Signs & Plaques
Signage
Wheelcovers

Fonts
This page contains a selection of fonts we can use. If you have a particular font in mind, let us know and we will may have it and if we don't, you can email it to us as an attachment.
Range of Fonts

Decorative Borders
This page contains a range of decorative borders which can be used on most of the signs.
Decorative Borders

Help with Letter & Sign Sizing
It can be difficult deciding on how large or small to make a sign. We have created this pages showing letter heights and sizes to help you decide.
Sign Sizing

Vinyl Colours for lettering
This page contains the colours of vinyl available to use on cut vinyl signs. However these images only be used as a guide as each computer monitor can display the colours differently
Click here to see the range of vinyl colours

Text Effects for Full Colour Printing
When printing in full colour the text can be made far more exciting than flat colour cut vinyl. These effects can be used on any printed vinyl lettering including wheel covers.
Range of Text Effects

Standard Artwork - One Colour
These pages contains lots of symbols and pictures which can be used on our signs and wheelcovers. Pictures with very fine detail can only be used on engraved signs.
Standard Artwork

Standard Pictures - Full Colour
These pages contains many pictures which can be used on wheel covers, or any full colour vinyl printing.
Standard Colour Pictures

T-Shirts - Full Colour
There are three finishes - flock, vivid colour and metallic, lots of images (or send in your own) which can go on any garment. Words can also be added.
Full Colour T-shirts

Top quality garments for printing
All our garments are top quality. The adult T-Shirts and Hoodies are Earth Positive which are certified by the Soil Association, FairWear Foundation and the Carbon Trust. The childrens T-Shirts are heavy weight 100% cotton. We also have Polo Shirts, Rugby Shirts and More
The Garments

T-Shirts - Full Colour images with interesting frames
We have a wonderful range of frames which can turn an image into something really interesting. These can also be used on one of your own pictures and the result is vastly superior to the average printed T-Shirt.
Frames to Enhance your Photo

T-Shirts Single Colour Personalised Designs
These designs can be printed on any of the garments. Our designers will create a unique design for you using your words, a font of your choice along with one or more of our hundreds of images.
Stunning Single Colour Prints

Little Critters Range of Childrens Name T-shirts
Choose one of the Little Critters and our designers will incorporate it into the childs name which can go on the front or back of the T-Shirt or back of the Jacket.
The Little Critter Range

T-Shirts Standard Designs
As well designing to your specifications, we have a range of standard print. These are ready to go on the front or back of any garment. As no design work is involved the prices are cheaper.
Standard Designs

Fixing your sign without screws
There are times when screwing your sign to the wall is not an ideal solution. We have come across a very powerful adhesive which is easy to use.
Fixing your Sign with CT1

Oak Frames
Our carpenters will make up oak frames to surround most of our sign boards and stone finish engraved corean. These are very attractive and are ideal for hanging from brackets or screwing to the wall. They can be finished in either Danish Oil or black preservative stain.
Oak Frames

Informational Signs If you need to put lots of information on a long lasting sign there are a number of materials which can be use including stainless steel, corian, laser engraved laminate and printed exterior vinyl
Informational Signs

House Signs This page contains an overview of all the various house signs we can make
House Signs

Stable Door Name Plates
These can be made in engraved brass, engraved laminate, cast metal and wood - oak, sapele and iroko
Stable Door Name Plates

House Numbers
All kinds of different house numbers made in all kinds of materials.

Slate - Brass, Cast and Engraved - Wood - Cast Aluminium - Granite - Marble - Laminate

House Number Signs

Sign Boards
Boards made in a variety of materials to suit all circumstances. Includes some fantastic metallic and stone finishes. Can be used with cut vinyl lettering or full coloured printed work.
Signs Boards

Memorial Plaques
These can be made in engraved brass, engraved laminate, laser engraved stainless steel, slate, cast bronze and aluminium, wood, corian and ceramic.
Memorial Plaques

Business Signage
An overview of the various signage we can make for the business community. Includes sign boards, magetics, safety signage, stickers, A-boards, banners, estate signs, finger posts as well as large oak and slate.
Business Signage

Engraved
An overview of all the various materials that can be used to engrave - These include brass, aluminium, stainless steel, acrylic laminate, corian and wood veneer.
Engraved Signage

Vinyl Signage
We produce cut vinyl work as well as printing in full colour on exterior grade vinyl. The printed vinyl is often sold as is to cover an existing sign or as stickers. The vinyl is also applied to magnetics, wheelcovers, a variety of boards, eg aluminium, pvc, fibreglass, hanging and pavement signs.
Vinyl Signage

Window Art
Banish the net curtains forever. Use our sandbast effect vinyl on your glass doors and windows. Lets the light through and at the same time gives you excellent privacy.
Window Art

