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  1. Comment boxes....

    Any box company in the USA can print and make them for you. The more you purchase at one time, the better the price. Google and the Yellow Pages / Superpages are a plus here. Since you are in Florida, try Dusobox (sp?) as they are close to you.
  2. Vectorizing a image, Is this "ok"?

    Not PROBABLY, it is!! From the moment a photo is taken it has copyright protection. You'd be surprised how many folks will assign copyright to or grant a non-exclusive license to a photo for free or next to nothing (or perhaps a bit of a barter). Sometimes all it takes is a promise of...
  3. Font Id please..

    Try lookin at the following families: Aero, Hall Fetica, Handel. Also look at Denmark Regular. Most are close enough and far better looking.
  4. Customer Doesn't Want To Pay Sales Tax

    In most states pure labor is not taxable. For instance your truck mechanic tightens your fan belt. No tax. If he adds so much as a pint of oil to the crankcase at the same time then the ENTIRE job is a taxable event. Anyone who believes they can use subtotals and avoid the labor taxes...
  5. a simple file one would think!!!

    I use Corel and I use it to make PDF's from any file regardless of final dimensional size. No need to scale it since it is a vector. It will scale for viewing and the client can print it out on a single 8.5" x 11" page for viewing in-hand (fit to page). Thank goodness for wire frame mode...
  6. Questions about Painting a Wall Sign (First Attempt)

    I started out doing walls @ 15 and I am now fully eligible for SS. I doubt that even in my prime I would do a direct paint. Back then, as now, I would paint that on a suitable substrate in the shop and hang it. The simple way is to prime, lightly sand the prime if necessary, 2 coats...
  7. Window Perf, How am i going to do this?

    Before you get totally into it, if you haven't already checked the local codes, now is the time. Many cities/counties have been passing ordinances left and right about how much of a window can be covered. Supposedly for safety so a LEO can see inside or whatever. That is really bogus...
  8. Vectorizing a image, Is this "ok"?

    I am not going to advice you except to say you are treading in dangerous waters with what you propose. I urge you to Google the terms "copyright transformative" as well as "copyright derivative" and then decide if the risk is worth the rewards.
  9. Dead Beat customer

    Technically it is your property until paid for in full. On our quotes and invoices we clearly state same. Plus all our invoices state "net delivery." I have done self-help once on a pan face and worked with another sign shop on 6 of his repossessions. Each time we were both paid in full and...
  10. Customer Doesn't Want To Pay Sales Tax

    All our quotes include the line "does not include any applicable taxes". That's "built in" to the footer. We do a lot of wholesale work and very little to an end user/consumer. Yet some ad agencies have to pay us sales tax as they are not exempt and some PTA's/PTO's don't because they either...
  11. Too funny for words.

    Came across this while surfing. Apologise if it has been posted before.
  12. Dead Beat customer

    There are two issues here. The first is getting screwed by your bank. Banks make HUGE and usurious fees via their BC policy. Most, if not all, will put a BC through twice or more and garnering a fee each time. Neither your state legislature nor Congress will help (limit fees and bad...
  13. I need some perspective, ASAP!!

    Test to see how it would look where each person "speaking" has a different typeface (along with the suggested change in the balloon). Some a bit masculine, some a bit feminine.
  14. Helmet wraps

    An "old timer" once told me that if you can sucessfully wrap an egg you can wrap almost anything. It will be a while before I try a helmet...lol.
  15. One more Font ID help please

    The typeface is "28 Days Later"
  16. window tint

    Many years ago we had a local tint mfg./converter ask us about printing tint for them. We printed successfully on all the samples given us. We couldn't do a production run as we did not have a 'clean room' environment which was a strict necessity and they didn't want to give us space...
  17. Road Side Changeable Copy letter sign

    Like these? http://www.signwire.com/portable-signs/roadside-signs.php If you wish to go illuminated then by all means buy pre-fab if you do not have an electrical license. Here's a thought...shop via the Web. Find the closest mfg. to you and try to negotiate a deal where you can be a...
  18. Energizer = Blah

    If some of those battery companies would take 1/2 of their ad budget and put it into R & D they would be better off and we would as well. Many years ago a consumer testing lab rated RayOVac as a best buy because they lasted as long as the top brands (or nearly so) and cost about 1/2 of the...
  19. Font help I know this one but drawing a blank..

    Banff should fit the bill. Hard for me to tell exactly as the graphic is too damn small for old eyes.
  20. short heavy duty steel step stakes?

    Gill's stakes are aluminum. 36" tall and made of 5/8" x 1/2" square tubes (with [plastic?] safety cap). The stakes come with DS sticky tape applied. Sign substrate is .055" white polyethylene.
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