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Dang it Rick, I didn't even scale it on the door yet, I just slapped it on there. Definitely will fix and add the proper perspective. There will be NO money made on this sign, but it's not my goal with this one. I'm sure 390-450 is about right, but in all honestly, I'll be more at $175-200 on...

You got it! I don't care if I make a cent on this, just helping a friend out and creating a piece for the portfolio.

Yeah, I agree. The office staff suggested the door mount, but I agree, I'll talk them into mounting on the wall. You're probably right Rick, it is pretty standard. But we live in a depressed town of 33,000 in the middle of the midwest, so it'll be as classy and exciting as Olive Garden here :D...

I guess the same way you respond to a forum post without reading through the entire thread :)

Here's my first idea....

Great info Rick, many thanks. That 3-form company has some nifty stuff!

I like that. Nice job.

No, it's a surprise gift from the office staff. They have no idea what they want. That's why I'm presenting options.

I know this seems like a piddly project, but this office does accounting for probably 75% of the businesses in our small town. Business owners are in and out of that office all day. I'd really like to come up with something nice for him. Maybe some experimenting is in order.

Ooooh...yeah, maybe. If I can find a scrap piece. Years ago I was dumpster diving looking for a cardboard box to ship something and ran across a dumpster full of corian scraps. I always kicked myself for not going back and grabbing that (with permission of course ;) ) I thought the same thing at...

Ha! Thanks for thinking I'm good at carving, but I don't think I'm skilled enought to tackle something this small. The gold leaf on dark wood idea might be cool though. Thanks for the idea.

Inner office door. No requirements. Its a very small accounting firm with 4 offices max. Colors I can handle :) Just looking for some material/fabrication ideas mainly. As far as style, it doesn't matter. I'm going to present a few options.

I have a client requesting a "nice office door sign" for a gift for his boss. He said he want's something nicer than the typical engraved plastic signs. He even mentioned possibley wood. I'm wondering if you experienced sign makers have any ideas for something nicer, maybe something you've...

Good advice from Mark. I highly recommend these guys: https://www.wbgoldleaf.com/

Good advice above. Don't be scared though, it's much easier than it seems. I know there are advanced techniques to get a shinier finish or different textures, but I personally like it less than mirror bright. Get some DUX Quick Size, some gold leaf and go at it. You don't HAVE to have all the...

How do I change the default global settings for the dimension tool? I can change them within the document, but not globally. For example, I want to change the text color and font as well as line color and line ends. I know I've done this before, but now I can't for the life of me figure out...

Sorry I should have mentioned that. This is Duna Corafoam HDU. I used an angle grinder, dremel and pfeil chisels on the fish and the chisels on the lettering (single bevel flat chisels)

Just wrapping this one up. I applied an antiqued finish partly because it fit the sign and partly to mask my amatuer paint job.

This is great! I think this should be the standard copy/paste reply whenever anyone blames the customer for a bad layout or not painting a wall before installing dimensional letters. :)

Commence crockety old man speech: You just can't blame the cheap client for putting out shoddy work. The client didn't put the vinyl in the cutter and hit 'plot'. It really just boils down to caring enough about your profession and your community to charge what you need to in order to do the...