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I work for companies who will charge a "consultation" fee. Usually enough to cover most of the the cost of a site visit.... some will fly to a meeting to bid on design work, quite a few will bid on large design packages from a design firm for free... but the majority will do site visits and...

There is nothing I like about this business, but it beats hanging out at the Home Depot parking lot.

I have 1000's of pet peeves... but currently, ---it's bad survey notes... right now I'm trying to decipher some chicken scratch notes, when I call to ask what they say, they can't read their own notes. Since the job is hundreds of miles away, it's not like someone can just hop in a car and...

This is very good advice... even if you decide to walk away from this job, and depending on your fabrication capabilities, I would look for a qualified local vendor who knows ADA to make portions of the sign you are not able to do, and then you fab the rest. (for the next time) If there are...

Since this is a code sign with required raised elements, this may not be the best advice. In a few states, these signs are part of the actual building code so a sign shop would want to avoid giving the client the option of taking off the raised lettering and braille.

Very busy, probably have 3 months of solid design work. If I worked locally I would be dead, my town is depressing. But when I drive through portions of Orange County, and Los Angeles it does not look like a recession at all. I recently went to survey projects in Northern California and in...

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Looking like Gill Sans Bold to me

You have been here for 3 years so you must know some vector program. If it's Corel you can google "Corel to Illustrator"... Adobe has this pdf about migrating to Illy from Corel. I do recommend Lynda.com I learned by getting a job that had Illustrator. I had first learned Corel and it helped...

--You should have got a down payment before starting work. --You might want to work out an order form and contract before starting work. --You should already have a profitable hourly rate figured out. --You should already have a logo fee figured out. --You need to got a good friend to kick...

this might need a little updating, especially on the braille number and cap symbols but this is generally what I used give to my clients I freelance for to get the idea of how the newer specs work.

It depends, are you replacing existing signs, or are these new? Do you expect at anytime in the near future to add more signs? ADA signs are code signs, everything on that sign has some specification. Everything form color contrast, capitlization/stroke width, size typestyle, braille placement...

whoever you choose, make sure you know enough about ADA signs to tell if they are compliant. Too many times I have seen non compliant ADA signs by companies who are specialists.

It was actually, someone tripped on a concrete wheel stop, and then someone noticed that the original accessible signs were not to compliant. One particular client decided to make everything compliant due to liability issues after an insurance audit. If you have noticed, most parking lots no...

If this sign is being used for some private wayfinding/identity, not on a public road that only directs or is part of a graphic. Than it is not required to be MUTCD compliant. But private roads and parking areas do have MUTCD and ADA signs that are required to be compliant. (stop signs...

I have been a production monkey for very large jobs, one problem with the shift key and lazy designers is that, in a hurry, they prematurely release the key. I have seen this way too many times where a type face is stretched some lame miniscule amount, but enough to question the designers intent...

I don't think it should be a sticky, everyone that I have had to advise on, that tried to digital print actual MUTCD compliant traffic signs on retroreflective has failed to make a compliant, colorfast sign. Most shops that do this are specialty shops, they usually have direct contact with a 3M...

First, I appreciate Adtechia's offer, If I was not busy, and was not working on other print projects that were more craft oriented, I would have given him options to work out an arrangement. Most of my clients are on call. It is a mix of drop everything and get it done and jobs that last...

Yeah I was just doing a search. I noticed all the ones in Europe, I might call a 3M rep and see if these printers will work with US MUTCD signs and if so, call Durst and see if anyone has one here.

Thats the issue I see, all states have to comply with MUTCD if they are funded by the fed. Some states have a stricter traffic code, even city have their own. Some smaller city wayfinding sign projects use various colors outside the translucent film choices 3M has, that is usually screen...