 12:26:49 PM
hello Paul

thanks for replying

design and layout i'm after
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Paul Herber on January 29, 2018, 12:52:00 PM
Album pages?
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 29, 2018, 01:34:44 PM
hi Paul

not sure what you mean by album, sorry

i have attached a link of what i'm looking for, if that helps

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=postage+stamp+layout&rlz=1C1FLDB_enGB738GB738&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj71P-GpP3YAhVIIMAKHXCtAdcQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=662#imgrc=-Cz4_YdJdi7wtM:
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 30, 2018, 07:48:26 AM
can anyone help?
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Paul Herber on January 30, 2018, 09:27:41 AM
I don't really understand what you want to achieve.
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 30, 2018, 09:33:46 AM
hello Paul,

i want to design a stamp layout on a sheet so a stamp design repeated on a sheet, each block is a postage stamp layout. There are many stencils for various shapes but no postage stamp

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=imposition+layout&rlz=1C1FLDB_enGB738GB738&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijh7zCsP_YAhWLLsAKHZFaAAUQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=662#imgrc=jgYr9UQzlG90rM:
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Paul Herber on January 30, 2018, 01:35:34 PM
I'm not at all sure that Visio is a good choice of tool for a job like that.
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Hey Ken on January 30, 2018, 02:31:42 PM
Paul:

   Please pardon me if I disagree...  ;- )

   Ken
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 30, 2018, 02:34:34 PM
wonderful- thank you
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Paul Herber on January 30, 2018, 02:39:09 PM
Hahahahah  8)
Wonderful.
Now, is that the p13 or p14 variety or the inverted watermark?
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Hey Ken on January 30, 2018, 03:50:27 PM
Paul:

   Not sure what you mean by P13, watermarks, etc.  I just drew one small circle, copy/pasted it several times to form a line of circles, used the line to form a square, then snipped your picture from the forum and added the text on top of it.  Once I had one, I copy/pasted it 19 times, put a box behind it all, and voila!  Took about 5 minutes.  Let me apologize in advance for any undesirable behavior I may have forgotten to remove.

   As an aside, I have to say I love Visio.  I do stuff like this all the time, sometimes just for the fun of it—like this time.  And I've gotten so much out of this forum, I'm happy to give back.

   - Ken
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: wapperdude on January 30, 2018, 04:09:32 PM
VISIO STAMPS!!!

What's next, collector series...the MAPs!?!.

Oh, currency,  To be followed by Visio, the board game.  The game gets updated with each subsequent Visio release.  I believe the forum may be onto some sort of marketing franchise.

Oh, the game is afoot!

Wapperdude
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 31, 2018, 08:33:57 AM
Quote from: Hey Ken on January 30, 2018, 03:50:27 PM
Paul:

   Not sure what you mean by P13, watermarks, etc.  I just drew one small circle, copy/pasted it several times to form a line of circles, used the line to form a square, then snipped your picture from the forum and added the text on top of it.  Once I had one, I copy/pasted it 19 times, put a box behind it all, and voila!  Took about 5 minutes.  Let me apologize in advance for any undesirable behavior I may have forgotten to remove.

   As an aside, I have to say I love Visio.  I do stuff like this all the time, sometimes just for the fun of it—like this time.  And I've gotten so much out of this forum, I'm happy to give back.

   - Ken


hello Ken,

can you create a single postage stamp template?
Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on January 31, 2018, 11:28:10 AM



This is the layout i have produced using visio but i'd like the template of the stamps to appear more authentic (see below)
https://ibb.co/iyoe66


Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: Hey Ken on January 31, 2018, 07:52:56 PM
Quote from: entervoice on January 31, 2018, 08:33:57 AM

can you create a single postage stamp template?


Entervoice:

   I'll have to pass on that.  It'd take some fiddling to get those measurements to be exact (assuming you did mean precisely 219.50mm), and the smaller lengths on your linked picture are a bit too blurry to read.

   Let me suggest you take the template I already built and modify it to suit your needs.  It ain't complicated, just time consuming (which is another reason prompting me to pass).  Might be easier if you built it around whatever picture you have, much as I did with Paul's picture (method described above). 

   Good luck!

   - Ken

Title: Re: Postage Stamps
Post by: entervoice on February 01, 2018, 11:48:26 AM
thanks Ken

take care