Nissan NV Van Wrap for Johann Tile, tile contractor, Manahawkin, Long Beach Island, Ocean County New Jersey
October 24, 2013
The folks at Johann Tile, a New Jersey based tile and flooring contractor enlisted our services to wrap their 2013 Nissan NV work van. All matters of trades are realizing the tremendous advertising potential of wrapping their fleet of vehicles. Compared to traditional advertising mediums, fleet vehicle wrap advertising is consistently more effective for tradesmen, […]
Nissan NV van wrap for electrician fleet.
October 10, 2013
We had the pleasure of working with Lou’s Electric of Manahawkin, NJ on a series of wraps for their new Nissan NV fleet. These are not only excellent vehicles from a utility standpoint, but they also make excellent mobile billboards with the addition of a vehicle wrap. Put your work truck fleet to work for […]
Dodge Ram Pickup full vinyl wrap-roofing and siding-Beach Haven Long Beach Island NJ
September 26, 2012
Mike’s Siding & Roofing wanted to showcase the product textures they offer, as well as highlight their capability to handle challenging projects. We utilized high resolution imagery of both the roofing materials and the crew at work on high aerial installs. Great overall effect that turned a basic pickup into a powerful advertising tool.
Harnessing the power of great design tools to produce better signs and graphics
March 6, 2007
juicedrops.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. We’re always looking for new way to improve the quality of our designs. Almost seems as if we’re looking to “best” our best. That’s a great thing for our clients—great design makes any sign or graphic a highly effective marketing tool. Take that same sign, give it a poor design, […]
Investing in EFFECTIVE signage pays multiple dividends
March 2, 2007
StFrancis.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. All too often signs are thought of as more of a necessity than a marketing tool. And often, business owners consider that the best way to approach a sign project is to purchase and install the lowest cost sign possible—just to get the job done. Small business owners that are […]
VFW Dimensional, raised letter and digital print sign in the Sandpaper
February 22, 2007
VFW Sign sandpaper.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. This week’s Sandpaper featured a nice article on the dedication of the VFW post’s new sign. We completed this project a few weeks back—on one of the “warmer” days we’ve been lucky to have in between all of the cold. We created dimensional raised lettering on the Gerber […]
Welcome Digital Output Magazine Readers!
February 8, 2007
Digital Output1.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. We’re delighted to be featured in an article in the current issue of Digital Output Magazine! If you’ve read the article then you have a pretty good idea of our background and experience—and more importantly our commitment to producing great digitally printed graphics and dimensional signs. From magnetics, to […]
Digital print and cut people standups on gatorfoam
February 5, 2007
Digital print and cut people standups.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. I was away from the blog all last week. Let’s just say it was interesting. So today I’m back to it. Late friday we accomplished a rush job for a wholesale client. In addition to our retail work, we produce digital printing and CNC routed […]
We’re in the paper! stafford Township Graffiti removal trailer
January 28, 2007
graffiti, originally uploaded by typestries. It’s truly rewarding to see our work “working” for our clients. Signs are a form of advertising that can work for your business or organization in many ways. Here, the lettering in the photo is the actual lettering Eric, our designer, custom created for the trailer. We sent the file […]
Mixing digitally printed vinyl graphics with dimensional signs
January 10, 2007
Tropical Island Cafe Digital Dimensional Sign.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. Here’s a sign comprising one of our successful signmaking techniques: the marriage of digitally printed signs with dimensional signs. All to often in the digital world, designers think in “flat” and add “fake” dimension in the form of soft Photoshop shadows. That’s a great way […]
Auto Shopper Box Truck Partial Wrap
January 4, 2007
Auto Shopper Box Truck Wrap.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. You’ll likely be seeing this mobile vehicle advertising design around New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania on more than just these straight trucks. So far, we’ve adapted the logo file that the Auto Shopper’s design department sent us to fit Ford Econoline and GMC van wraps […]
Signs work overtime for Typestries Sign & Design Clients in Newspaper and Community Project Marketing
January 3, 2007
VanDyk Group.jpg, originally uploaded by typestries. We’re in the paper again—we’ll, our signs are. That’s good for us, because it means our signs are working overtime as marketing tools for our clients. A sign is not just an object that sits in front of your business, it’s part of your overall marketing program. Signs work […]
Our clients and our signs in the Asbury Park Press
December 11, 2006
Although Carroll’s and The Cranberry Bog are long since closed, we got a bit of exposure in the Asbury Park Press about the place. Quite a few years ago we began making signs for the Reynolds Family at the restaurant. When the restaurants abruptly closed all kinds of rumors were flying. We were recently visited […]
How we make carved house number address signs, step 1
December 8, 2006
When you order a carved sign from us, it passes through a tremendous number of steps in it’s journey from a hunk of raw material to a beautiful finished sign. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing the steps of the process with our blog readers, using the carved house number holiday gift signs […]
Installing Gold Leaf Letters on a really cold windy day 300 feet from Barneagat Bay
December 6, 2006
