Black

[Fraser_Edward_Crozier@adobeforums.com]

Stipulation of point size and some wonderful modern technology called "reverse trap" works very well on sans type faces over 24 point. This effectively allows a good rich black to be used by pulling the CMY back from the edges of the type, leaving the black to hold the edge.

You would obviously need a very good reason to do this, such as expensive high end coffee table publications, packaging or custom commercial jobs.

Fraser

[John_Slate@adobeforums.com]

There are as many valid mixtures of rich black as there are people that can come up with them.

I like 40/30/30/100

Areas that exceed about 1/4 " square would be good candidates for rich black (banner type would qualify) but if you are not sure whether or not the imagery has enough area to warrant a rich black, flip a coin.

[Richard_Sohanchyk@adobeforums.com]

I'm brain dead. Can't figure out how to upload a pdf of rich black samples to my website. Once I figure it out, I'll post the pdf.