Farm & Estate Signs
A large selection of different types of board are suitable as farm signs or estate signage. This page gives details of the various options.
Farm Signs & Boards

Sand Carved Oak Signs
These wooden signs are sand carved in oak in a wide variety of sizes. A large number of fonts can be used and the letter size adjusted to suit. It is also possible to add logos or create shaped signs.
Carved Wooden Signs - Oak

Large Signs carved from English Oak -
Ideal for farms, woodland and Estates
Large Oak Signs

Wooden signs as direction arrows, hanging from posts arms or with small post or pegs
Wooden Signs with Posts

Rustic timber slices
These make interesting house signs. Each piece of timber is different so each sign is individual. The bark is left on and the top surface is varnished. They are made in three sizes and the lettering can be in any one of our many fonts. Various timber used.
Rustic wooden signs

Elegant Wood Range
Our elegant range of wooden house signs is ideal for smaller signs or when fine detail is required. . We can also engrave the lettering as small as 10mm so these signs are ideal if several words are needed.
Elegant Wood Range

Hand Painted Rustics
These rustic timber slices are individually hand painted - no two signs are the same. You will have a house sign that is unique. Flowers can be added. Finally the sign is varnished
Hand Painted Rustics

Cherry Wood
Lovely timber with heartwood that varies from rich red to reddish-brown. The colouring improves with age (providing well maintained) It has a fine, straight, close grain. Slightly cheaper than oak
Cherry wood

Sapele
Its rich, lustrous, and variable reddish-brown color give it a mahogany-like appearance. However unlike most mahoganies, Sapele has substantially less movement in service. It is also even harder than oak.
Sapele

Iroko
Similar to teak in appearance and is imported from West Africa. It is an extremely dense and stable timber which is naturally oily and therefore highly durable and ideal for external signs.  It is a timber which can be left untreated.
Iroko

Driftwood Effect
These are very unusual signs and really do show the beauty of the grain. The letters are proud and the background is sand blasted away leaving the driftwood effect.
Driftwood Effect

Laminated Western Red Cedar
Timber with a high quality vertical grain - just over 1.5inches thick. This timber is also ideal for sand blasting away the background to leave the letters raised. The letters can be left plain or coloured.The background can be treated for a rich finish or left untreated to weather to a beautiful silver grey colour.
Laminated red cedar wooden signs

Slate House Signs
Slate signs come in a range of sizes and styles of lettering. Prices depend on the size of sign and the number of letters. Simple pictures can also be included. Usually painted in gold, silver or white, but can be in any colour or left unpainted.
Slate House Signs

Coloured Slate
A lovely range of coloured slate, several with interesting markings. Colours include green, copper and silver.
Coloured Slate Signs

Large Slate House Signs
For large signs we us slate which is between 20mm and 30mm thick. This can be cut to any size up to 600mm x 2100mm
Large Slate

Marble and Granite House Signs
A good selection of granite and marble house signs.. They can be carved in a large number of fonts and borders or pictures can be included. Letter colour usually gold, silver, white, cream, pink, purple, black, blue and green.
Granite and Marble House Signs

Engraved Acrylic Laminate
Exterior grade 3mm laminate - ideal for outdoor and indoor information signs. Available in eights colours including two metallic and twelve standard sizes.

Engraved Laminate

Desk Name Plate
Classic top quality engraved brass or modern anodised aluminium on a solid wood bar. You choose the font, the layout and if you like, we can even include an image.
Desk Name Plate

Engraved Wooden Signs
Real Wood Veneers - Oak, Maple, Ash and Cherry - on Black Core - Ideal for Hotels, Offices, Department Stores, Shops and Doctors Surgeries, Interior use only - 9mm thickness
Engraved Wooden

Engraved Brass Signs in large range of sizes
Made of quality engravers brass in three thickness, many fonts, painted in Black, Blue, Green or Red. Backing boards available
Engraved Brass

Stainless Steel Name Plates
More expensive than other engraved name plates, but becoming ever more popular. Again it has the advantage of easy maintenance.
Stainless Steel

Laser Engraved Stainless Steel
Lettering can be smaller than normal engraving and even good quality photos can be included. Very durable and requires little maintenance
Laser Engraved Stainless Steel

Laser Engraved Acrylic Laminate
It has the advantage of being able to use small text and detailed images. It still can be used outside and is ideal for all kinds of use and commemorative and memorial plaques to office nameplates.
Laser Engraved Acrylic Laminate

Acrylic Tactile / Braille
These have raised letters and symbols that can be easily felt with the fingertips and look very attractive at the same time. Each sign also has braille letters. The background is a matt non glare finish.
Acrylic Tactile / Braille

