Signs by Van
Age: Phil, 68 and Jeremy, 39Shop: 4000 sq. ft. Staff: Nine Graphics equipment/software: SCM 5 x 12 five-axis router Vectric Aspire and Fusion… Read More
Articles
Photos from a ”dinosaur sign shop”
Once upon a time, a sign painting shop was a very low-tech environment. Often an Electro-Pounce perforating tool was the most sophisticated piece… Read More
Delivering the message day and night
With all the advances in technology, which weren’t available years back, signage today is so much more diverse. These same advances can be… Read More
Tips & Tricks: Compress with care
Every day sign people have to deal with creating layouts for signs that have too much copy on them. Many customers have unrealistic… Read More
Signs We’ve Seen: April 2021
Check out this creative sign work by SignCraft’s readers. We’re always interested in seeing your work or photos of great-looking signs you’ve seen…. Read More
Six steps to high-impact vehicle graphics
“We all know that truck lettering delivers the most bang for a client’s advertising buck,” says Braun Bleamer, Jet Signs, Palmerton, PA. It’s… Read More
Follow-up: Ray Sauder
Age: 49 Shop name: Raynbow Signs City: Palmerston, Ontario, Canada Staff: Five plus Ray Shop size: 4800 sq. ft. Graphics equipment: Roland SolJet… Read More
April 2021: Letters
First two monument signs Dear SignCraft.com, I am the second generation in my family’s sign company. We started as a wide-format printing company… Read More
Follow-up: Jon Depreter
When Jon Depreter was first featured in SignCraft 17 years ago [May/June 2004], he had a busy one-man shop in New York’s Hudson… Read More
Step-by-step: Making a sandblasted redwood sign
Early last year, an existing client of mine contacted me about upgrading the main ID sign for their apartment complex. They wanted a… Read More
Follow-up: Chris and Debi Lovelady
Shop name: Vital Signs LLC City: Thomasville, Georgia Staff: Five plus Chris and Debi Shop size: 5500 sq. ft. Graphics equipment: HP Latex… Read More
Profile: Max Clark
Shop Name: MaxSigns City: Bend, Oregon Shop size: 400 sq. ft. Age: 69 Graphics equipment: 24-in. Graphtech / 15-in. Gerber envision plotter… Read More
Tips & Tricks: Legibility and letter size
The seven-second legibility test I fully agree with the sentiments stated by Ken Millar [see Designing signs for legibility: Letter size and Designing… Read More
“Vintage” magnetic signs for a fine old Chevy pickup
After seeing the Beyond the routine magnetic sign feature on SignCraft.com last week, Gary Thorsby [Pacific Signs, Eugene, Oregon] sent us a few… Read More
Video: Straighten images with Photoshop’s Perspective Crop tool
Ever get an angled photo from a client that you want to add your proposed drawing of their sign to? Or want to… Read More
Eight ways to create powerful vehicle graphics
A customer just emailed you to say they bought a new truck and want a new design for it—an upgrade from the rather… Read More
Letter a positive message
Throughout my career, letters and the use of color have played a major role in whatever I did commercially or for fun… Read More
Follow-up: Ray and Rose Grossi
Shop name: Midwest Signworks Size: 2400 sq. ft. Staff: Rose, Ray and Lynn Equipment: 54-in. Roland VersaCAMM Roland 300 vinyl plotter Signlab sign… Read More
Creating a landmark sign bound for the Arctic Circle
We recently received an enquiry from a new client from the far northern reaches of Canada. They were enquiring about a “landmark sign”… Read More
March 2021: Letters
Mike Meyer’s upcoming book: “Sign Painting” Dear SignCraft, Read this article and many more like it with a membership to SignCraft.Already a SignCraft.com… Read More
