Trail Sign Design: Fingerpost and Park Signs
Design a trail fingerpost for a park, a campsite or a nature reserve: pointed boards on a post, each a place and how far, and the trail's name on a plate below.
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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.
A fingerpost with the distance to every place
The trail sign is a fingerpost: pointed boards on a post, each pointing the way to go with the place and its distance, and the trail's name on a plate under them. The boards point left or right and keep the text inside the board.
Distances
Give distances in the unit walkers use where you are, km or miles, and round them: 1.2 km reads faster than 1,180 m.
Making it outdoors
Send the vector file to a sign maker to rout in timber or print on aluminium; the green and brown follow the colours of many park systems.
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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
Can I add more boards?
Yes: duplicate a board, move it down, and change the place and distance.
Can I make it point the other way?
Click a board and mirror it, then move the words.
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.