
Before & After: Traditional principles inspire new layouts
I really got charged up when those color sign sketches from Beverly Sign Company resurfaced last spring [see Sketches from the Golden Age... Read More
I really got charged up when those color sign sketches from Beverly Sign Company resurfaced last spring [see Sketches from the Golden Age... Read More In every issue, SignCraft gave a few sign makers an imaginary project. We asked them to do a sketch of the sign they... Read More Maybe they’re just going into business, or maybe they are an established business that doesn’t really have a consistent image. But when you... Read More When we first featured Dan Antonelli in SignCraft in the May/June 1998 issue, he had left the world of advertising design to run... Read More Wherever life takes me, I find limitations, rules and just about every regulation under the sun. I’ve always hated living in the box... Read More Like most sign companies, we handle a wide variety of work at our shop. When you have to price a plaque one minute... Read More One of the things that digital printing makes easier is banners. Recently I noticed in a SignCraft Design & Price feature on a... Read More Bob Behounek, Berwyn, Illinois Ever wonder why some signs have so much more impact than most of the others? It’s because the designer... Read More
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“We all know that truck lettering is the most bang for a client’s advertising buck,” says Braun Bleamer, Jet Signs, Palmerton, PA. It’s... Read More
In the late 1940s and early ’50s, American auto makers turned out big, heavy cars powered by hefty V-8 engines. They were the... Read More
Tourist towns always have more than their share of interesting signs, and Estes Park, Colorado, is no exception. Though the town has a... Read More
Readers want to know: “What’s the most practical way to support a 4×8 sign made of 3mm aluminum composite sheet that is mounted... Read More
Readers want to know: “Lettering enamel seems to start to lose its gloss in just a few months these days. Should I be... Read More
Bob Behounek has lettered loads of trucks. In his 50-plus years of sign making, he has probably lettered thousands of them. You could... Read More
Graphics instructor gets the Hero Award Tom Lamont, instructor at the Design Technology program Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School in Upton,... Read More
Customers often bring a Pantone color chip or some other color swatch and want that color used on their sign. This can be... Read More