shop signs
Retail identity displays
Shop signs are the displays mounted on or near storefronts identifying businesses and their goods or services.
The term encompasses everything from painted wooden boards to neon lights to hanging symbols like a barber's pole or pawnbroker's three balls.
Historically, pictorial shop signs served illiterate customers: a boot for a cobbler, a key for a locksmith.
- hand-paintedDecorated by brush personally
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- LED displaysLight-emitting diode screens
- hours of operationScheduled availability periods
- neon signsElectrified gas tube advertisements
open for business · acrylic · typography · advertising · gilt · branding · wayfinding · wood · vinyl · lettering · plastic · A-frame · legal compliance · illustrations · metal · fascia · color schemes · logos
- signagestreet signs, traffic signs, exit signs, parking signs, door signs
- townscapebuildings, facades, rooftops, streets, windows
- city lightsstreetlights, streetlamps, street lamps, neon signs, lampposts
- signssigns, exit, neon signs, street signs, open
communication purpose
shop signsprice tags
Markers showing item costs
product labels · receipts · terms and conditions · fine print · contracts