True Tales

No, Sir, There Isn’t a Global Signpainting Conspiracy Against You

Sign pro’s wit counters a customer’s hyper-skepticism.

Published

4 years ago

August 26, 2021

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Ye Olde YouTube Signpainting Tricks

While talking with a customer on the phone a third time before a site visit, the customer asked me if I was “gassing him up” (using Photoshop to create his hand-lettered sign) because that’s a trick he saw in a YouTube search. I advised that things would be drawn out and scaled up accordingly. His reply was that sign painters are lying to customers. I replied, “Why yes, when computers were around in the 1800’s, the sign guys were surely using Photoshop.” He hung up. — Ty Wegener, Wags Sign Co., Omaha, Ne

Mars Bravo: The Most Interesting Name in the Sign Industry

Mars Bravo is not the kind of name you hear very often in the sign industry — the kind of name more likely to follow, “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage…!” In this episode, Eric interviews Mars to find out about her start in the sign industry and her ideas for the future, first with how she got her name.