Lettering Styles for your House Sign, Nameplate or Plaque

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There is a choice from seven different lettering styles (fonts) for your Standingstone house sign, these are illustrated below. They have been selected for their style and legibility but are not mandatory - we can, where possible, use a font of your choice.


Old Schoolhouse Sign, Times font A: THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE
Times - if in any doubt about which font to choose go for this one which is easy to read and widely recognised.
Dower House Sign, Copperplate Gothic font B: THE DOWER HOUSE
Copperplate Gothic - straight style of lettering with small serifs, designed by Frederic Goudy.
Crosstrees Cottage sign, Kabarett font C: CROSSTREES COTTAGE
Kabarett - a rounded font with large, full serifs.
Crafton Farm House Sign, libra font D: CRAFTON FARMHOUSE
Libra - font with a more informal style of lettering.
Hollybank Lodge sign, Seagull font E: HOLLYBANK LODGE
Seagull - good weight font, easily read at distance.
September Barn house sign, Engravers Old English font F: SEPTEMBER BARN
Engravers Old English - is based on the black letter style which was used in England from the end of the twelfth century
Heritage Calligraphic house sign, Calligraph 810 font G: HERITAGE CALLIGRAPHIC
Calligraph 810 - informal and compact italic style. This is the standard font for signs in our Heritage range, is also good choice for long house names.

 If you are unsure how your address or house name will look on a sign in a particular lettering style or layout please use our free "View before you buy" service and we will email you a draft picture of the sign with the lettering for your approval.

Great care is taken with the design, layout and accurate spacing of the lettering in order to provide the best visual effect and legibility in the space available on the nameplate. If you have a preferred layout or would like a different font to the ones above please advise with your draft picture request or order.

All Foliate signs (Vine, Oak, Dog-rose and Strawberry) and Heritage signs have the option of a larger nameplate to accommodate longer house names on two lines.

Both cold cast bronze and resin-slate signs have the characters formed into the plaque using a grit blasting process - set just below the surface of the nameplate as if engraved - it is then finished in white using a durable sign writer's paint. We do not use plastic vinyl lettering!

Artists and Artisans in the production of House Signs hand crafted in cold cast bronze

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