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Anybody got experience getting vinyl signage made?

I’m working with two styles: white text on black, and black text on gold.

On screen, it's feeling like I need to bump the weight of the black text up a little to optically match the white text... is that just a screen/backlit thing, or does this also happen with printed vinyl?

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  1. Dominika@[email protected]

    In print it will be also not as visible as white on black — especially that it will be shiny (gold). You can go in 2 directions, 1. choose thicker weight of a black type on gold background or 2. choose thicker for both of them. Can be slightly thicker. It is always good to print a 1:1 sample on A4 page (can be with your home printer) and look at it from a distance.

    June 15, 2026

  2. Chris Armstrong@armstrong

    Thanks! That confirms my hunch :)

    June 15, 2026