Design & Price: 4×8 overlaid plywood sign
In every issue of SignCraft Magazine, we gave a few sign makers an imaginary project and asked them to do a sketch of... Read More
Not every customer can afford a 3D masterpiece sign—and not every customer needs one. But that doesn’t mean that a flat sign... Read More How much money do we have to work with? Does it need to be conservative, creative or wild? How willing is the client... Read More We recently asked Trade Secrets readers what they would charge to letter the doors on a double-cab pickup like the ones shown here.... Read More In many business districts, Christmas window splashes are a big part of the holiday experience. Usually the work of sign artists and freelance... Read More Not all the lettering, mind you. But is the first and most important message getting the size (and contrast) it deserves? It’s the... Read More One of the very cool things that a sign maker can do is to create a new sign that looks 50 years old—weathered... Read More One of the things that can create visual interest and draw that critical “second look” that gets the sign’s message read is to... Read More 
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Working with glyphs and special characters in Photoshop
In this first video feature on SignCraft.com, Mike Jackson takes you step-by-step through the process of using Photoshop functions that let you use... Read More
Profile: Scott Martin
Earlier this month, we told readers of the October 2020 passing of Scott Martin, an outstanding sign maker from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Scott... Read More
The key to pricing your work accurately
Two of the most difficult things about owning your own sign shop is how to determine your true shop costs and handle pricing.... Read More
Lettering and striping are essential to a restoration project
Long before I began my apprenticeship in the sign industry, visual communications were seen all over town. I’m sure most were hand-painted. They... Read More
January 2021: Letters
Terry Wells’ passing, mural pricing, very basic signage Thanks for the messages and calls We have received loads of messages and calls since... Read More
Signs of Sanibel Island: Revisited
As many of you know, SignCraft Magazine was born in our 1500-sq.-foot commercial sign shop in Fort Myers, Florida, in 1980. The plan... Read More
Is lack of negative space crippling your layouts?
About three years ago, I sent some photos to my good friend Lane Walker of Solo Signs in Reno, Nevada. I got a... Read More
