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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

One way to create a unified design is to let the elements bump or overlap each other. Sometimes it is simply the tail… Read More

Readers want to know: “What paint works best for Christmas window splashes?” Window splashes are great advertising, and Christmas windows are a terrific… Read More

Many readers were knocked out by Rob Cooper’s work in “Rob Cooper: Sketches and lettering” that we posted a couple of weeks ago… Read More

Wouldn’t it be cool if an element in a wrap layout could be illuminated at night? It can. Dan Antonelli [Kickcharge Creative, Washington,… Read More

Transparencies can be an easy way to sneak a logo or graphic into a sign without adding too much clutter—fish or coral for… Read More

Back in 2011, I did a sign that was a pretty neat application for a longtime client—a hand-carved, hand painted salmon mounted to… Read More

When Rob Cooper left Miami for his native New Zealand (and ultimately to Thailand) around 2000, he had to travel light. One of… Read More