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We are a week away from the start of FIFA World Cup 2026, and you can feel the energy in the air. Tourists and locals alike, gearing up to support their favourite teams and showcase their national pride.

Whether the merch available is too basic for your tastes, or you’re just hoping to create a funnier version, here are 5 ways you can use custom prints to become the best FIFA fan this summer:

1. Custom Posters and Banners

Going to the games or the FIFA Fan Fest? Thinking of creating your own poster to showcase your support and bring a quirky kick to the event? Forget drawing the perfect bubble letters and print your slogan on the material of your choice and be a loud supporter of your football team!

2. Custom T-Shirts and Caps

Looking for something more interesting and creative than a simple logo on a jersey? Hoping to let everyone know who you cheer for when walking down the street on a nice Toronto summer day? Print your own custom clothing to show support for your favorite football team.

3. Custom Stickers

Whether it’s a bumper sticker, or you’re a small business owner hoping to give out some freebies to your patrons, stickers are an affordable way to support your FIFA team this season!

4. Custom Flags

Create and print custom FIFA World Cup flags to show your team pride with custom messaging and symbols. Any size, any design, you can support your football team in your special way and stand out this World Cup season!

5. Custom Decals

Boost your store visibility and marketing during this World Cup season with custom large decals for your windows. Encourage locals and tourists to try your special FIFA deals by printing custom themed decals.

Consistent excellence builds a reputation, but when it comes to starting a new business, or meeting new prospective clients and partners, your first impression is the building block to success.

If you’re a small business farmer advertising at a farmer’s market, or if you are competing in a sea of beauty salons for clients, the first impression could create an opportunity you might have missed out on otherwise.

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Consider Matt Johnson, a Real Estate Agent working in a highly competitive city like Toronto whose public image and branding can make or break his sales numbers. He meets prospective clients, and in one scenario, hands them a simple business card, like any other. He may be the most charming, competent realtor these clients meet that day, but once they’ve walked away from the meeting, and have met plenty of realtors on their search, the card is all they have to remember him by.

A simple card might represent him as a newbie, as someone who may not invest in their own public image, and can be a deterrent when compared to less competent realtors with top notch branding.

Now consider he hands them a luxury business card, with a thick feel, high quality print that portrays him and his information in a legible way, and maybe has a few extra bells and whistles that show he’s a man who knows it’s worth investing in yourself.

The impression left on the latter customers is miles away from the former. In the mountain of agents’ card left at the end of the day, what might seem a small upgrade to the realtor, could make all the difference to customers.

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Whether you’re just starting out or if you’re an established small business, it’s likely you are trying your best to keep costs down and increase your profit margins. It’s important to be frugal when you’re a new business, and print is one of the areas where many small businesses choose to cut corners.

Investing a little more in your print can help you get a head start at the beginning of your business. There are many mid-tier print options that show you care about your branding and want to invest in it, but still don’t break the bank. Our staff at Persis Print are always available to help you decide what would work best with your budget and goals in mind!

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Investing a little extra into your print marketing can help give you a boost in front of customers and clients. Elevate your first impression by ordering marketing materials and business cards that stand out. Our team can always help in finding a solution that fits your budget and your marketing goals.

On a daily basis, cardstock is reserved for kids’ late-night dollar store trips for their research projects, and paper is an all-encompassing term for papers of all thickness. In print, because the thickness, brightness, and feel of the paper type is important to the customer and to the print process, we refer to thicker papers as cardstock.

To avoid miscommunication when inquiring about your project or getting a quote, if you’re looking for thick paper, ask for cardstock, and the Persis Print team will know what you’re looking for. Here we will look at three different types of cardstock commonly used for ceremonies and weddings, and we can decide together which cardstock is best for wedding menus.

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Most cardstocks have a coating. This is what makes them glossy or matte, and gives them different finishes. Uncoated cardstock is similar to matte cardstock in its feel, but has a more natural feel and texture that sets it aside and makes it different to regular finished. It is specially beautiful with white background prints, common with menus and wedding items, due to it’s absorbency of ink.

