‘Sign Makers’ Articles at Visigraph

Part 2 of the History of Sign Makers and Sign Making

Barry K. Brown — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:46:35 +0000

In this second article on this history series, we’ll cover everything from the 17th and 18th centuries until the present, and my hope is that you’ll have a great handle, whether you wanted a handle on it or not, all about the signage making and the producers.

Hi again…as I said last time, if you look around, or drive around, when you live in any industrialized country on earth, your locale is full of signposts. Most of us simply accept that a sign maker made all of them, but that’s pretty much the extent of anyone’s thought on the subject.

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Part One of the History of Sign Makers

Barry K. Brown — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:38:05 +0000

I’m going to give you a brief history so you’ll know, whether you wanted to know or not, all about signs, printing and the makers.

When you look around, or drive around, if you live in most industrialized countries on the planet, your world is full of signs. If you’re like most people, you simply accept that they are made by sign makers, but you don’t give it much thought; you pretty much just take them for granted, at least until you get lost!

Possible Story of the First Prehistoric Sign Making

In the Stone Age,

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Why Sign Makers and Their Clients Love Digital Printing

Barry K. Brown — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:29:23 +0000

In some past articles I reviewed the techniques involved in how sign makers screen print signs, and I also explored various plastic materials and how they were used. Today I’m going to talk about the revolution digital printing has brought to the print industry in the past 10 to 15 years.

In the beginning, Johannes Gutenberg invented moveable type, revolutionizing the world into the modern era. One thing led to another (I will save the history of printing for 20 more articles later), and now we all have digital signage press!

In the Good Old Days,

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