It's strange how these things get all the way through the build process without anyone reading them.
Posted by Bill Davidson (Member # 531) on :
I once put my own phone number on the side of a van.
Asked him if he would leave the van with me over night. "Why so"?
"How would you like Your phone number on the van"? "That would be nice, eh"? Big smile from him.
A good laugh.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Years ago, when we had our shop in Cincinnati, my brother was a good artist, but a terrible speller. It was part of my job, to spend time during the course of the day checking his work for errors. He even misspelled OUR name on the side of our new work van. Blowing the name up on the projector, he laid out "Sing" for Sign Co., and actually had one side lettered, before I came back to the shop.
This was a main reason I was happy when vinyl letters came along. It was much easier to go back and correct than hand-painted stuff. Also, since he didn't know anything about computers, I did most of the lettering and he just stuck em on.
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
As a young man...before I got married...I attended one of those schools...graduated with honors and was valedickorian of the class. Posted by Marty Happy (Member # 302) on :
I sometimes wonder if such mistakes are intentional for the free publicity that they get!
Posted by Brent Logan (Member # 6587) on :
I wonder about that too, Russ. I design a lot of these digital boards. They cross the desk of at least a half dozen people before the art is uploaded. Then again... some of these "Account Executives" aren't the sharpest blades in the drawer.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Yup! Often words are misspelled on purpose! Especially window splashes!
It is to draw people inside to say "Hey! Your sign is spelled wrong!" Followed by "Ooo! I like that Impala!"
Posted by Dennis Kiernan (Member # 12202) on :
I did an album cover once -- Slim Gaillard's Cement Mixer Put-ti Put-Ti, including all the hand-lettering on it. It was produced and put in the stores. Later I found the client had given me a misspelling of Gaillard's name, with only one "L" in it.
I knew "Cement Mixer" well -- it had been a huge hit back when -- but I'd never paid any attention to the spelling.
go figure
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
I once did a sign for an antique store. The shop front spelled it in old english lettering as 'Antigues' with a G instead of a Q in the middle. I asked the owner if he wanted me to fix it, and he said no, the free radio & other publicity he used toi get was worth the error.
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