Signwriter
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Signwriters design, manufacture and install signs
, including advertising signs for shops, businesses and public facilities as well as signs for transport systems.
Most modern signwriters design signs with the assistance of computer-aided design
(CAD) computer-directed manufacturing techniques. Historically, signwriters drew or painted signs by hand using enamel paint.
The majority of signs are now created with large-format printers. Printers can use solvent inks, ultraviolet-curable inks, water-based inks or latex inks. UV inks have the special ability to be printed directly onto many different substrates such as wood, metal and plastic. The other types are printed onto either adhesive backed or non-adhesive films. Adhesive-backed films are then laminated to different substrates.
Signage
Signage is any kind of visual graphics created to display information to a particular audience. This is typically manifested in the form of wayfinding information in places such as streets or inside/outside of buildings.-History:...
, including advertising signs for shops, businesses and public facilities as well as signs for transport systems.
Most modern signwriters design signs with the assistance of computer-aided design
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
(CAD) computer-directed manufacturing techniques. Historically, signwriters drew or painted signs by hand using enamel paint.
The majority of signs are now created with large-format printers. Printers can use solvent inks, ultraviolet-curable inks, water-based inks or latex inks. UV inks have the special ability to be printed directly onto many different substrates such as wood, metal and plastic. The other types are printed onto either adhesive backed or non-adhesive films. Adhesive-backed films are then laminated to different substrates.