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How long have you been making signs or, for that matter, whatever graphic product(s) you make if you're not actively making signs?

This information is heresay and not official: The Edge & Edge2 will both be discontinued in May of 2005 FX will have re-fillable cartridges & they will have a proprietary "tag" on the foils. All current foil colors will be made for FX & they will be available in various lengths...

Everybody's business is different. But for most of us, having a copy of Illustrator should be a non-debatable and foregone conclusion. Whether you design with it or not, it is invaluable just for dealing with the files that will come your way. The reason is simple .... it is the industry...

The voting poll is now open for your favorite design. The poll will close at midnight EST, Thursday, December 30th, 2004. Hanging chads, absentee ballots, and provisional voters will not be counted. :Big Laugh All registered members are encouraged to vote. We had 16 entries from 13...

The assignment is to design and quote installed vehicle graphics on both sides and the rear of the cube van pictures attached. For those who like to work at full scale, the sides of the van measure 149" horizontally between the aluminum vertical edges. The rear measures 67.5" horizontally...

The assignment is to design and quote installed vehicle graphics on both sides and the rear of the cube van pictures attached. For those who like to work at full scale, the sides of the van measure 149" horizontally between the aluminum vertical edges. The rear measures 67.5" horizontally...

So who are you in the sign business?

Thought this was interesting. It's an excerpt from an article regarding the 10 most popular typefaces used by newspapers. To read the entire article, Click Here

Got a Tips and Tricks newsletter by email from Mark Rugen of GiveMeHelp.com regarding a new tracing tool in the latest version of Flexisign named Bezier. It is aimed at tracing less than good quality images and I'd have to say that so far, to paraphrase an old proverb, it is making silk...

Can some Illustrator Wiz explain to me the meaning of the various colors that vector paths appear in when selected in Illustrator 10. For example, in most files they are a pale cyan or blue when selected. However, I just opened a file where the paths are a pale magenta when selected. Noting...

I've been contracted by the Kerr Mason Jar folks to present a list of commercial fonts that would most closely resemble the lettering used in the Kerr logo. Since it was done many moons ago, no one there knows if it was 1. a font in its day 2. modeled after a font in its day 3. created...

Here's one just came in for a couple of sidewalk signs from an old, established citrus grower in my area that I'd love to make into a regular customer. The only version they are willing or able to supply of their logo is on their business card. I scanned it, rotated it to horizontal...

Precision Type, one of the country's largest and well respected type dealers has announced that they are withdrawing from the font business. You can read about it here: Precision Type

I've recently downloaded and installed two open source software applications from Mozilla and have to say that, so far, I'm totally impressed and delighted. Firefox is an internet browser with less overhead than Internet Explorer and lots of controls for popups, spyware, password and cookie...

I get quite a few emails ..... often without a return email address that are generated by clicking on the Contact Us link asking How do I register at Signs 101? The answer is pretty straightforward IMHO ..... just click on the link titled Register and then follow your way through the...

Wondering how many members have any of the many print and cut systems such as Gerber Edge, Summa DC3, VersaCamm or any print system with an accompanying OPOS equipped plotter?

A while back I noticed that some Illustrator files provided to me contained duplicate paths. These paths are directly beneath others and contain no fills or strokes. They seem to happen mostly with compounded shapes. Has anyone else noticed the same problem and how have you dealt with it?

An interesting program named PhotoFiltre is available for free downloading at http://www.photofiltre.com/ That's right. I said free. There are absolutely no catches. No hidden fees or even registration. It's from a French group, so unless you're Baz, make sure you select the English version...

Anybody recognize this font?

Competition for the 30" Versacamm is beginning to emerge. Mutoh will begin shipping the Mutoh Jr. 30" system in June according to a sales rep I talked to today who represents a distributor, not Mutoh. The system uses Ecosolvent inks and will be paired with a matching 30" Mutoh plotter with...