Appendix E — Sign Design Features

Appendix E: Sign Design Features

Sign Shapes – Most Common Shapes [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] •Horizontal •Horizontal with •Vertical •Vertical with ornate ornate left and right top edge design edge designs Sign Shapes – Other Common Shapes [image omitted; see the official PDF] •Curved or arch •Shield •Oval •Representative (Arrow) Sign Materials – Sign Body [image omitted; see the official PDF] •Painted Wood •Painted wood with •Painted directly on •Canvas or sailcloth Sign Materials – Sign Supports [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] •Direct attachment to a building or •Attached to building •Suspension from •Mounted on wood canopy structure or canopy with wrought iron sign post(s) metal straps [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] •Suspension from wood •Mounted on •Mounted on •Sidewalk Directional Signs mounted on sign post masonry colum cast iron or cast metal (left) and wooden (right) stucco finish cast metal post frames Sign Background, Letter, and Details Examples [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] •Sign content, primarily •Periods used for •Painted letter blocking used along one line of primarily lettering, emphasis the sign’s text to give the appearance of three covers the majority of dimensionality and is oriented in one sign area direction [image omitted; see the official PDF] •Painted letter shadow used •Color lettering is •Common pre-1872 •Interior pin-to simulate shadow that separated from colored symbol is used to striping designs would be cast by text background by painted fill space used Lighting and Sign Illumination [image omitted; see the official PDF] [image omitted; see the official PDF] •French Quarter Lantern •Millhouse lamp •Gooseneck lamp