A-Frame & Sidewalk Signs templates
An A-frame sits on a pavement and is read by someone walking past at three feet — close enough for a menu, far enough that thin type still fails. The panel is a printed insert that slides into a frame, so the frame lip covers roughly an inch on every side. Both faces are printed, and there is no reason for them to be identical: people arrive from two directions.
100 starting layouts, drawn for 24 × 36"
Each one opens in the studio as editable layers. The wording is a placeholder — replace it with yours and the layout holds.
Showing 100 of 100 designs in this product
Sizes we print
2 sizes in 2 proportions — a layout survives a change of size, not a change of proportion, which is why the grid above is drawn for the size marked below.
1 : 1.49 portrait
- 24 × 36"templates drawn here
1.33 : 1 landscape
- 24 × 18"
How this file has to be built
- Bleed 0.125" · safety 0.125"
- Backgrounds run 0.125" past the cut line so trimming never opens a white sliver; anything that must survive stays 0.125" inside it. The studio canvas is the cut line itself — magenta edge — and the dashed guide inside it is the safety margin.
- 150 DPI at final size
- Large format is read from a distance, so 150 DPI in size is the honest number — more is wasted file, not sharper print. One side or both, your choice at checkout.
- White underbase layer
- These ride as separate masks, not as part of the artwork: 100% black where the layer lands, white where it does not. Design the ink in the studio and send the mask alongside it.
- Keep 1" clear of the edge
- Grommets, pole pockets, hems and frame lips all eat the border. Type that close is hidden by the hardware, not by the press.
- · The frame lip covers about 1 in of every edge — keep artwork inside that.
- · Panels print direct to coroplast, PVC or aluminium composite with a White underbase.
- · Outdoor pavement signs face sun and rain: order a laminate if the sign lives outside all day.
What it costs printed
Prices are the catalogue entry point for each item, computed by the same engine that charges at checkout. Stock, finish, size and quantity move the number — the configurator on each page shows it live.
A-Frame & Sidewalk Signs questions
- Should both sides say the same thing?
- Rarely. Pedestrians approach from two directions, so each face gets its own audience — one can carry today's special and the other your opening hours.
- How much of the panel does the frame cover?
- About an inch all round. The insert slides into a channel, so a border or a line of text sitting closer than that will be half hidden by the frame.
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