Outside of a residential building on North Miro Street in New Orleans’ Treme neighborhood, there is a thin, white pole about six feet high. At the top of the pole is the frame for a two-part sign; the ...

Nov 5, 2013 Nov 5, 2013 Updated Jun 12, 2015 COLUMBIA — John Crockett is one of the last craftsmen around who still honors the tradition of lettering signs by hand. For two decades, the retired art ...

Sometimes you’ll see a faint image shimmering off the side of a brick building – a ghostly reminder of what ad signage used to be before vinyl banners and precut plastic stick-on letters. Without ...

PLUMSTED – Among the many claims to fame held by Al Hutchins, owner of Al's Signs & Truck Lettering in the New Egypt section of Plumsted, is one record-setting fact – he says he's part of the oldest ...

In an increasingly digital world, where design software can turn anyone into an instant Leonardo da Vinci, it’s easy to forget that signs were once lettered by hand using sable brushes, mineral ...

Photo by Paul LaPann Joseph Sadie has been in the sign business for 47 years, since he was 10 years old. Here he stands outside his business on Seventh Street in Parkersburg. PARKERSBURG –Joseph Sadie ...

You've likely seen Pascale Arpin's artwork around Ottawa, and if it's working, it's helped guide you to the curbside pickup spot or take-out window of a local business. Arpin is one of only a handful ...

For decades, Gibbs Connors and Christian Cantiello have been hand-painting the iconic signs that define Philadelphia’s restaurant scene, from the ...

As fresh businesses inhabit long-vacant buildings in Detroit, an art once teetering on obscurity is increasingly used to set them apart. "It's a craft that for many years ruled the roost," said Doc ...

Craftsmanship and economics combine to keep the city's tradition of distinctive hand-painted signs alive in the digital age. Kathleen Rooney takes her walking seriously, and so does her friend ...