Sign painting

Sign painting is the craft of painting lettered signs on buildings, billboards or signboards, for promoting, announcing, or identifying products, services and events.

Signwriters often learned the craft through apprenticeship or trade school, although many early sign painters were self-taught.

[4][5][6] In the 1980s, with the advent of computer printing on vinyl, traditional hand-lettering faced stiff competition.

[7][6] Interest in the craft waned during the 1980s and 90s, but hand-lettering and traditional sign painting have experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years.

[10] There are a number of other associated skills and techniques as well, including gold leafing (surface and glass), carving (in various mediums), glue-glass chipping, stencilling, and silk-screening.