The size comes from your fascia, not from a catalogue

A shop sign is not chosen from a list of sizes: it is measured on the frontage. We work made to measure, with free height and width, so that the panel fills the whole fascia above your window without leaving bare masonry at the sides.

Beyond a certain width, a sign exceeds the size of a single sheet: it reaches you in several equal pieces, to be fitted edge to edge. A 150 x 250 cm sign therefore ships as three pieces of at most 240 x 118 cm. Place the joins in your artwork, not in the middle of your name.

The orientation is chosen when you order: a long fascia above a shop window is handled in landscape, a panel set between two windows or on a corner pier in portrait. That is what decides the layout of your name, not the other way round.

Aluminium, foam PVC or Plexiglas: the real question is how long

3 mm Alupanel®, white or brushed silver, is the material you do not take down between seasons. 5 or 10 mm Forex® costs less, for a sheltered shopfront or a sign you plan to update, the 10 mm taking over from the 5 mm on wide signs. 5 or 10 mm cast Plexiglas® plays on thickness: its edge shows and the panel gains depth.

Readable from afar, and at an angle

Nobody reads a shop sign head-on: people glimpse it while walking, at an angle, from several dozen metres away. A short name in large letters, strong contrast between text and background, space around the letters: that is what decides whether you are seen.

On brushed silver, CMYK + white printing lays down an opaque underlayer and your brand colours stay true; with CMYK alone, the metal shows through and tints the solid areas.

UV protection, eyelets and corners: what keeps a sign flat

Gloss or matt lamination, UV- and scratch-resistant, protects the ink from fading and the surface from cleaning: it is what keeps your red red. Choose matt if a street lamp or the sun reflects off your frontage.

Screwed flat, the sign sits flush on the fascia and the wind cannot get under it. Eyelets allow quick mounting, in each corner or all around the edge depending on the width, cable ties allow fixing to an open-work support, and rounded corners remove the sharp edge at head height. Ø 12 mm standoffs remain available if you want to hold the panel off the wall.

Made in Manciet, fitted to your frontage

These signs come out of our workshop in Manciet, in the Gers. You give us a measurement taken on your fascia, we send you back a panel that fits without adjustment and without cutting on site. Urgent and express turnaround exist for an opening that has already been announced.