[Boot Hill]

An often overlooked, but vital part of protest sign design is the stick used to hold the sign. For your own personal protection against attack, make the stick out of 2"x2" hardwood. If you think that hardwood costs too much, consider the cost of one trip to the emergency room to get yourself stitched up.

--Boot Hill

[fivetoes]

Looks like an area you may have some expertise in.

[2rightsleftcoast]

Love your sign!
How about FREE IRAQ FRY MUMIA

[The Californian]

bump

[general_re]

Well, as someone who put himself through a couple of years of college as a bona-fide professional signmaker, I can offer a couple of suggestions ;)

If this is purely a one-shot, temporary kind of thing, I'd suggest going with the Kinko's-type route, as others have suggested. Stick to card stock in that case, as anything more is overkill unless you need a seriously big sign.

If you want something that'll last for a good long while, or you want something guaranteed to be weatherproof, or you really do want a seriously big sign, I would consider calling your local sign shops and describing what you want to get some price quotes - vinyl lettering on coreplast should prove surprisingly inexpensive, and it will last for years and years with no fading or running. Plus, a full service sign shop can help you through design issues, materials choices, how to mount it, and all sorts of stuff - even your graphics won't be a problem, as many shops now have vinyl cutters that do printed graphics right on the vinyl. And you'll be able to go all the way up to 4'x8' sheets of coreplast (or plexiglass or plywood or whatever) for your signs, which is good for anything short of signaling passing planes ;)

BTW, for maximum visibility and readability, stick with red lettering on a white background.

[fivetoes]

Do not Feed the Leftists by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

The original parasite sign by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

[BreitbartSentMe]

Here's some I found around FR and printed out for a local Support the Troops rally:

Give FREEDOM a Chance
PEACE is not the absence of war...but the absence of EVIL
FREEDOM paid for by your US MILITARY
Land of the FREE because of the BRAVE

and Registered (I think) has a great one, a large peace sign, that says around it: Footprint of the Great American Chicken

[proud American in Canada]

jennyp, I"m in the same boat as you... preparing for my first "freep" up here in Canada this Saturday...

I must say,you all are professionals!!
bookmarking for later reference! :)

[Mr. Silverback]

Bump for later reading

[Nick Danger]

Here's my El Cheapo solution, from a graphic by Registered. This was done with the Poster software referred to above. This is 25 pieces of 8-1/2x11 paper scotch-taped to the side of a cardboard box. It was good enough to get on the TV that night.

[finnman69]

[abner]

For signs with photos- Kinko's or your inkjet is your best bet. I love Kinko's for posters. They do a good job quickly.

For smaller stuff, get poster board and follow the other tips on this thread.

For the warmer weather- go buy yourself a couple of t-shirts and a transfer kit for your printer and iron them on.

For large quantities of signs and enough time to have them done, look for a political sign maker on the net.

I have people call me all the time for 50 or so signs and as much as I would love the business, I send them to the internet.

For the posters with photos- I go to Kinko's, and I own a sign company.

[Ichneumon]

And for god's sake, PROOFREAD it before you print it. It probably helps to have someone else doublecheck it, since everyone has a blind spot to their own personal misspellings.

It's embarassing to give liberals an excuse to write you off as an illiterate redneck, yet at every conservative rally, I see at least one sign with an elementary spelling error (or punctuation -- misplaced apostrophes are most often the culprits).

Even if you think you know how to write, get a second opinion just to be sure. "Loose" does not equal "lose", "missile" is *not* spelled "missle", and so on. If you're taking the time to make a poster that you want to be seen by a large audience, make sure it's done right.

[JeffreyH]

I made some up at 24" x 36" for download - I use a 24" wide plotter (I do mapping work) - but for those who don't have that luxury - take them to Kinkos for a plot (most of them have the plotters) and affix on poster board. You can also print them normal size (8"x10").

http://www.icubed.com/~horneman/pictures_and_posters.htm

I see a lot of more good slogans and ideas here - hope yinz don't mind if I use a few for some more signs on my collection....

I was looking for software that will print out large posters in sections so you can put them back together onto poster board. I thought I seen someone mention this before - but haven't found the software yet. If anyone else know about it - let me know.


Jeffrey

[DoctorMichael]

OK, I'll bite. Here's MY FReep.........................

After seeing numerous ANSWER flyers posted on various bulletin boards in my building here at Univ. of VA trying to hype people to come out and MARCH FOR PEACE I GOOGLED that famous picture of a Moose-limb man laughing at a column of burqaed women (Afghanistan?). I resized the pik in TIFF format and IMPORTED this pik onto a MSWord document stating..........

*******************************
(Top of page in Bold, like 72 pt font) PROTECT ISLAMIC PROPERTY RIGHTS FROM WESTERN IMPERIALISM........
(Middle)Color pik of women
(Bottom of page in Bold, Red 72 pt font) SAY NO TO WAR
(At very bottom) Sponsored by CANSWER (ie. Communists.....)
*********************************

I printed these up at work on a color printer on 8.5 x 11 paper.

I did the same thing (Googling some pictures of Hitler, Mussolini, Uncle Joe Stalin and a slave with his back whipped) to go with the "Except for ending......." slogan.

I went and STAPLED these to all the ANSWER flyers I could find.

[CyberCowboy777]

get some bumper stickers made and signs...

i don't think there is a cost to you

http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Great thread. Is there any way we can keep this thread OUT THERE to click back to for the duration?

[MarcoPolo]

Here's a good one:

Q: WHAT'S THE MOTTO OF THE U.S. MARINES?

A: SEMPER FI (ALWAYS FAITHFUL)

Q: WHAT'S THE MOTTO OF THE FRENCH ARMY?

A: STOP, DROP, AND RUN!

And another for you:

THE LAST TIME FRANCE ASKED FOR MORE PROOF IT ROLLED OVER THEM IN A PANZER TANK CARRYING THE NAZI FLAG!

[TexasNative2000]

Many thanks to the fine folks at www.protestwarrior.com.

[~Peter]

Bumper sticker idea:

Today IRAQ
Tomorrow FRANCE