More signs of Livingston, Montana
Livingston, Montana, is one of those towns with more than its share of cool signs of all vintages—fading ghost signs on old brick… Read More
Articles
Cover photo: Fort Bragg Cyclery – Rick and Megan Sacks
A little “shock value” goes a long way to boosting a sign’s effectiveness. There’s something that catches the viewer off guard. “What’s… Read More
Wrap with readability in mind
Not long ago just having a wrap on your vehicle turned heads. Today it’s hard to go more than a block or two… Read More
Cover photo: Miss Kokomo – Randy Howe
There’s more to creating an interesting, effective sign layout than grabbing a cool typeface and typing the text into the layout. The spacing,… Read More
Pierre Tardif: Hand lettering trucks across Quebec
Pierre started painting signs and banners in the late 1980s. By the time he was first featured in SignCraft magazine 25 years ago,… Read More
Cover photo: Ace Towing – Brian Schofield
What’s more amazing than to see your company name as a gleaming chrome or gold emblem that appears to be mounted on your… Read More
Q&A: “Why didn’t this vinyl stick?”
Shortly after a reader applied a cut vinyl logo on a customer’s office wall, the graphics began to peel off. The sign maker… Read More
Putting it together: a welcome sign for Blumenort – RT Signs
Even though you can’t see it in the photo of the completed sign, every sign has a backstory—the issues the sign designer has… Read More
Cover photo: Star Solutions – Braun Bleamer
Signs face a lot of visual competition out in the real world. Other signs, billboards and traffic are all drawing readers’ eyes away… Read More
Signs of Livingston, Montana
If there are two things Livingston, Montana, is known for, besides the fly fishing and wind, it is the picturesque downtown and artistic… Read More
Cover photo: The Red Barn – Sean Beauchamp
Custom sign shops are unusual, creative places that design and fabricate a custom product—designed for one specific use for one specific customer. And… Read More
The small but mighty A-frame sign
Years ago, while at an auto repair shop, I asked the mechanic/owner if the county allowed the “Oil Change Special” A-frame out by… Read More
Cover photo: Phatt Pho – Roger Cox
Sometimes it’s time for a change. That’s what Roger Cox decided after 30+ years of making signs in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. He sold… Read More
11 script typefaces for under 25 bucks
Script adds a personal look to a layout and brings energy that stiffer typefaces can’t match. It works well for primary copy as… Read More
Cover photo: VanHeugten Contractors – Randy Howe
The typefaces you choose for a sign project have a huge impact on the effectiveness of the sign. The font must be highly… Read More
Raised letters deserve raised borders
It always bothers me to see raised letters on a flat panel with no border or a painted border. They look incomplete, and… Read More
Cover photo: Glenn Sheckler Electrical – Braun Bleamer
It’s a fact: The right graphics can turn a vehicle into a rolling billboard for about the cost of a candy bar each… Read More
Shop Trucks revisited: 2005 to 2007
Like most small businesses, a sign business’s vehicles are one of the best advertising opportunities going. Besides attracting customers, it showcases your design… Read More
Cover Photo – Prairie Sky Apartments – RT Signs
3D signs pack a lot of appeal, and it’s easy to add them to the type of signs you offer. It opens the… Read More
Making a carved sign with PVC board
I recently made two signs out of a material called Plaswood, a very hard, rigid PVC board that is weather and termite resistant… Read More
