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How Digital Signage Is Playing a Critical Role in Combating COVID-19 
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How Digital Signage Is Playing a Critical Role in Combating COVID-19 

For some time now, digital signage has been reinventing the customer experience, impacting marketing strategies like never before and helping boost sales and supplement a company’s revenues in creative and imaginative ways. From vibrant displays that quickly catch the eye and draw in consumers more effectively than static signage to transforming long queues into infotainment
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9 Types of Business Signs and Services
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9 Types of Business Signs and Services

If you’ve been looking into business signage, you might have found yourself bombarded with new terminology. Pylon, monument, blade... what's...
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Lasting Looks With LEDs
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Lasting Looks With LEDs

There’s no denying the far-reaching impact that LEDs in the creation of signs. They’ve advanced creativity, and their versatility has allowed firms to lower their SKU counts. Further, color while color LED can be only marginally more expensive than white light and controllers are as easy to install as drivers. Sign-making vendors discuss these benefits and the growing allure of LEDs
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Best Fonts For Signs
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Best Fonts For Signs

What are the best fonts for signs? The answer depends on a long list of variables including the size of the sign, whether they are used digitally or printed on a physical sign. A survey of professional graphic designers reveals the best fonts for sign making. Choosing the best font for your sign need not be a super-complicated or overwhelming undertaking.
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Looking Ahead at Digital Signage in 2020
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Looking Ahead at Digital Signage in 2020

Digital signs are here to stay. The technology is less expensive than ever and businesses are ready to invest. Surveyed restaurants, retailers, and banks plan to upgrade their digital signage in the new decade. Technological innovations make these signs smarter with the ability to provide useful analytics. Read this article if you plan to take the digital plunge.
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5 Types of Signage No Retailer Can Afford to Ignore
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5 Types of Signage No Retailer Can Afford to Ignore

Quality signage is an easy and effective way to drive foot traffic and communicate with your customers when designing your store. However, if done incorrectly, signage can cause overstimulation and even confusion. Signage at your place of business is just as important as your website design and shouldn’t be an afterthought.
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Revitalizing Historic Hudson Mills
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Revitalizing Historic Hudson Mills

A multi-million dollar renovation is underway in Hudson, Massachusetts. Developers are revitalizing the iconic Landing at Hudson Mills for contemporary...
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3 Ways Digital Signage Can Improve Lines 
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3 Ways Digital Signage Can Improve Lines 

Digital signage can help reduce the pain of standing in lines in multiple ways, whether it is by reducing the line's size in general or finding ways to keep audiences engaged while they wait.
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Important Tips For Restaurant Signage
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Important Tips For Restaurant Signage

Almost every brick-and-mortar business needs good signage. For many companies in a variety of industries, the design above the door plays a major role in encouraging potential customers to step inside.
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Intuitive Wayfinding Design Unveiled at Children’s Hospital
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Intuitive Wayfinding Design Unveiled at Children’s Hospital

Browning says one of the most compelling aspects of the project was recognizing that the previous concourse was adding stress to users’ experiences. “We definitely improved the intuitiveness and added a calming sense,” he says. Furthermore, he says the project’s architectural language will be used when the main concourse is extended to connect to the new critical care building. In fact, designers have already started developing the addition’s wayfinding cues, starting with its animal character: a giraffe.
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5 Business Benefits of Custom Interior Signs
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5 Business Benefits of Custom Interior Signs

When opening and running a business, one of the biggest mistakes people make is neglecting their interior signs. Avoid doing...
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Say No to these 4 Digital Signage Myths
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Say No to these 4 Digital Signage Myths

Digital signage is not technology of the future, but is very much the technology of today. However, many people still believe myths about the technology. It's time to debunk these tall tales.
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The Benefits of a Complete Design-Build Signage Process
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The Benefits of a Complete Design-Build Signage Process

In a design-build project, a single team completes the project; from design to fabrication to installation. A completed design-build team...
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Teamwork’s on the Menu
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Teamwork’s on the Menu

Have you ever watched the credits roll after a movie? When you realize how many collaborators are involved, it’s no...
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Signs of Sophistication
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Signs of Sophistication

When clients or investors walk into your corporate office space, are they getting the right first impression? Researchers have found...
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This is What an Immersive Environment Looks Like
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This is What an Immersive Environment Looks Like

Have you ever walked into a space and been surrounded by bold, larger-than-life graphics on the walls, floors, ceilings, and...
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5 Tips for Using Signage to Attract Customers
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5 Tips for Using Signage to Attract Customers

ote>Focusing on effective signage both inside and outside can help heat up your business.  
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Cakes and PVC: What do they have in common?
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Cakes and PVC: What do they have in common?

ote>Vinyl is a standard sign and graphics material, with great results for a whole range of applications. But there is more than one type, and it's important to choose the correct media for your project.  
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4 Great Wallcovering Trends: Graphics, Geometrics, Grasscloth & Glitz
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4 Great Wallcovering Trends: Graphics, Geometrics, Grasscloth & Glitz

ote>We’re in a time of new found appreciation and demand for wallpaper and wallcoverings. The design trends are pointing to a desire to add pattern  
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2019 Signs Of The Times Awards Are In—and We Won Two!
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2019 Signs Of The Times Awards Are In—and We Won Two!

