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Designing a simple sign

From a starter template to a finished sign.

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Starting from a template

  1. Open the Signs workspace.
  2. Click Library and choose a starter template — safety, workshop, parking or information.
  3. Click Use template to load it onto the canvas.
  4. Select the text and replace it with your own wording.
  5. Adjust Size, Plate shape, Corner radius and Border to suit the job.
The Sign Studio top bar showing size, plate shape, corner radius, outline, border width and colour, width, height, background, background image, library and new controls.
Sign canvas and shape controls

Worth knowing. Starter artwork is editable and is not certification that a finished sign meets any legal, safety or accessibility standard.

Starting from nothing

  1. Click New and set the canvas Width and Height in millimetres.
  2. Add elements from the tool rail: Text, Box, Circle, Line, Shape, Image, QR or Barcode.
  3. Turn on Grid and Guides, and set the snap distance, to keep everything aligned.
  4. Use the rulers around the canvas to position elements precisely.
The Sign Studio design surface with a tool rail, rulers around the canvas, and layers and properties panels.
The Sign Studio

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