Search results

The lettering is part of a custom logo, not a font. Chances are good there is a Labretta corporate PDF (brochure, annual report, etc) containing a vector-based logo that can be snagged easily.

I'm passionate about a few subjects. For instance, I could go on and on about movie theater technology and the good and bad of digital cinema. But I make my living doing sign design. My passion there runs on multiple levels. It's more complicated than a hobby or being passionate about a subject...

There are several different cuts of Futura out there from different foundries (Linotype, Bitstream, URW, ParaType, Tilde, Neufville, Elsner+Flake, Scangraphic, etc). Then there's variants of Futura, like Futura Maxi from Monotype or Futura Next from Neufville Digital. None of these cuts are...

I've been using both CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator for over 25 years (Corel since 1990 and Illustrator since 1993). I won't say either is demonstrably better than the other. Both applications have a lot of their own pros and cons when it comes to sign design and graphic design in general. I...

The question in the original post sounds almost as if the forum participant is trolling. I don't know. Maybe I have a bit of a nasty attitude these days. But if someone is going to be doing paid graphic design work at a sign company shouldn't that person be on the ball enough to know the basic...

Ugh, good grief. The issue is more about software rather than hardware. 10-20 years ago there was a legitimate debate on Mac vs Windows when it came to computers doing sign industry tasks. Today there's no debate at all. If you're working in a sign company and want to try to get the job done...

My biggest need for jobbing art to outside vendors is giant format printing and specialized printing, like billboard faces, prints output directly on certain kinds of material (fabric, metal). I don't want those vendors editing my artwork. The only exception is if there is some odd color issue...

Saving art files in a supposedly non-application-specific file format just does not work very well. The only way it can work is if you make your graphics small and plain as possible. When you start incorporating some of the nice bells and whistles from an upgrade of a specific application you...

I forgot about embroidery and other types of apparel. But I used the qualifier "most firms" (not all) in my statement regarding graphics work outside the sign industry and their use of Adobe Illustrator. All these ad agencies, design houses and what not generating Illustrator files and PDFs...

AutoCAD is designed primarily for designing everything from building structures to parts for manufacturing. But it is not geared at all for graphic design use. Its type handling is primitive. Object fills are crude. It draws objects only in arcs and lines. No Bezier curve support. And the files...

Regarding Adobe Illustrator, yes it (along with several other Adobe applications) is used in most graphic design courses. And it should be. The application is the most commonly used vector drawing program in ad agencies, design studios and other businesses that have to produce vector graphics...

I bought a large iPad Pro and Apple Pencil a year ago and like it quite a bit. A bunch of the most popular design applications (such as Procreate) are very inexpensive. If you use Creative Cloud the iPad can be very handy for apps Adobe makes for it. I create a decent amount of hand drawn...

It's common for upper income areas to have covenants, design guidelines and review boards for building materials and color schemes, landscaping details and all sorts of other stuff. Signs can get included in that. They can dictate height limits, square footage limits, demand certain types of...

Bad looking signs don't just exist in the ghetto. My town has had plenty of them get installed in the busiest areas of the city. It's obvious some of Rick's bad sign photos were taken in areas that weren't slums.

Well, that all depends on the angle being played by city council members, city planners and other deciders looking to improve business in the city. One is the buddy-buddy good 'ole boy network angle where the city lets local business people do whatever they want, with few restrictions and lax...

Regarding the original poster's questions and some other repeated comments I'll offer my 2¢. Personally, I started designing signs (drawing and painting them by hand) back in the mid 1980's when I was still in high school. I studied graphic design and illustration at a pretty good art school...

I still have very strong doubts about it. Yeah, I'm sure there is waste and abuse of taxpayers' dollars. However, I think the general public has a very distorted idea of government operation and how far their tax dollars will go. That's why it took Oklahoma over 25 years to get a fuel tax hike...

That still sounds very fishy. 5 signs? That's it? Despite that data it just doesn't make any sense. I'm quite a "road geek," and pay attention to lots of different highway signs, particularly when some hack does a terrible job designing or fabricating them. There's really no excuse to get those...

I'm struggling to see how someone could extrapolate a $6000 labor cost on the installation of a single, simple sign installed next to the roadway. On the other hand, I could imagine the installation charge for a big green overhead freeway sign getting into that territory (particularly in high...

OK, I read the article and watched the TV report. No mention of a $6000 installation figure per sign anywhere. The OP needs to come up with a specific, factual source. To me it sounds like complete made-up BS. Just more emotional porn propaganda so political junkies can get an anger-gasm out of...