Yard Signs & Rigid Boards templates
A yard sign is read at speed from a moving car, so these layouts are built around one message, one phone number and enough contrast to survive glare. The panels are printed direct to rigid board on UV flatbed, and both stake and grommet mounting eat into the edge — keep anything critical two inches inside on a sign that will be hung rather than staked.
100 starting layouts, drawn for 18 × 12"
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
11 sizes in 8 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 square
- 12 × 12"
- 18 × 18"
- 24 × 24"
1.5 : 1 landscape
- 18 × 12"templates drawn here
- 36 × 24"
1 : 1.49 portrait
- 12 × 18"
1 : 1.47 portrait
- 27 × 40"
1.25 : 1 landscape
- 20 × 16"
1.33 : 1 landscape
- 24 × 18"
2 : 1 landscape
- 48 × 24"
3 : 1 landscape
- 72 × 24"
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 2" 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.
- · Coroplast, foam board, PVC, styrene and Dibond print through a White underbase on the flatbed.
- · Grommets sit ~1 in from the edge — keep art 2 in clear on any panel that will be hung.
- · An H-stake covers the bottom centre of the panel; leave it free of small type.
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.
Yard Signs & Rigid Boards questions
- How many words fit on a yard sign?
- Fewer than you want. At 18 × 12 inches, a driver has about two seconds: one headline, one phone number or web address, and nothing else. Every extra line shrinks the rest.
- Which board should I order?
- Coroplast for temporary outdoor signs on stakes, foam board for indoor display, PVC or styrene for a rigid indoor panel, Dibond for permanent outdoor signage that has to stay flat for years.
- Do I design one side or two?
- Two, if the sign is staked where people pass from both directions — a blank back is a wasted impression. Same-design double-sided costs little more than single.
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