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Tips & Tricks

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Signs We’ve Seen

We’d like to see your work! …or photos of signs you’ve seen. Email them today to signcraft@signcraft.com or mail to SignCraft, PO Box… Read More

Shop Trucks

Send us a photo of your shop truck today at signcraft@signcraft.com or to SignCraft, P.O. Box 60031, Fort Myers, FL 33906. Read this… Read More

Special effects can add a lot to the lettering

Sign makers have long been using special effects to make letters on flat signs more intriguing. Years ago it was common to add… Read More

Download this form today to make design work easier

Click here to download a version of theform that you can start using today. A key part of being a successful designer is… Read More

Upcoming Events

April 20-23, 2016: ISA Sign Expo, Orlando, Florida, International Sign Association, www.signexpo.com/signcraft April 20-23, 2016: Roland ImagiNATION Inkjet User Conference, Orlando, Florida, co-located… Read More

Letters

A facelift for a rehab device Dear SignCraft, My dad and I had a sign shop back in the ’90s and I looked… Read More

The Letterheads celebrate 40 years

It’s hard to imagine a more ideal setting for the 40th year International Letterheads meeting than the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio…. Read More

6 steps to adding a laser

Source list: Laser engraving/cutting equipment Acsys Laser: www.acsyslaser.com Epilog Laser: www.epiloglaser.com Gravograph: www.gravograph.com Trotec Laser: www.troteclaser.com Universal Laser Systems: www.ulsinc.com Vision Engravers: www.visionengravers.com… Read More

Profile: Justin Hare

Shop name: Premier Signs & Design Shop size: 2750 sq. ft. Staff: Five Age: 34 Graphics equipment: 54- and 64-in. Mutoh ValuJet printers… Read More

Profile: Jeff Miller

Shop name: Red Dwarf Graphx Shop size: 700 sq. ft. Age: 54 Graphics equipment: Epson SureColor S30670 printer Seal laminator Graphtec cutter Online:… Read More

Arkansas’s custom state park signs

Dave Thompson is originally from Michigan. In 1978, his in-laws moved to Arkansas, so he and his wife paid them a visit. His… Read More

Stripes & Graphics: Beth Kearney

It wasn’t long after Beth Kearney started pinstriping motorcycles and hot rods that people started looking for her. When people asked vehicle owners… Read More

Design & Price: Semi graphics

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

What would you get for this semi door lettering?

In our most recent Trade Secrets e-letter, we asked readers what they would charge for this typical project: lettering the doors of the… Read More

10 Great-Looking Shop Trucks

It only makes sense that a sign shop should have an effective sign and effective graphics on the shop vehicles. Yet, so often,… Read More

About Gemini

Gemini, a family-owned company, is an industry leader with over 50 years of sign product manufacturing experience, including dimensional letters, logos, plaques, and… Read More

Make laying gold leaf easier!

Make laying gold leaf easier! Read more here…

A quick formula for killer layouts

Ever wonder why some signs have so much more impact than most of the others? It’s because the designer used the basic design… Read More

Profile: Tom Marsh

Shop name: Brushstrokes Signs & Awnings Shop size: 2,000 sq. ft. Staff: Four Age: 55 Graphics equipment: Roland VersaCAMM SP-540V printer Royal Sovereign… Read More