We’re excited to share that we won both the silver and bronze medals in the 2019 Best Original Design and...
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In A Nutshell: Boston Redevelopment Signage Requirements
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In A Nutshell: Boston Redevelopment Signage Requirements

The Boston Redevelopment Authority recognizes that storefronts and signage significantly shape the character of a given district. To help control...
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Classic New England Signage
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Classic New England Signage

We can't really take credit for this one. Browsing the web the other day we came across a blog that...
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Keeping Signage In Good Shape: Best Ways To Remove Graffiti
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Keeping Signage In Good Shape: Best Ways To Remove Graffiti

Keeping Signage In Good Shape: Best Ways To Remove Graffiti In today's rough and tumble world, signage is subject not...
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Signage in the News – Parking Guides, Indy 500, Train Signs and More
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Signage in the News – Parking Guides, Indy 500, Train Signs and More

Have you discovered the Metro Sign and Awning Industry News page yet? Each week we gather information of interest to...
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Issues in Sign Illumination
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Issues in Sign Illumination

It's understandable that local communities would want to regulate the signs that businesses install. City residents are naturally interested in...
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What To Tell Us In Your Request For a Price Quote
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What To Tell Us In Your Request For a Price Quote

One of the most frequently asked questions from prospects and clients alike is fairly basic: "What information do you need...
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Sunlight Plays A Large Part In Signage Appearance
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Sunlight Plays A Large Part In Signage Appearance

Metro Sign and Awning's designers are expert at managing the many nuances that help create extra value and excitement in your signage. Here's an example…
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Our Sign At Everett High School Earns Mention on WCVB-TV News
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Our Sign At Everett High School Earns Mention on WCVB-TV News

It's always exciting when one of our projects "makes the news." This happened most recently on Thursday, January 9th, 2015,...
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Another Way To Improve Signage ROI – Add Quality and Features!

Any business is inherently interested in knowing the return on investment (ROI) for the important actions it’s considering, because doing...
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News From the World of Signage
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News From the World of Signage

News From the World of Signage Vintage Neon Signs Convey An ‘Old-Time’ Feel From the early 1920s to the late...
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Fascinating Details You May Not Know About Blade Signage
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Fascinating Details You May Not Know About Blade Signage

Drive or walk along a commercial thoroughfare and you'll notice that most of the signs - mounted flush on the...
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Inside Metro Signs – John McNally, Lead Fabricator
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Inside Metro Signs – John McNally, Lead Fabricator

Inside Metro Signs – John McNally, Lead Fabricator It's just another day at the factory for John McNally, the lead...
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Secrets of Pylon Signage
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Secrets of Pylon Signage

It’s hard to drive or walk far in today’s built-up areas without encountering a pylon sign, sometimes called a pole...
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Interesting Developments in Signage
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Interesting Developments in Signage

OK. We admit it: we love signs and signage. It’s fascinating. We can’t get enough. And we love to learn...
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Lightweight Monument Signs
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Lightweight Monument Signs

Monument signs have a great look: solid, substantial, historic, even permanent. Such three-dimension constructions have a long history, having been...
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Metro’s Turnkey Signage Solutions: The Middleman Doesn’t Work Here
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Metro’s Turnkey Signage Solutions: The Middleman Doesn’t Work Here

In addition to working with individual businesses to handle their signage needs – inside and out - Metro Sign &...
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The Technology Behind Color-Changing LEDs
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The Technology Behind Color-Changing LEDs

LEDs have become commonplace in our modern society. We see them on our smartphones. They illuminate many different indicators on...
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How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name?
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How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name?

How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name? There are more than 206 bones in the human body, each one...
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Convert Your Existing Signs to LED Technology – Part 2
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Convert Your Existing Signs to LED Technology – Part 2

Convert Your Existing Signs to LED Technology - Part 2 Last time, we discussed some of the benefits that make...
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Inside Metro Signs – Corey Fisher, Partner, V.P. Operations
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Inside Metro Signs – Corey Fisher, Partner, V.P. Operations

With a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Corey Fisher is a man who knows how to...
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