1680 Village Green, Second Floor
Crofton, MD 21114
301-261-6770 • 410-793-0144
410-721-0606 • fax 410-721-2238
Capitol Communications, LLC. (Capitol) is an communications design and production firm that helps clients solve their information needs. We have served clients in business, industry, and government for over 40 years from our offices in Crofton, Maryland, just outside the Washington beltway.
Typography and typesetting have always been important to us. Though the advent of digital media has seen a “dumbing-down” of good type, we still hold high standards, and use an array of digital tools to have maximum control over letterforms, spacing and layout. 
Academic journals and books are our specialty. We can match type from an existing design, even from out-of-print or antique books; we routinely handle foreign languages and alphabets, even ancient written languages. Special spacing for scientific notation and formulas is no problem. We also make documents that are longer or need special attention, like directories and conference programs. These projects require long commitment times and extra care to produce, coordinated carefully with annual surveys and constantly updated databases of information. Capitol can work hand-in-hand with your staff, or process all the information in house for you.
The Graphics division of Capitol makes creative new designs for book covers, magazine articles, ads, newsletters or for web or video use. Depending on your project, we can help you design the size, paper, folds, inks, or die cuts for what printing method you will use.
Photographs receive special attention at Capitol. Each photo is examined for color balance, correcting for muddy dark shadows and overexposed highlights, as well as sensitive areas like faces and figures for natural skin tones. We are expert at retouching and photo manipulation to remove unwanted elements, or to add elements and make them look natural for missing or damaged sections.
Our own in-house illustration department creates images in a variety of styles, for editorial, technical, medical, and cartoon or educational usage. From your raw data or Powerpoint/Excel files, we can produce infographics like flowcharts, tables, or graphs to ensure your communication is the most effective it can be. We can work with you to art-direct a project, whether it's one book or a support package for a conference meeting complete with brochures, programs, worksheets, signage, stickers and e-book or web versions. Forge a recognizable identity through a coordinated logo design, typeface, and color scheme on all your materials.