Signs We’ve Seen: April 2021
April 11th, 2021 by signcraftCheck 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
Follow-up: Ray Sauder
April 5th, 2021 by signcraftAge: 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
April 5th, 2021 by signcraftFirst 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
March 28th, 2021 by signcraftWhen 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
March 26th, 2021 by Dennis StanworthEarly 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
March 22nd, 2021 by signcraftShop name: Vital Signs LLC City: Thomasville, Georgia Staff: Five plus Chris and Debi Shop size: 5500 sq. ft. Graphics equipment: HP Latex… Read More
Tips & Tricks: Legibility and letter size
March 16th, 2021 by signcraftThe 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
Profile: Max Clark
March 16th, 2021 by signcraftShop Name: MaxSigns City: Bend, Oregon Shop size: 400 sq. ft. Age: 69 Graphics equipment: 24-in. Graphtech / 15-in. Gerber envision plotter… Read More
Video: Straighten images with Photoshop’s Perspective Crop tool
March 14th, 2021 by Mike JacksonEver get an angled photo from a client that you want to add your proposed drawing of their sign to? Or want to… Read More
“Vintage” magnetic signs for a fine old Chevy pickup
March 16th, 2021 by signcraftAfter 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
Eight ways to create powerful vehicle graphics
March 5th, 2021 by signcraftA 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
March 5th, 2021 by Bob BehounekThroughout my career, letters and the use of color have played a major role in whatever I did commercially or for fun… Read More
