

CNC-routed 2-by-16-ft. panel of 2-in. HDU board with 22K gold leaf film on the letters and a smalt background. The font on the primary copy is Esoteric from LetterheadFonts.com.


CNC-routed 2-by-16-ft. panel of 2-in. HDU board with 22K gold leaf film on the letters and a smalt background. The font on the primary copy is Esoteric from LetterheadFonts.com.


RealGold 22K gold leaf film [www.realgoldinc.com] and high performance vinyl film; Hanna’s is Mike’s own font.


22K gold leaf Florentine Realgold film letters over high performance vinyl film on 21-in.-by-16-ft. black aluminum composite panel with aluminum J-mold trim and OVC corners. The department logo and station number are digital prints.


Acrylic faces on custom aluminum cabinets, with LED lighting; 6-by-20-ft. overall. “This was fabricated and installed by Neolite Signs, which was my son Michael’s former company,” says Mike. “Jay designed the logo and did the paint work.”


Jay did this design using the Conclave font from LetterheadFonts.com, then it was printed.


Two 48-by-66-in. PVC panels over an aluminum frame with Realgold 22K Florentine gold leaf film lettering. Military logos are digital prints.


Carved 3-by-4-ft. HDU panel with 1-in. tubular aluminum frame. It’s finished with Matthews satin acrylic polyurethane paint, and the lettering and artwork was hand painted with 1 Shot paint. The barn and wall are a rendition of the farm’s actual barn and grounds.


“I drew this hand-lettered script,” says Mike, “then placed it over the circle that holds the secondary copy. At first that was the whole design, then Jay suggested the two green bars behind it to give it a base to rest on. It worked out well. It’s a digital print.”


CNC-routed 32-in.-by-16-ft. panel of 2-in. HDU sign finished with Matthews Satin and black smalts, with an airbrushed blend on the main copy. The font is Esoteric from LetterheadFonts.com.


This logo was designed using another of Mike’s custom fonts, then printed.


Hand lettering and computer-cut 22K gold leaf Engine Turn film