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For readability, plan an absolute minimum of 1 1/2 inches per 50 feet of distance. You should also be certain of any minimum size or contrast requirement imposed by your local authorities. Many of our address plaques go to homes that also have an additional, official, fire or police number posted. So size would not an issue in these cases. In general, address numbers of 3 inches is a good scale. On a larger building, larger plaques will have a better scale and look.

We strive to be as accommodating as possible, and we love to experiment. However, our methods have been refined over time and produce what we feel is the best possible outcome. If you would like something different that we are able to do, please be aware that you may not like it as much and it may cause problems (such as less contrast leading to less readability). While we won’t say “I told you so,” we also probably won’t be able to fix it.

We are usually able to ship in 3 weeks (“about” means “about”) after final design, artwork approval and payment. Our normal shipping method is FedEx, UPS or USPS, insured and trackable. Our signs and plaques ships from zip code 81416, Delta, Colorado. Shipping times are 1-5 days. Shipments to Canada can take up to 2 weeks. Shipments to other countries will likely take longer. We do not make firm promises of plaque completion time. We do not make firm promises of delivery date. Things happen. Our suppliers don’t ship, things break, power goes out, trucking company doesn’t show up, blizzards occur, tornadoes happen, people get sick, cars break down, life happens, etc, etc. We will do our best at our facility, but once it leaves us, we have no control of the shippers and customs whatsoever.

Our artists often create original art graphics just for you. To speed the process and keep our prices low, we use fonts and graphics from a variety of sources. We have our own extensive library and subscribe to a number of different services. Our fonts and graphics are original, licensed to us for use, or are in the public domain. We won’t intentionally cheat someone by stealing their talent and effort.

We love making signs and plaques uniquely yours, and we hate charging an arm and a leg to do it. We often receive artwork or ideas from clients who desire a personalized custom sign, but send artwork and files that we just cannot use. This is both disappointing and time consuming for all parties. There are two solutions for this. The option that no one likes is for our designers to totally recreate the submitted artwork in a file type that we can use. The downside to this is that we must charge $75 per hour, and impose a $75 minimum fee for this service. Firm quote will be given when you send artwork. The best option is for us to receive your ideas in a file format that we can use or convert. The following is a list of acceptable formats. They are: Adobe Illustrator (ai), EPS, or vectorized [...]