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I lived in Fresno when I was a kid, and I did some work near there a few years ago. When I got there it was like I never left home.

You think too much... I still see a lot of cut vinyl look better that a lot of print stuff. I don't pay attention to cheap since that is not who I market too and that is not my competition.

Big and cool have nothing to do with anything, it's what the shops capacity to produce, and your ability to design to that capacity. I have not seen your portfolio, and don't know your design capacity so this is still a shot in the dark. A vinyl/dimensional sign designer "usually" has to...

What kind of sign designer? Simple vinyl and dimensional? or can you also do monuments, architectural, large pylon and electrical? I have actually done this type of breakdown for my own exercise. It was fun but surprised how many skills were not being used.

What kind of highway signage are we talking about? If these are parking lot signs like accessible, stop and other parking lot traffic signs, and they are on private property, then most likely they are not required to be permitted but you might have some code specs you have to meet. If they go...

Go to "VIEW" then click "SHOW EDGES" Or command-H

Reminds me of a job I did for a project in Taiwan where the sign shop included the drafting notes, measurements and witness lines on the sign from the computer file. They never bothered to remove them, they just hit print or hand painted them in. They had to be redone and on the next phase we...

Yes, remote is not quite up to speed yet.

I freelance with a few shops, some are even competitors with each other. At some point, they are going to have to trust me, and they are all getting the same effort and information so it all equals out. I also see no reason to remote. If you are doing it to have total control of your files...

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Go the the Texas contractors licensing website... they will give you exact specifics... Texas is an extremely strict state. You have to be a licensed master electrician or sign electrician to DESIGN an electrical sign... that law makes no sense at all. Good luck...

I can't answer the question without asking a few of my own... What will you be printing? What will you be applying the graphics too? Are you doing original design, printing other peoples design, or both? How much experience do you have with graphic design? How much experience do you have...

The LRV for Raffia is 47, so technically, these signs are non-compliant... Now it's highly doubtful this is ever going to be an issue, but as a contractor (and consultant), it's always a good idea to cover your butt, but the biggest reason is, getting more work. Imagine having your clients back...

Braille does not need any contrast, but is required to be placed directly below the visual text so a blind person can find it. Most people can not read braille at all, those that do read braille, very few blind people can read Grade 2 braille. Grade 1 is probably easier to read. After...

The room ID's and "stairs exit" sign...

A not so long time ago, environmental graphic designers and architects used to use the term "spirit of the law" or as you would call, a "recommendation". When issues of compliancy come up, it's never signs that are the issue, but in a lawsuit, signage will get thrown in there and in court, in...

Probably a good thing the inspector did not have a spectrophotomater... those ADA signs are probably not 70% contrast...

Surveying is about 1/4 my job. I was in San Francisco for a week and took my kid so he could help, and the next week, Minnesota for a few days just on one job. My butt still burns from all the walking.

I think I'm going to have a seizure...

I have avoided working at salesmen based shops, not really because of money, but having to deal with the salesman's design taste or making a quick sale, instead of providing the client a sign/design solution they actually need... which ends up making the salesman more money anyways. I did...