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A monument sign delivers a much different look and message than a sign panel mounted between two posts. The additional mass of its… Read More

Chester Board, a sign painter friend of mine, told me once how traveling sign painters used to stop by his shop, looking for… Read More

Sometimes a high school job can lead you to a lifelong career. For Adam Straus, a high school co-op job landed him in… Read More

Readers want to know: “Are heat transfer t-shirt graphics as durable as screen printed? What’s the best way to produce them?” This reader… Read More

One of the benefits of using cut-out letters on a sign on a building is that it transforms the building itself into a… Read More

Here’s another case of a sign designer on vacation—and snapping photos of cool signs along the way. This time, it was David Showalter… Read More

We naturally notice larger things first. They’re more obvious and more noticeable. The Mack truck beside you in traffic is more conspicuous than… Read More

I like the clean, sharp edges you get when you paint a panel before sandblasting. But sandblast stencil doesn’t adhere well to the… Read More

You don’t have to look very far these days to see the latest trend in graphic design. You’ll find very clean, very simple… Read More

Back in the late 1970s and early ’80s, you couldn’t talk about sign design in a sign shop for very long before Chester… Read More

George Seelander prepared hand drawn and tempera painted layouts long before people were even dreaming of using computers for their design work. Sketches… Read More

“Vinyl graphics don’t always adhere well to exterior acrylic latex paint. Some letters want to lift with the application tape and letters may… Read More

The cover story of the very first issue of SignCraft back in 1980 was a feature on the signs Sanibel Island, Florida, and… Read More

Looking for a quick idea for that next layout? It could be waiting for you here. We’ve got are over two dozen idea-packed… Read More

Dan Antonelli is on the mark with his logo design dos and don’ts from the recent post, “Five steps to great logos.” It… Read More

Designing cool signs—make that “effective cool signs”—has always been the draw for Phillip Newell. Now 46, he has spent the last 20-plus years… Read More

Not every sign advertises a business, announces a sale or tells folks where to park. Some are nameplates for a residence, be it… Read More

What happens when a signmaker takes a cruise? They take photos of the signs on the ship and in the ports where they… Read More

Readers want to know: “How do you identify a font that was used in a certain layout or a logo that a customer… Read More

No one has ever said that it is easy to keep your layouts simple. The temptation to add just one more thing is… Read More