What People Say
Working with Laura is simply a treat. She is intelligent and creative, has an amazing eye for detail, and is constantly keeping her skills up-to-date. She was the obvious choice when we were looking for someone to help out with our e-books!
Laura has always been ahead of the curve in design and typesetting technology. From the early '90s until now she's moved effortlessly from SGML to Quark to Creative Suite and epub — never reactively but in anticipation of her clients' needs. I've benefitted greatly over the years from Laura's skills, talents, and fantastically dry sense of humour. As both a colleague and freelancer she's been a pleasure to work with.
Laura and I worked together under intense time pressure to prepare a final commission report for printing. Her ability to keep a complicated large-group working situation under her full control while producing entirely clean pages of complex layout is exemplary. I recommend Laura without hesitation.
No other designer I've used brings the same intelligence and flair to the work as Laura Brady. She's conscientious, of course, but it's her smart approach to typesetting that really sets her apart. Typesetting is an art even in this computer age. Laura understands that art.
[Brady Typesetting] is the only designer I have worked with during the past 20 years who delivers clean jobs to the printer, consistently. Tri-Graphic ran the proofs without a hitch. Everything was good in the proofs. And the calendar will be delivered on Thursday. It looks better than any of us imagined given the rough stuff they started with.
Laura is very creative with a clear and imaginative vision for type and design. She has a great attention to detail and works quickly and accurately to meet even the tightest deadlines. Laura is always professional and successfully works to meet the needs of her clients. Laura is a pleasure to work with!
Laura is a young artist with an old soul. Typesetting may have become part of the computer age but a true artist understands the importance of typesetting history, choices, sizes and placement. You can't learn that in a weekend seminar. With a conscientious approach and an eye for detail, Laura's design work makes it feel safe to experiment while always focusing on what the reader will enjoy and find most memorable.
Legacies Inc. (www.legacies.ca)
Laura is my favourite designer to work with — bar none. She is cheerful in a business that can be very frustrating, competent in a world of self-trained charlatans, and creative in a field that often seems dominated by cut-and-paste artists. If you don't work with Laura, you are cheating yourself.