Pylon Sign Design: Multi-Tenant Signs for Retail Parks
Design a pylon sign for a retail park or shopping centre: the centre's name at the top, each tenant on its own panel in its own colours and lettering, and the street number at the foot.
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How it works
Pick a sign
Shop fronts (serif on cream, or gold leaf on black), opening hours, open and closed, WiFi, wayfinding, restrooms, door plates, staff only, a building directory, a clinic, safety signs (no smoking, wet floor, fire exit, CCTV, hand washing, hard hats), reserved parking, a cafe A-board, a menu board, a hanging shop sign, for rent and open house, lightbox, acrylic, totem, welcome and wait to be seated. Each opens at the size it is usually made.
Make it yours
Click any word to type, any shape or symbol to recolour. Your name, logo, phone and colours go in once under Brand. Sign symbols (restroom figures, arrows, exit, no smoking) are in Elements.
Download for the sign shop
A PDF at the sign's real size, a print PDF with 3 mm bleed and crop marks, or EPS and SVG for vinyl cutting and large-format printers.
Tenant panels that each look like the shop
On a real pylon sign each tenant panel carries the shop's own brand, so this template does too: a cafe in serif on green, a hardware store in condensed capitals on yellow, a pharmacy in green on white, a gym in orange on black. The centre's name sits at the top and the street number at the foot.
Changing a tenant
Click a panel to change its colour and the name to change the words and font. Drop a tenant's logo onto a panel from Uploads.
Hospital and office versions
For a campus with departments rather than shops, the hospital totem lists destinations with arrows; for one company, the single-company totem.
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Why it matters
Real sign sizes
Door plates, 6 x 9 in restroom signs, 18 x 24 in yard signs, 24 x 36 in A-boards, 900 x 300 mm wayfinding blades, 2400 x 600 mm shop fronts and 600 x 1800 mm totems.
Files a sign shop can use
Vector PDF, EPS and SVG keep edges sharp at any size; the print PDF has bleed and crop marks.
Bold symbols
Restroom figures, accessible, arrows, exit, no smoking, warning, slippery floor, CCTV, hand washing, hard hat, no entry, first aid, parking and more, drawn in the solid style of public signs.
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Questions
What size is a pylon sign?
Anything from 600 x 1800 mm for a small totem to several metres for a roadside pylon. Set your size at the top.
Can I make the panels removable?
That is how they are built: a sign maker makes each panel a separate insert. Download the PDF and they can work from it.
What file does a sign shop need?
A vector PDF, EPS or SVG at the sign's real size. For a printed panel ask whether they want bleed (the print PDF adds 3 mm); for cut vinyl letters, send the SVG or EPS.
How big should the letters be?
A common sign-trade rule is 1 inch of letter height for every 10 feet people read it from (about 25 mm per 3 m). A shop front read from across the street needs letters 150 mm or taller.
Can I put my logo and a QR code on a sign?
Yes. Your logo goes in under Brand or from Uploads. Make a QR code in the QR code generator, download the PNG or SVG and add it from Uploads.
Is the sign maker free?
Yes, converting is free: the conversion and checking the result cost nothing, and the work runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. The side-by-side preview on the converter pages comes with a free account. Saving the finished file is paid: $3.49 for one file ($3.99 for a technical file such as DXF, G-code, STL or embroidery) with no account needed, or included in a plan from $6.99 a month. Saving the print file is paid: one file without an account, or included in a plan.