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Vintage Logo and Badge Designs
Vintage logo design and retro logo design: badges, crests, vintage label design, bakery and workshop marks, retro badge design and vintage label png. Logo design vintage retro built the way the originals were — one weight, one ink, legible at an inch wide. Retro label design and vintage badge design references, with the files and the type behind each one.
Everything a print file needs, in one place.
See the toolkitPalette packs
Period-accurate three-colour palettes, ready to drop into a file.
Grain library
Editable grain layers that survive a press instead of vanishing.
Print tests
Full-size test sheets for tees, tote bags and journal pages.
Licence guide
What each bundle actually allows you to sell, in plain words.
Editable type kit
Layered lettering you can still edit, never flattened into the file.
Vintage Logo and Badge Designs FAQs
Are retro PNGs safe to print on dark fabric?
Only if the file keeps a real alpha channel. Flattened files carry a white halo that shows up the moment the shirt is not white.
What resolution do I need for a tee?
300 dpi at the printed size. For an A3 front print that means roughly 3500 px on the long edge, not a scaled-up 1000 px file.
Can I sell products made with these files?
Most bundles allow it up to a print run limit. The limit lives in the licence, not the product page, so read it before the first order.
Why does my grain disappear in print?
Grain built from very light greys falls below the press threshold. Push the darkest grain step to about 20% and it survives.
Do vintage frames work at poster size?
They do when the line weight was drawn thick. Anything under a hairline at A3 breaks apart on paper.
Which file format should I keep?
Keep the layered source and export a flat PNG per project. The source is what lets you fix a colour after the first test print.
Browse by type
Everything on this blog is sorted by the job it does: choosing files, preparing them for a press, and selling what comes off it. Pick the group that matches what you are doing today — the tags below it lead straight to the guides, tests and print notes for that part of the work.
T-shirtsScrapbook & journalsPosters & printsPackaging & labelsLogos & badgesWall decorTote bagsHats & caps