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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

  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

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

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

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

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

  Throughout my career, letters and the use of color have played a major role in whatever I did commercially or for fun… Read More

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

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

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

Shop name: Historic Sign Restorations City: Rochester, New York Age: 60 Staff: Ian plus Scott Knox Shop size: 800 sq. ft. Online: www.historicsignrestoration.com… Read More

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

The 4×8 sign is a very common format for most sign shops. Many sign code restrictions limit certain signs to 32 sq. ft…. Read More

We gave three top sign designers the following scenario and asked them to do a drawing of the graphics they might have produced… Read More

When Ian Macdonald was thinking about getting back in the sign business after being out of it for a while, he noticed how… Read More

We recently routed a few hundred acrylic COVID barriers and planned to bend feet on them after routing for added stability. To do… Read More

A cutout shape adds a lot of interest to lettering or a sign—especially a simple flat panel. Here’s an easy way to take… Read More

Shop name: Central Coast Sign and Design City: Salinas, California Staff: 6 Age: 45 Shop size: 3300 sq. ft. Graphics equipment: Vision 4×8… Read More

Take a look at these great-looking shop vehicles. It’s never been easier to send us photos of yours, too! Click here or email… Read More

An interesting panel shape can really help set a sign apart from the crowd. It’s often used on cool 3D signs, but it… Read More