Corian Plaques
The corian plaques can be cut to any size and are excellent for engraving. They are hard wearing, weatherproof and virtually maintenance free. Corian is a mixture of clear acrylic resin, natural minerals and pigments. The mineral content retains some of the properties of real stone such as the cold feel, matt finish and substantial weight.
Corian

Wooden Memorial Plaques
Our wooden memorial plaques are very elegant and very beautiful. Plaques made from wood feel very natural and are often more appropriate to use than the rather formal engraved brass.
Wooden Memorial Plaques

Photo Memorials
Photo memorial plaques made from weatherproof glass or porcelain. They are completely fade resistant having been fired at 860C.  If wording is required they can be mounted onto an engraved corian plaque.
Photo Memorials

Memorial Plaques with backing boards and tree stakes
Made from brass, black aluminium or acrylic laminate these plaques are available in any size and on backing boards in various timbers,
Memorial Plaques

Engraved Wooden Crosses
The beautifully made wooden cross are available in four sizes. They are normally hand made in oak with either a stake end or a flat end for wall mounting. Lettering and images can be lasered directly into the wood or onto a plaque which is mounted onto the cross.
Wooden Crosses

Engraved Anodised Aluminium - Black or Silver
A modern alternative to brass with less maintenance
Engraved Aluminium

Reflective House Sign
These boards are durable, lightweight, extremely flat and rigid and do not corrode. Available in many finishes - stone, timber grain, metallic and plain colours.
Reflective house signs

Clear Acrylic Signage
High quality contemporary acrylic signs suitable for internal or external use. These signs look crystal clean like glass and are ideal for a modern look. Apart from a wash occasionally no other maintenance is required.
Clear Acrylic Signage

Cast Bronze House Signs and Memorial Plaques
Each casting is a unique piece in it's own right. Craftsmen use traditional methods for casting the bronze plaques and ensure that every handmade sign or plaque leaving the foundry is perfect.
Cast Bronze

Cast Aluminium
Made using the same methods as cast bronze, but it is a little cheaper.
Cast Aluminium

Cast Brass Names and Numbers
Made of solid brass, these plates can be painted in Black, Blue, Green or Maroon.
Cast Brass

Painted Cast Aluminium
Made of solid aluminium. Several lines of wording can be incorporated by reducing the letter size. We can include a house number.
Cast Aluminium House Signs

Cast Metal Numbers
Available in nine designs, these house number signs are all approximately 6" wide. Each can include up to three numbers.
Cast Metal House Numbers

Metal Silhouette Names and Numbers
Our Silhouette Signs are flat with raised lettering.
They are painted black with white lettering or gold leaf lettering .
Metal Silhouette House Signs   Dog Silhouettes

Our Horseshoe Signs make ideal house or stable name plates. The horseshoe part of the sign is molded like a horseshoe.
Horseshoe Name Plates

Cast Metal - Text Only
These simple cast metal text only plaques can be vertical or horizontal. Horizontal text can have one, two or three lines
Text Only Cast Metal Plaques

Porcelain Memorial Plaques
Made from vitreous porcelain these plaques provide a permanent outdoor memorial which is completely fade resistant. Available in a standard size of 8 x 10 cm, these can be produced with an image to the perimeter or within a gold coloured band or with a name badge.
Porcelain Memorial Plaques

Hand Painted Ceramic
Moulded and fired the traditional way, these signs are made from durable weatherproof ceramic with a gloss finish. Every sign is hand painted from start to finish. This enables us to create any layout with any design combination.
Hand Painted Ceramic

Ceramics Coat of Arms
Choose any sign shape and have your family coat of arms, showing family name and motto. Available with or without house name or number.
Have 2 family coats of arms to make the perfect WEDDING or ANNIVERSARY present
Ceramic Coat of Arms

Enamel Plates
The enamel signs are made using genuine enamels, the pigments are fired at 760°C. This gives a fade resistant and washable surface which is maintenance free. These plaques are ideal for many purposes include - door plates, stable door name plaques, house numbers and as small information signs.
Enamel Plates

Wall Mounted Hanging Signs
A range of well made substantial signs on hangers available with lighting units if require
Wall Signs on hangers

A-Boards and Swing Signs
A good selection of A-Boards, Swing Boards and Rotating Boards. Some suitable for holding your own posters and also come with blackboard inserts.
A-Boards & Swing Boards

Custom Wheel Covers - Single Colour
Simple personalised wheel covers can be produced at a very reasonable cost using vinyls which are cut and applied to the wheel cover. Costs includes up to 18 words.Can be reflective if required.
Custom Made Spare Wheel Covers

Bespoke Wheel Covers - Single Colour Lettering and Full Colour Picture
This is a combination wheelcover which uses cut vinyl lettering along with a full colour printed picture.
Bespoke 4x4 Wheel Covers

