Commercial and Lighted Signs
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Features
The Value of Pi
At 37, Joey Gerhart has already been bending neon for almost 20 years. That’s in a trade that some people…
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Education
Sublimated Outdoor Signage: Offering a realistic pitch
Don’t oversell the attributes of products that are placed outdoors because they will fade over time. Ask your sublimation partner/distributor…
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In the Trenches: The Widowmaker
I remember cranking that hand crank and swinging the old ladder boom from over the front of the truck to…
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Features
On the Job: Adding Art to the Mix
An electric sign company in Broomfield, Colorado, wanted bigger jobs and to diversity its product mix, so it jumped at…
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Chat with Matt: Rick Williams
This month’s guest is Rick Williams, sign maker and editorial contributor to this magazine for more than 30 years. Q:…
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Education
Designing Signs: It’s All About the Base
It’s 9 p.m. on a Saturday and you find yourself struggling to come up with the finishing touches on a…
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Education
Hand Lettering: A How-To for Tricky Letters
For all the hand letterers out there, are there certain letters that you just find cringe-worthy? That give you a…
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Education
Video of the Week: Keeping Neon Alive in Oakland
This week’s video of the week comes to us from the Bay Area, where Shawna Peterson has been plying her…
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News
In Memory of Bill Riedel: 1928-2018
*Please click images below to enlarge He helped paint the American Sign Museum’s “Signs on Main Street.” Bill Riedel, the…
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Education
Use LED Lighting with Sandcarved Signage
If a metal frame is used to hold a sandcarved glass sign, it offers the opportunity of LED lighting. With…
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Education
The Technical Side of Sign Design: Faster Design Turn-Around Time
“We can’t build this!” is the phrase I heard repeatedly for one year while working at a mid-sized commercial sign…
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Video of the Week: Watchfire LED Billboard Gets Hung Up
Watch as Danville, Illinois-based LED sign maker Watchfire Signs puts up a large LED billboard for St. Louis-based DDI Media. This was…
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Education
Trouble with Text? A word on smart selection
The main thing to focus on when using fonts is to decide when you want the font to disappear so…
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Education
Digital Signage Technology: The Realm of 4K Resolution
Let’s face it, technology keeps us moving forward. It stimulates competition, it influences buying decisions, and it generates new ideas.…
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Education
Designing Award-Winning Signs: The Art of Visual Balance
The owner loves the design you came up with, and so does the landlord. In fact, the entire design approval…
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Videos
Video of the Week: Stadium Sign Installation
This week’s video of the week comes to us from an Australian signage company called Claude Neon. The company put together…
