Signage: the dimensions and the fitting, settled before the quote
This is a suggestion, not a standard. We do not do your job: this list is a starting point, to be added to, cut down and rephrased to suit the way you work.
The questions
The sign
Where it will go, and on what.
What kind of sign?
What is being covered · Required
The answers offered:
- Fascia sign
- Projecting sign
- Window graphics
- Totem
- Interior sign
- Awning
- Vehicle
Width
Number · Required
In centimetres. Measure the sign, not the text.
Height
Number · Required
Material
Dropdown · Optional
If you are not sure, leave it on "Advise me": I will suggest something.
The answers offered:
- Advise me
- Dibond
- PVC
- Acrylic
- Aluminium
- Wood
- Vinyl only
The wording
What has to appear on it.
Text to appear
Short text · Required
The exact name, with its punctuation.
Dominant colour
Colour · Required
How it should be made
Multiple choice · Optional
Leave everything unticked if you are not sure: I will suggest something.
The answers offered:
- Illumination (backlit or LED)
- Built-up cut letters
- Lightbox
- Double-sided (visible from both sides)
The fitting
What decides the equipment and the permissions.
Access constraints
Long text · Optional
Height, pedestrianised street, narrow pavement, restricted hours.
Would you like me to fit the sign?
Single choice · Optional
The answers offered:
- Yes, fitting included
- No, I will handle it
- Quote for it and I will decide
Planning permission
Dropdown · Optional
A sign facing the street almost always needs advertisement consent.
The answers offered:
- Already granted
- Applied for
- Not applied for yet
- I do not know
A photo of the site, and your logo
File · Optional
Two things here: the whole fascia or wall, straight on, and your logo as a vector (ai, eps, pdf, svg) if you have it.
And finally
Your deadline, and anything that did not fit the questions above.
When do you need it?
Dropdown · Required
The answers offered:
- As soon as possible
- Within 2 weeks
- Within a month
- No particular deadline
Anything you would like to add?
Long text · Optional
A constraint, a question, a detail I ought to bear in mind.
Any other files to attach
File · Optional
On top of what is asked for above: screenshots, sketches, documents. HEIC from an iPhone is fine.
The colours to offer
- Black
- White
- Midnight blue
- Shopfront blue
- Signal red
- Signal yellow
- Olive green
- Natural wood
How it works
1
You pick your trade
When you sign up, and the questions on this page are already in your account. You cut them down, add to them and rephrase them: nothing is fixed.
2
You send one link
Your client answers from their phone, when they can, and uploads their files. They install nothing, create no account and choose no password.
3
What follows stays in one place
The conversation, the chasing, the later rounds of questions, the deposit and the balance, and the delivery of the files, which can open on its own once the payment settles.
What it costs
Frequently asked questions
- What do you need to know before making a sign?
- The type of sign (fascia, cut letters, totem, window graphics), the space available, the material, how it is lit if it is lit at all, and the fitting constraints: height, access and what the frontage is made of.
- Who handles planning permission?
- Settle it in the brief rather than afterwards. A sign visible from a public road needs consent in most places, and finding out at the end of the job that nobody applied costs far more than the question did.
Think something is wrong?
A question that is missing, one that means nothing in your trade, a word that is not the right one: write to us and we will fix it.
Write to us at [email protected]These questions are already waiting for you
Create your studio, pick your trade, and this brief is there. You send one link, your client answers once, and you follow what happens next in the same place.