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Label yourself a real designer when you craft creative labels for mailing, products, and other merchandise. Look up labeling design and printing tips and guidelines. Get general design and production tips plus information on specific types of labels such as package, fabric, and wine labels.

Barcode Label Design Tips

Barcode Book has advice on how to design and print a high quality bar code label.

Label design considerations with bar codes

From EAN India, recommended color schemes and tips when using bar codes on transparent product packaging.

Label design tips

ISSI Fashions offers a few tips when designing woven (fabric) labels.

Label design

Dello & Associates describes "good label design" and shows examples of their work.

Label Tips

The Tadbik Group has a list of considerations and questions to answer when designing different types of product labels.

Label Templates

These label templates from The Paper Mill Store are in Microsoft Word format. Multiple sizes.

Stoney Creek Wine Press

Order plain or personalized wine labels. They also sell DIY labels for printing on your own printer and Made on Demand custom labels printed with solid ink printing technology.

Vinegar label

Some designs by J. Suzanne Powney of labels for boxes/jars of vinegar.

Wine Label Gallery

Sven Heyckendorf of redbikini design presents a gallery of the labels he has created.

Wine Label Software

Although you can use most any desktop publishing software for wine labels, this program is specifically for designing and printing wine and beer labels. Templates are also available.

Wine Labels

Grapestompers describes how to make your own wine labels including software suggestions and recommendations on label stock and tips on keeping the ink from inkjet printing from running if the label gets wet.

Wine Labels - Photographs

View photos of wine bottles and wine labels from many countries. Get inspiration in this wine graphics gallery at About Wine.

Wine Labels - What They Mean

Wine Guide Lisa Shea describes common elements of a wine label.
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