Sign Painters

by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon

There was a time-as recently as the 1980s-when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our visual landscape. Fortunately,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616890835
• ISBN13: 9781616890834
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 9.4"