Step-by-step: Building monument cabinet signs
Have you ever had a customer who wanted more than a 4-by-8-ft. plywood sign mounted to a couple posts, but didn’t have the… Read More
Have you ever had a customer who wanted more than a 4-by-8-ft. plywood sign mounted to a couple posts, but didn’t have the… Read More
It wasn’t long after Ray Sauder opened Raynbow Signs [Palmerston, Ontario, Canada] in 1993 that his younger brother Cam started helping out around… Read More
A while back, our friend Peter McCullen, see profile, sent us photos of a collaboration between him and Jeff Lang. Peter was in… Read More
Doc Guthrie: A basic approach to sign layout In his first class with each group of new students in the Sign Graphics program… Read More
James Dobson, Revolution Signs & Graphics, Lake Macdonald, Queensland, Australia Nothing quite shows the difference that a new sign can make like… Read More
Flat signs are everywhere. High-end 3D signs and channel letters are out there, too. But in between is a level of dimension that… Read More
Twenty years ago this month Danthonia Designs sold their first handcrafted signs in Australia. In those early years, SignCraft featured articles with photos… Read More
In every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More
Years ago, Chuck Donald, the Design Director for a cool magazine called Before & After, did an article on designing a “wordmark”—a logo… Read More
Jay Szczoczarz: 1971—2021 Jason Scott (Jay “Z”) Szczoczarz, 50, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, passed away following a brief illness on September 16, 2021. A… Read More
We have several of these shop-built storage units for roll goods throughout our shop, including one directly behind our digital printer. We have… Read More
Getting the old vinyl off a signboard or vehicle is only half the story. Removing the adhesive can be more of an issue…. Read More
In years past, many artists found their way into the sign business because painting signs was a practical application of their art and… Read More
That made for a catchy headline, but it really should say “Put the graphic in the letter.” Rather than using a separate image… Read More
The Showcards Book by Mike Meyer Here’s the latest book from Sam Roberts and the folks at Better Letters: A collection of full-color… Read More
Twenty-two years after he was first featured in the in the November/December 1999 issue of SignCraft, Tim Peterson is still turning out beautiful,… Read More
In every print issue, SignCraft gave a few sign makers an imaginary project. We asked them to do a sketch of the sign… Read More
Most storefronts are a blank canvas for graphics. There is seldom very much remarkable or eye-catching about the big glass windows and entry… Read More
Braun Bleamer [Jet Signs, Palmerton, Pennsylvania] learned to work with color choices for red vehicles in his early days of lettering racecars. You… Read More
Back in sign painting days the most common way to add some extra appeal to a letter was to add a shade or… Read More