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Pearl cardstock is a special cardstock finish that has a pearl-like glow and shine. Because of its finish, it usually comes in an off-white colour, and is most often used for ceremonial and special occasions like greeting cards, invitation cards, and menus. With Pearl cardstock, the cardstock is the showstopper, not the print or design itself.

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Linen cardstock is another special cardstock finish that has a woven texture and feel. If looked at closely, it has a woven tartan-like texture, and is similar to watercolour paper texture. Linen cardstock is often used for certificates and menus. Due to its texture, it’s more fit for simple text prints and stands out with solid backgrounds.

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Both pearl cardstock and linen cardstock are best with simpler designs. Due to their texture, the quality on full-colour photos is not as vibrant as uncoated cardstocks. For wedding menus, all 3 types of cardstocks have beautiful and sharp print quality using our machines at Persis Print.

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The cardstock you choose depends on the vibe and aesthetic of your wedding day. Pearl has an off-white colour and shiny finish, which can be a deciding factor. If you’re looking for luxury options, both Pearl and Linen are worthy contenders. Uncoated cardstock is perfect for clean or minimal aesthetics, and tends to be more money-wise.

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Uncoated cardstock, Pearl cardstock, and Linen cardstock are all great options for wedding menus. They do, however, have different styles that match different wedding themes. The texture differences and levels of brightness can be a deciding factor for brides and grooms. When asking for sample prints or examples of past work, the Persis Print team can help you find the best paper for your vision.

When creating designs for your business, it’s easy to focus on the aesthetic side of things, and trust that the software you use (e.g. Canva, Adobe Photoshop) would know how to best tweak the technical details so you get the best result. However, if you want your graphic design to look the best when printed, you have to learn about colour modes.

In graphic design, colour modes are different systems and settings of colour that help your printed design match what you created on the screen. The quality, colours, and brightness of what is on your screen is different to what a printer can produce, and what the eye can see on a physical object.

Two most common colour modes are RGB and CMYK. Knowing what these are and making sure that the design software you use is using the correct colour mode helps your brand create cohesive and similar results every time.

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RGB colour mode is created of 3 basic colours of Red, Green, and Blue. This colour system is optimized to look its best on your monitor, laptop, and phone screen.

Most design softwares set their default colour mode to RGB on the assumption that most of their users are creating graphics fit for social media, websites, and emails. They are best saved as JPG/JPEG, PNG, and GIF formats, all set for digital use.

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CMYK colour mode is created of 4 basic colours of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. These are the basic colours almost all printers use to print anything. For this reason, CMYK is optimized to match printed colours most closely.

By designing your graphics in CMYK, and making sure the settings on your software are set to CMYK, you ensure that what you see on screen matches the printed material the most. They are best saved as PDF, TIFF, PSD, and AI files because those formats save CMYK colour info.

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While printers can print RGB graphics and files, the printed result might look drastically different to the design you created. Printers do not have the facilities to create the brightness and saturation of screens, and RGB colours can never be perfectly translated to CMYK tones. Printers try to create your RGB design to the best of their abilities using Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black inks. By allowing the Persis Design team to design your artwork, you can make sure the design is print-ready and optimized for printing machines.

This means that if you have printed your design, and the colours seem faded, destaurated, or darker than you had on your screen, the problem is not in the design or the printer, but the settings on which your design software was on while you were designing.

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Save time and effort by allowing Persis Print’s in-house graphic designers design your work; this way, you can be sure that the colours will be accurate and close to your vision. Making sure you have the correct colour mode settings on your designing software makes sure that what you design matches the final printed work as closely as possible. By learning which colours in CMYK match your RGB colours the closest, you can ensure your final prints are as vibrant as your brand guidelines. Lastly, by saving in the correct format that can encode CMYK info, you can guarantee the final printed work will look its best.