How to Make Your Own Western-Looking Sign
Your business can benefit from a having a Western-looking sign if you're based out West or if your product line is Western-related, such as cowboy boots or saddles. You also might consider creating a Western sign for a themed sale or promotion. There are a number of themes to suit your needs and preferences.
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Your Western-Looking Sign
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Determine how your sign will be used, and be creative. If it will be a permanent sign, work with a sign company. If your sign will be temporary, you can look for a Western-themed template online.
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Evaluate Western themes. There are many iconic symbols of the West, including a bucking horse, a ranch, a cowboy with a 10-gallon hat, a steer head and horns, branding irons, boots and spurs.
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Consider some of the lesser-used Western motifs for your sign's main image, such as a wanted poster, a sheriff's badge, a stagecoach, a cactus or a prairie dog. Also, consider the typeface tor your sign. Some fonts say "Western" more than others. They tend to be heavily inked, old-fashioned fonts with large serifs.
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Select a natural material as the canvas for your sign. Rather than having a neon or Plexiglas sign, consider a sign that uses natural elements. Try using old wood planks that look like the remnants from a barn. Carve the name of your business into a dead tree trunk if you're creating a three-dimensional sign.
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You also can reproduce the essence of a natural-element sign by incorporating the colors and images of the old West as part of the graphic elements. For example, take a wanted poster to the next level by scorching the edges so it looks weathered and Westernized.
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