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This sign was right down the street from Ron Percell's shop during the last Micro Meet in September. Although proximity might suggest to some the person or persons responsible for the total use of background space and border area in this handsome residential advertising piece, bear in mind there WERE quite a few LetterHead types in town that weekend and any of us may have snapped and committed this. I'd like to claim it as my own, but it's beyond my level of endeavor up to this viewing. No flies on this sign, nor any wasted space - the Gothic/Casual letter style is easy to read. That ain't Helvetica, no Sir! I've checked my type books - it's something Brand New. My only criticism would be the inconsistency in allowing too much air around "Yard Sale" - it smacks of using emphasis in the most important place. "HUGE" is, of course Huge, as it should be and, sure, "Sat" and "Sun" are red letter days. I will forever after use uniform line spacing as represented here...
This pic will share an honored place in my archive of Brother-In-Law Signs.
[ December 29, 2001: Message edited by: Mike Languein ]
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Hey Mike, A instructor at L.A.T.T, Sign Graphics course, told Us , "If all the taste you have is in your mouth , your in trouble " After seeing that picture , I now know what He means !! lol Bob
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Mike, you did a rather fair job in following the layout from that pounce pattern I made for you. I do think it looked better with the serif's that I had though.
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6806 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I do not see a Sign Police citation posted as it is well deserved.
-------------------- Kent Smith Smith Sign Studio P.O.Box 2385, Estes Park, CO 80517-2385 kent@smithsignstudio.com Posts: 1025 | From: Estes Park, CO | Registered: Nov 1998
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Now Mike, I saw you snapnnn that out front, something like " Watch out Brothers, the paints really gonna fly Now!". Boy, what some friends will do for gas money. hehe
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With a collector sign like that, the next thing would be to make it a "True Yard Sale Sign" is to add neon on to it. Yeah...That's the ticket! The neon bender would love this person!
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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The guy who lettered the truck at the bottom left of the page linked to below did it, I'd know his work anywhere. It takes a second for the page to load but it's worth it. http://www.cegraphics.com/singswedidnotproduce.htm I've put a link to here before but they have added some more so check it out.
-------------------- John Thompson JTT Graphics "The big guy with a little sign shop!" Royston/Hartwell Georgia jtt101@hotmail.com Posts: 626 | From: Royston Georgia | Registered: Feb 2002
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My buddy Tom Eardley and I would spot signs like that when we were driving around and whoever spotted it first would say "Is that one of yours?" and the other would reply "No ...but it's one of my layouts". Then the guy who spotted it would say "thought I recognized it". Then we'd drive on laughing...(this only happened probably a thousand times over the years)
Awww sorry ...ya had to be there!
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hahaha...had one monday as a matter of fact Bushie...charged him double the material cost and let him do the labor...good program don't you think?
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Ron, you must have dug this one out of an old trash can. Thinking about the next Micro Meet? I am...that truck - if it belongs to who I think it does - he does that on purpose. He's a really good sign painter. Man! Talking about 'Dressing Down', though.
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