Advice on "FOR SALE" sign?

[Jillbeans]

OK what about the dreaded burgundy/hunter green combo?
(I like the idea of moss green or even slime green but don't have anything like that in stock)
The "For sale by owner" part got a bit shifted when I justified this.

so much for all the helpful advice.
PS Bob I think I'm stealing that.

 

[SignManiac]

Not digging the burgundy. Can you mask and paint the colors you don't have in vinyl?

 

[Jillbeans]

Yes. But I hate mixing up greens!
I invariably end up with something which looks like the diarrhea of a vegetarian.
OK I stole your idea, and I think I like this one best.
The dots are still burgundy but that's an easy fix.
The gold you see is imi gold, I have a huge roll of it.

 

[SignManiac]

There's just something about that negative space between the 412 and 10 that is messing with my eyes? You need to tighten up the kerning I think

 

[Bradster941]

Bobby (or any admin) ...I went to the trouble of preparing a .gif with a transparent background, to better represent the look of a non rectangle sign layout (without a white rectangle around it)... & uploaded to the Signs101 photo gallery. From there, the thumbnail came up with a black square around it ...but I didn't give up yet... after completing the image processing clicks, I clicked to enlarge the image & the transparent background seemed to work in that instance. Then I used the photo gallery code provided for medium image & there was this black background that didn't belong there.

I'm writing this because the ability to use transparent images certainly has its place in graphics discussions between graphics professionals, and this used to be possibly within Signs101, so I wanted to know if it is still possible & how to achieve it.

This is a good question and hopefully someone more knowledgeable can answer it.

In the mean time, for illustration purposes, I simply select the white boarder and fill it with the default boards color using the color selector.

RGB

R = 225
G = 228
B = 242


Not exactly answering your question, just somewhat a work around.

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Sorry for the hi jack.
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[iSign]

cool...that's what I used to do back in the old days...

 

[cbsigns]

Here one we did where the customer wanted the "lay of the land" represented to help potential buyers see what they were getting.

Your sketch looks great!

 

[Steve C.]

Prioritizing a little differently, I can't get past the most important message
on a for sale sign is For Sale. Just me, I'm sure others will disagree.

 

[Jillbeans]

That looks real purty, Steve.
I love the curve.
And thanks to all who posted pix.
Now I am waiting for the customer to make up his mind.

 

[k.a.s.]

Steve nailed it! That looks great, do it!


Kevin

 

[Gino]

Steve

However, I would use a comma in the lot size. You have one in the price..... I'm one for eliminating punctuation, but I feel this one is needed.

 

[N2Harpz]

Im with you ... Steve hit the nail on the head.

 

[Sign_Boy]

Jill - this reminded me of something I saw in SignCraft.
No. 158 January/February 2008
Page 32
If you have that issue take a look.