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Are sign professionals just giving up?

visual800

visual800

Active Member
Texas_Signmaker said:
I did one for an apartment complex here, it was going to be a Peachtree foamcraft sign. They have some really good layouts.

This was what they went with. Monument looked nice, but they used silly RED bubble plastic letters on it.. not sized right or placed right.. It had potential

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I despise glossy bubble letters....at the least!..use minnesota letters., they look like the aluminum ones and are much more classy. Gemini plastic had its day back several years ago but i think they loook cheap and tacky
 
Texas_Signmaker

Texas_Signmaker

Very Active Signmaker
visual800 said:
I despise glossy bubble letters....at the least!..use minnesota letters., they look like the aluminum ones and are much more classy. Gemini plastic had its day back several years ago but i think they loook cheap and tacky
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Yeah I never use bubble letters. This sign has everything wrong, except for the actual Monument... Which I'm guessing the sign company did not produce themselves.
 
Texas_Signmaker

Texas_Signmaker

Very Active Signmaker
I am a one-man show working at a shop from my house, I am surprised at some of the large shops in town what they put out. I just passed a sign installed recently where the letters are running up into the frame top and bottom.

Yeah let's not use a guy working from home, let's pick the big company that takes 2 weeks to get us a bid and doesn't know how to do a simple layout. A few members on here routinely bash me for working from home, I wonder if they put out work like these the bigger ones around here. Haha
 
Rick

Rick

Certified Enneadecagon Designer
Texas_Signmaker said:
I am a one-man show working at a shop from my house, I am surprised at some of the large shops in town what they put out. I just passed a sign installed recently where the letters are running up into the frame top and bottom.

Yeah let's not use a guy working from home, let's pick the big company that takes 2 weeks to get us a bid and doesn't know how to do a simple layout. A few members on here routinely bash me for working from home, I wonder if they put out work like these the bigger ones around here. Haha
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Don't get me wrong, I've had to use Peachtree quite a few times when the properties were not high end and an in-house designer stumbled on to the catalog - still I cringe... By the way, I work out of my home and go to a shared office space with another 101er... not bashing...
 
Gino

Gino

Premium Subscriber
Texas_Signmaker said:
I did one for an apartment complex here, it was going to be a Peachtree foamcraft sign. They have some really good layouts.

This was what they went with. Monument looked nice, but they used silly RED bubble plastic letters on it.. not sized right or placed right.. It had potential

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If you designed and made this sign, how'd so many things go wrong ?? Why did you make so many mistakes ?? You couldn't talk them into better spacing ?? Or the Minnesota type letters, mentioned ??
 
Texas_Signmaker

Texas_Signmaker

Very Active Signmaker
Rick said:
Don't get me wrong, I've had to use Peachtree quite a few times when the properties were not high end and an in-house designer stumbled on to the catalog - still I cringe... By the way, I work out of my home and go to a shared office space with another 101er... not bashing...
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Sorry, I didn't mean you bash... I wrote that post because I just saw a sign that one of my larger brethren did and I just don't get it... They must have a 5 year old running the design computer... The ones that bash know who they are.
 
Texas_Signmaker

Texas_Signmaker

Very Active Signmaker
Gino said:
If you designed and made this sign, how'd so many things go wrong ?? Why did you make so many mistakes ?? You couldn't talk them into better spacing ?? Or the Minnesota type letters, mentioned ??
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Ok I re-read my post... I meant to say I did an initial LAYOUT and bid for this apartment company and they went with another sign company. The photo is what the other sign company did. Sorry, I blamed you for not reading correctly.. I didn't explain that correctly.


Now, que the "this story is fake" rant because of that.
 
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Gino

Gino

Premium Subscriber
Texas_Signmaker said:
Ok I re-read my post... I meant to say I did an initial LAYOUT and bid for this apartment company and they went with another sign company. The photo is what the other sign company did. Sorry, I blamed you for not reading correctly.. I didn't explain that correctly.


Now, que the "this story is fake" rant because of that.
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No need for that kinda attitude. Nothing you said made sense, until you changed it.....so I asked. Now, it gels. So, do you have your original layout/design, so we can compare ??
 
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OceanShoreGraphics

New Member
Texas_Signmaker said:
I am a one-man show working at a shop from my house, I am surprised at some of the large shops in town what they put out. I just passed a sign installed recently where the letters are running up into the frame top and bottom.

Yeah let's not use a guy working from home, let's pick the big company that takes 2 weeks to get us a bid and doesn't know how to do a simple layout. A few members on here routinely bash me for working from home, I wonder if they put out work like these the bigger ones around here. Haha
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You have a home? lol
 
ChrisN

ChrisN

New Member
Texas_Signmaker said:
I did an initial layout and bid for an apartment complex here, it was going to be a Peachtree foamcraft sign. They have some really good layouts.

Another sign company got the job and this was what they went with. Monument looked nice, but they used silly RED bubble plastic letters on it.. not sized right or placed right.. It had potential

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How much did they save by flipping the stem of the "i" in "Ridge" upside-down?
 
Johnny Best

Johnny Best

Active Member
Texas; How do people know you work from home and your not a large sign company? Do you have a work shirt that says "I work from home".
I like the Gemini formed letters on there. Good selection of font and color. Came out nice. I to would like to see your proposal for the sign. But if you don't want to show it, that's fine too.
You don't have to be a large sign company for that sign, just a mailing address.
 
Johnny Best

Johnny Best

Active Member
I have a friend who lives in his small warehouse and makes acrylic furniture and sells in on Amazon and Ebay.
Made $500,000 last year.
 
Bigdawg

Bigdawg

Just Me
Rick said:
PEACHTREE! SLOWLY I TURN, STEP BY STEP, INCH BY INCH!
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I love Peachtree... I don't think I've ever used one of their "standard" models though. They have done some pretty high-end work for us when the budget didn't allow for real stone or metal letters. And they are definitely our partner when it comes to retro-fitting existing bases. Personally, I would highly recommend them.
 
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