Cover photo: Star Transport – Brian Schofield
April 19th, 2026 by signcraftThere’s much more going on in emblem-style graphics than a lot of airbrush work. Brian Schofield says that one of his secrets of… Read More
Putting it together: Two freestanding HDU church signs
April 20th, 2026 by signcraftA photo of a great-looking finished sign can be inspiring, but it can’t tell the story behind the design—the decisions about letter styles,… Read More
Cover photo: Fort Bragg Cyclery – Rick and Megan Sacks
April 12th, 2026 by signcraftA little “shock value” goes a long way to boosting a sign’s effectiveness. There’s something that catches the viewer off guard. “What’s… Read More
More signs of Livingston, Montana
April 13th, 2026 by signcraftLivingston, Montana, is one of those towns with more than its share of cool signs of all vintages—fading ghost signs on old brick… Read More
Wrap with readability in mind
April 6th, 2026 by signcraftNot long ago just having a wrap on your vehicle turned heads. Today it’s hard to go more than a block or two… Read More
Cover photo: Miss Kokomo – Randy Howe
April 5th, 2026 by signcraftThere’s more to creating an interesting, effective sign layout than grabbing a cool typeface and typing the text into the layout. The spacing,… Read More
Cover photo: Ace Towing – Brian Schofield
March 29th, 2026 by signcraftWhat’s more amazing than to see your company name as a gleaming chrome or gold emblem that appears to be mounted on your… Read More
Pierre Tardif: Hand lettering trucks across Quebec
March 30th, 2026 by signcraftPierre started painting signs and banners in the late 1980s. By the time he was first featured in SignCraft magazine 25 years ago,… Read More
Cover photo: Star Solutions – Braun Bleamer
March 22nd, 2026 by signcraftSigns face a lot of visual competition out in the real world. Other signs, billboards and traffic are all drawing readers’ eyes away… Read More
Q&A: “Why didn’t this vinyl stick?”
March 23rd, 2026 by signcraftShortly after a reader applied a cut vinyl logo on a customer’s office wall, the graphics began to peel off. The sign maker… Read More
Putting it together: a welcome sign for Blumenort – RT Signs
March 23rd, 2026 by signcraftEven though you can’t see it in the photo of the completed sign, every sign has a backstory—the issues the sign designer has… Read More
Cover photo: The Red Barn – Sean Beauchamp
March 14th, 2026 by signcraftCustom sign shops are unusual, creative places that design and fabricate a custom product—designed for one specific use for one specific customer. And… Read More
