Sliding rear windows

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

I have a customer who wants the name of his automotive repair business on the back window of his truck with the phone number. The name is in two parts and he suggested putting "JENKINS" up high on the left pane and "AUTOMOTIVE" up high on the right pane, then placing the phone number down low on the center pane. I did the layout as suggested and it looks like poo.

Any idea what a guy could do to make this layout work with a sliding rear window? I doubt he would be against adding the location to the layout, but I'm still not coming up with any reasonably good ideas. Also the name and phone are going on each rear side window, so I'm thinking the idea of repeating the same layout on each side on the back window would look too ridiculous. Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe someone can offer a better suggestion. Thanks in advance.

 

[zigns62]

These windows are a b***h to do, The one I did I had to do three times. It seems that when the client open the sliding part of the window, the screen would peel up, not fun at all. I convince him to do vinyl which worked out better. Good luck.

 

[Jillbeans]

I would lay it out so that it was still somewhat cohesive when the window was open.
I'd do it in etched glass, which I always like to see on a vehicle.
Here's a quick suggestion.
Love....Jill

 

[Moze]

I would lay it out so that it was still somewhat cohesive when the window was open.
I'd do it in etched glass, which I always like to see on a vehicle.
Here's a quick suggestion.
Love....Jill

Very nice.

 

[Marlene]

like Jill's only move the lettering up to the top so you can see it over the bed of the truck.

 

[Gino]

I'd go towards Jill's suggestion and move it up like Marlene mentioned.

One thing..... should there be an apostrophe in front of the 'S' ??

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

I would lay it out so that it was still somewhat cohesive when the window was open.
I'd do it in etched glass, which I always like to see on a vehicle.
Here's a quick suggestion.
Love....Jill

That's very nice. I am not sure what the customer will think about part of the message sliding behind the other window, but I would think that is by far the best way to approach this. I will do a mock up and post it later. I'm stuck with Crillee and Helvetica for the fonts because the last sign company that did his stuff "branded" him with it and the customer wants to maintain that look. I'm actually a fan of Crillee and Helvetica so I have no issue with that, but hopefully it will work as well in my layout as it does in yours. Technically, they prefer JENKINS in Crillee and AUTOMOTIVE in Helvetica but I did it this way just to attempt to balance it based on the customer's suggestion. My idea was to hopefully get some good ideas on here and give him two layouts side by side so he can't refuse a better layout but I really had no clue where to begin when dealing with a sliding window. Your idea should work very well. I'm not so sure he will go for the vintage look, though. This shop is owned by a 40 year old man and his 20 year old son.

As far as the frosted/etched, I love it too. Especially on old classic cars. However, everything (2 vehicles) is being done in Grass Green Oracal 951. Don't let the name fool you, it is a very bright lime green and it will actually look pretty decent on the navy blue vehicles.

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

I'd go towards Jill's suggestion and move it up like Marlene mentioned.

One thing..... should there be an apostrophe in front of the 'S' ??

No. Last name is Jenkins, rather than Jenkin.

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

Sooo...if I'm using a premium cast vinyl would I have any problem just laying the vinyl down over the trim on a window like this, rather than adjusting the kerning between letters?

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

Given the choice of fonts and limitations of the sliding window, this is the best I can come up with, assuming the vinyl will adhere well to the trim.

 

[Jillbeans]

That will work fine.
I would trim the decals and not put them over the trim, because that will fail.
Looks a lot better than the first idea for sure.

 

[xxaxx]

Given the choice of fonts and limitations of the sliding window, this is the best I can come up with, assuming the vinyl will adhere well to the trim.

Yeah probably shouldn't wrap over the trim, but at least you have it setup in a way that it won't really matter having a gap in between ... just have to get the exact measurements and probably tweak the text in that center window a touch so nothing is getting cut off.