We do not do logo design. We recommend you contact a professional graphic designer to help you with that. Alternatively, for basic logos, you could use an online logo design website. One we like best is www.logoyes.com. You can create clean, simple logos which can be easily made into a sign, and get your logo in the right format (.ai or .eps)
Layout, Design and Artwork
Order Process
The best way to start to process of ordering architectural signage is to determine your needs. Browse through our site. Look at the samples on our product pages in our portfolio. Determine what materials and products would best suit your purpose and budget. Determine what sizes you need. We can not give you an accurate quote until you know all the specifications you would like regarding material, size, quantity, fonts, finsihes, etc.
Feel free to call us if you need help determining materials and sizes.
Then, fill out our get a quote form. Or if your order is for standard fonts and sizes of sign letters, you can order online. (Coming Soon!)
Installation
Sure. All Impact! Architectural Signs products ship with a precise installation pattern, making the installation really easy and straightforward. You can also hire a local installer if you feel you need to. Please look at the installation instructions on the Installation page of our website.
About Impact! Signs
Impact! Architectural Signs sells directly to retail consumers in a wide variety of industries including general contractors, graphic designers, corporate, government, education, and retail clients. We do not provide trade discounts to sign companies for resale. So as a customer of Impact! Signs, you know you are buying direct.
While we do have very competitive pricing, we can not guarantee that you will not find a lower price. We do guarantee that all products we ship will be of the absolute highest quality, finished to the most exacting standards. There are many companies that will take shortcuts on finsihing, use inferior materials, and therefore sell at lower price. Sometimes, we know, it will be hard to differentiate. We have built our reputation on quality, and plan to keep it that way.
That being said, if you do have a lower written price, we would be happy to evaluate it for you. We will see if is possible to match while maintaing the highest quality and durability standards, or we will tell you if we feel that something on the quote does not seem likely to live up to your standards.
A basic rule is that 2" letters are readable from 10-15 feet away. Then add one inch to the letter height for every 20 feet of distance they need to be read from. Obviously if you can fit a larger letter size, they will be easier to read.
Please make it known on your quote request what your maximum line length should not exceed. We will then calculate what size letters can fit. You can also use our line length calculator. (Coming Soon!)
Dimensional Logos
We ususally refer to size for a logo as the "overall length". This means you would say you want your logo 4 feet long, 6 feet long, etc. This is best determined by taking a measuring tape and some masking tape into the reception area or wall, and actually putting the masking tape on the wall, and trying to visualize the appropriate size. View from outside the doors and from all angles to see how the sign would be noticed. It is also a matter of personal preference though. There is no hard and fast rule. One rule of thumb is to leave enough space on each side of the logo. For example if your wall is 10 feet wide. A 6 foot logo would give you a nice 2' of space on each side. We do need you to give us the overall length you would like in order to give you a quote.
Warranties and Policies
Information on this topic is coming soon.
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