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Designing Award-Worthy Monument Signs

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Opportunity: A customer is looking for a monument signi for their new shopping center.
Challenge: Although you know your way around pylons, channel letters and wall cabinets, you’re a bit apprehensive on where to start on a monument sign design.
Solution: A guide to the basics of designing monument signs.
 
The following is a short, concise design guide for designers who wish to expand their talents into the arena of monument sign design. Before we begin, however, you should have a working knowledge of the following:

    * Basics of construction and the components of facei-lit cabinet signs
    * LED and neoni channeli letter construction - installation/fabrication options
    * The differences between routed and backed vs. routed with push-thru
    * The parameters for using fluorescent lighting in sign cabinets
    * How to design in scale

Full article by Matt Charboneau is available in the February 2010 issue of Sign & Digital Graphics or online in our article archive: Designing Award-Winning Signs.