When you're searching for that perfect sentiment, it's obviously important to be able to see what each stamp looks like. One of the key parts of Sentiments+ is the images we use to show you a sentiment.
- Because Sentiments+ is designed to be viewed on a variety of devices, there is no reliable way for us to show you images at "actual size."
- When creating Sentiments+ we tried to balance readability with allowing users to get a rough idea of how big a stamp is.
- Our system is not designed to show stamp images at actual sizes consistently. While it's possible that you may actually being seeing at least some images at or near actual size, you should never assume this.
Smaller preview image
The image inside the boxes you see on what we call "stamp preview cards" while browsing sentiments is optimized for legibility at this smaller size.
- Stamps designed to fit on smaller blocks are shown relative to stamps of similar sizes. In other words, our system does not force smaller stamp images to be a certain size.
- A good rule of thumb is that stamps meant to be used on Blocks B, C and D will be shown relative to other stamps that fit on these blocks.
- Stamps meant for Blocks D, E, F and H will not be shown relative to stamps of other sizes, however. To see these images relative to other stamp sizes, click on the small image to see a larger one and check out the "larger preview image" section below.
- The idea here is that, since most stamps, especially sentiments, tend to be on the smaller size, we were best off optimizing our site for these in cases where we need to show multiple images on a single page, such as stamp preview cards.
Larger preview image
When you click on the image inside one of a stamp preview card, you'll get a larger view of the stamp. This view is handled differently. To help explain things, take a look at this image:
- Again, it's important to understand all the images on this page appear at different sizes depending on the device and browser window size you're using. You cannot assume it is being shown actual size.
- In this view (but not on stamp preview cards), all stamps are shown relative to the size of other stamps.
- In the example image above, notice the two boxes. This represents how Block F (the largest one) would fit inside of the image if it could magically change size to fit proportionally in any space. For clarity, these boxes are not deisgned to represent the actual size of a Block F. One box represents the portrait view and the other is the landscape orientation.
- Again, just for clarity, these images are not designed to be actual size. Instead, we try to give you a general sense of the size of a stamp compared to the largest ones Stampin' Up! makes.
- In other words, you can't hold a real block over an image on your screen and expect them to be the same size. That's exactly how our stamp images work, so it's a good example.
- Now look at the gray box in the middle. This represents the approximate space that Block B, the smallest currently sold, would occupy if it too could shrink to fit the space. Notice how it is significantly smaller than the boxes representing Block F.
In this example, you'll see how the text, which represents a (very large) sentiment stamp image, fills a significant amount of space. Compare that to this next image:
Notice how the example stamp image (the text) is centered in the middle of the image with white space around it. This is done on purpose and is meant to be a visual cue that the stamp image is on the smaller side, especially when compared to Block F stamps.
Here are a few more tips with the larger preview images:
- Because of the extra white space, it can be harder to read smaller stamp images. You can click the zoom icon, however, to zoom in and get a better look.
- The images on Stampin' Up's website behave in a similar fashion to ours. They resize when necessary on smaller screens but appear larger when there is more space.
- Remember, this information only applies to the larger image that appears after clicking the preview image on a stamp preview card.