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Low- to moderate-budget folds

Low- to moderate-budget folds

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Low- to moderate-budget folds

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- The specialty formats are exciting but on the day-to-day, it's nice to have some low- to moderate-budget solutions. So, here are some great ideas to consider. This format is just a Tri Fold, but when you add a little short trim on the cover, it feels special. The design is also really beautiful but, just that little short trim makes all the difference. This next one is an Open Gate format. And Open Gates are great because they're kind of sculptural. They have a really nice, little opening experience, but they also are self-standing in format. So, you can see here, they can stand on their own. So, they have a very nice appeal to them, both when they're closed and when they're open. This is called a Stepped Double Parallel, and these are a wonderful, little low-budget format. And they give you that stepped feeling, like some of the different, more expensive specialty folds that are stepped, like the Stepped Accordions and things, but, all this is, is two parallel folds. One, and then…

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