Doug Downey

Doug Downey has been in the sign business since 1979. He provides sign and logo design services to sign companies in the US and Canada. His company, <a href="https://theimagefactory.ca/" />The Image Factory</a> is in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

What’s it cost to produce two 2-by-20-ft. digitally printed banners?

One of the things that digital printing makes easier is banners. Recently I noticed in a SignCraft Design & Price feature on a… Read More

Classy, formal, decorative — script fonts have a look all their own

Ah, script fonts—the fancy, curly-haired cousin of the font world. These fonts are like the divas of the design world, demanding attention and… Read More

Font Favorites: Doug Downey on serif fonts

Oh, serif fonts…the sophisticated, elegant, and timeless beauties of the typography world. They’re the Audrey Hepburns of fonts—the fonts that never go out… Read More

Font Favorites: Doug Downey on sans serif fonts

Ah, sans-serif fonts! The no-frills, straight-to-the-point, “I ain’t got time for serifs” of the font world. These fonts are like the James Bond… Read More