{"id":5692,"date":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/five-things-to-know-before-you-design-frame-decals\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","slug":"five-things-to-know-before-you-design-frame-decals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/five-things-to-know-before-you-design-frame-decals\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things to know before you design frame decals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decals make a bike yours. Five checks before you press Save in the designer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Keep it long and low.<\/strong> The down tube print area is 50 x 8 cm, the top tube 30 x 4 cm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stay inside the dotted line.<\/strong> Keep text 3 mm inside the safe area so it is not cut when the vinyl is trimmed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Use contrast.<\/strong> Light decals on dark frames, dark decals on light frames; check it in the builder first.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Upload vector artwork when you can.<\/strong> PDF or SVG stays sharp; a PNG should be 300 dpi at print size.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check the spelling twice.<\/strong> Printed decals are made for you and cannot be returned for a typing mistake.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The designer opens with Cmsmart sticker, label and badge templates you can change. More detail is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/decal-guide\/\">Decal guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long and low, inside the dotted line, high contrast, vector files and a spelling check: five rules for decals that look good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-bike-builder-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}