Here’s a Job Anthony and I went out to install yesterday at the Museum of New Jersey Maritime History in Beach Haven. It required roof access on the elevation facing the bay with our typical winter west winds. Yesterday wasn’t as bad as monday when we went to do the job–that day it was so […]
Installing Christmas Lights The Signmakers Way
December 5, 2006
I think all signmakers install Christmas lights this way. Big boys get to “play” with their toys and the little boys get to see what Daddy gets to do all day. Now of course, all I hear is “Daddy, can we go to Typestries in Manahawkin and get the white bucket truck?” For the record […]
Holiday event and sponsor recognition signs
December 4, 2006
Logan really enjoys coming in and checking out the machines. Here he’s showing off a print that is to be applied to a cut out Christmas Tree. The tree sits in the lobby of Sea Oaks. banquet center as a welcome sign and sponsor recognition sign for the LBI Rotary club holiday auction. We made […]
Holiday Gift house signs-how they’re made…
November 16, 2006
We would be delighted to create a truly unique and one of a kind holiday gift for you, your friends and family. Here we share a few of the steps and techniques used to create these wonderful signs. We begin the process of creating the signs right here on our computerized router. In this photo, […]
Win a Carved holiday gift house sign at the NJ League of Municipalities Show
November 16, 2006
Welcome League Show attendees–we’re glad you’ve found us. As you take a look around here and the main site , you’ll notice probably notice we really enjoy what we do. And we’d like you to enjoy one of our finely crafted gift house signs this holiday season. Not only are we offering an exceptional value […]
Custom wall and door murals add flair and effectiveness to your lobby, office, home or workspace
November 12, 2006
We have the ability to create custom all murals, and over the years we have produced some really interesting projects. From mall wall store barricades to reception areas to bedroom walls, we can create a custom wall mural that suits your marketing or decor needs. Here’s a mural we (finally) did for ourselves! It’s door […]
Reflective traffic control and street signs
November 11, 2006
I’m typically blogging about all of the “glamorous” signs we make here at Typestries. Yes, most of the signs we make are carefully tailored to be excellent business promotion tools. But, we also make signs that serve a specific, often very limited purpose. Case in point with this project. You’re looking at an order for […]
Many types of signs in Production at Typestries this morning!
November 2, 2006
The shop is brimming with many different types of sign projects. We’re actually really versatile when it comes to signmaking. We have the capability in house to produce all types of signs and visual identity products. Short run decals, specialty truck and vehicle lettering, custom static cling, window posters, and our favorite, carved, gold-leaf prismatic […]
Happy Halloween from Typestries Sign & Design
October 31, 2006
Here’s hoping our family, friends and clients have a great Halloween! Yes, when you’ve got dogs they get in on the act, too! Keys and Molson show off their stuff this morning in our Manahawkin shop display area. Logan with his girls Keys…aka the boss Molson…aka the pup Ant the hardest shot of all….to get […]
Professionally designed logos elevate your business image for new and established businesses in NJ
October 25, 2006
This blog post is designed to demonstrate the logo design process that we go through with our clients. The bottom line is that a professionally designed logo is absolutely the best investment you can make in the “foundation” of your business. It’s the one thing that all of your promotion builds upon—your business cards, invoices, […]
Update to the WOXY.com decals: Woxy.com is back on the air!
October 18, 2006
Here’s a little update on the WOXY decals we made up. The awesome news is that woxy.com is up and broadcasting again. Lot’s of live lounge acts, too! And the new owners (lala.com) have a really neat service. I’ve already listed a bunch of CD’s for trade and received my first traded disc today. For […]
we can handle all of your short run custom printed decal needs including 3M reflective decals
October 17, 2006
Here’s a shot of a small batch of short run custom printed reflective decals for South Shore towing here in Manahawkin. Typically printed and die cut decals require long runs from a screen printer. We’re able to use our equipment to produce any quantity, large or small, of custom printed and cut decals, in any […]
How we make and install Lettering for a box truck for Academy Security
October 16, 2006
A lot of people ask “Wow-How Do You Do That?” Well, here’s a little snippet of how we produce, prepare and install mobile advertising graphics on a typical box truck. We’re using 3M Controltac vinyl on this job, that’s been printed and cut via our solvent ink vinyl printer and vinyl plotter with optical recognition […]
Creating a indoor dimensional sign for Monmouth University’s Student Newspaper, the Outlook
October 12, 2006
It’s befitting that a newspaper that’s been published since 1933 would have a sign that’s elegant and effective yet created with many pieces of 2006 technology. This sign was a lot of fun to make and an excellent example of how we combine all of the high tech tools in the shop at Typestries. We […]
Preparing production files for large mesh banners for Southern Regional Rams Marching Band
October 11, 2006
Here’s what I pretty much look at all day long (not just this particular job, of course). I’m grateful for my large Apple Cinema display. With such a huge screen I can keep all of my pallets organized and hop around between the design applications that we rely on everyday. Here I’m working on re-creating […]
Custom sports car decals for school and recreational kids sports teams
October 4, 2006
We recently had a request for a run of 100 custom numbered football helmet car decals. Yes, that’s 100 different decals for the cars of the team players families. We’re able to complete projects like this quickly and affordably due to our vast array of printing and cutting technology. It’s amazing how quickly technology has […]