Personalised Wheel Covers - Full Colour
Photos and complex artwork with lots of colours or tones and fine lines needs to be printed onto vinyl which is then applied to the wheelcover.
Full Colour Wheel Covers

Spare Wheel Covers - Stock Designs
A range of attractive stock designs applied to our black SR-Advance and Stainless Steel Wheel Covers
Stock Designs Wheel Covers

Unique Photo Designs
A range of attractive high quality stock photos unique to The Sign Maker
Photo Design Wheelcovers

Fun Covers
A range of attractive fun artwork for SR-Advance and Stainless Steel Wheel Covers
Fun Covers

Stainless Steel Wheel Covers
These can be made with long lasting cut vinyl lettering or printed on full colour vinyl.
Stainless Steel Wheel Covers

Blank Wheel Covers
Top quality wheel covers both vinyl and stainless steel. Disks can be black or silver.
Blank Wheel Covers Vinyl and Stainless Steel

Wheelcover Stickers
Perfect if you already have a wheelcover which just needs freshening up.
Wheelcover Stickers

Standard Safety and Information signs
Standard safety signs or information signs made in self adhesive vinyl and Rigid PVC both white and photoluminescent - details of materials
Information and Safety Signs.

Standard Made Tactile and Braille
Our range of signs for the Visually Impaired has been selected to aid compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act
Tactile and Braille

Custom Made Safety Signs on PVC Board
Made up to your requirements on 3mm PVC foamboard with cut vinyl lettering. These materials are weatherproof and durable.
Custom Made Information and Safety Signs.

Cut Vinyl Lettering on Aluminium Composite
A very useful material composed of a thermoplastic polyethylene core sandwiched between two aluminium alloy sheets which produces high quality signs which are cheaper than flat plate aluminium. Also available in many interesting finishes - metallic, stone, woodgrain and plain colours.
Cut vinyl on aluminium composite

Full Colour Printing on Aluminium Composite
This is ideal for small lettering (under 20mm), or where several colours are used, several images needed or where photos are required.
Full colour on aluminium composite

Silver/White Reflective Lettering on Aluminium Composite Board
These boards are durable, lightweight, extremely flat and rigid and do not corrode. The engineering grade reflective lettering is applied to the boards once you have chosen the font, board size and colour.
Reflective lettering on aluminium composite

Self Adhesive Vinyl signs
These stick-on signs with a peel-off backing can be used to cover existing signs, on vehicles or on any smooth surface
Self Adhesive Vinyl Signs

Printed Vinyl Stickers
We specialise in small runs using a solvent ink printer with eco-friendly inks. The stickers which are suitable for exterior use. Can be cut to any shape.
Vinyl stickers

Standard Printed Stickers
A large range of standard stickers both full colour and single colour. All can be used inside or outside on any smooth surface. Cut vinyls include metallic colours, chrome film and reflective vnyl.
Standard Stickers

Power Car - Street Race Graphics
Lots of designs which can be printed in all colours including gradient colour if required. Also metallic colours, plain cut vinyls, chrome and reflective vinyls
Street Race Graphics

Window Signs.
Window signs are made to stick on the inside of the glass. We can use solid colour vinyls, translucent vinyl, reflective and sandblasted effect as shown in the photo. Many lettering fonts and colours along with pictures.
Window Stickers

Magnetic Signs - One or Two Colours
Made to any size. Removable magnetic signs are very useful when using the family car for business and they are easy to attach and remove whenever you wish.
One or two colour magnetic signs

Magnetic Signs - Reflective and Metallic
These are a little more expensive than the normal cut vinyl magnetics but they will certainly get your noticed!
Reflective magnetic vehicle signs

Magnetic Signs - Full Colour
Can be very colourful with no restrictions on letter size.
Printed full colour magnetics

Flat Aluminium Signs
Low cost, long life 3mm aluminium signs and panels for interior and exterior us - 16 standard background colours.
Flat Plate Aluminium

Aluminium Signs with fixings for posts, gates etc.
All the signs are manufactured from 3mm aluminium panels which are
laminated in 14 colours and have fixing channel attached to the reverse.
They are supplied with fixings to attach to round posts, square posts,
farm gates or other tubing. Aluminium posts can also be supplied
either grey or in matching colours.
Aluminium sign boards on posts

Aluminium Finger Posts
The finger posts are multi directional. The post and arms are made from aluminium which is powder coated to any BS or RAL colour. Lettering of one colour is applied to both sides of the finger boards.
Aluminium finger posts

Fibreglass GRP Signage
Although comparatively light, they are extremely strong and therefore resistant to vandalism and weathering. The ability of fibreglass to be moulded offers shapes and sizes which could be cost prohibitive in other mediums.
Fibreglass Signage Prices & Sizes

Banners
Full colour and Single colour Banners printed to any length in a variety of widths from 500mm - 2000mm
Banners incl full colour