Design Services
For clients who are not designers, or do not have access to experience signage designers, SouthWood can offer assistance in all aspects of the creative process. This includes graphic design & layout, color studies, typefaces and lettering, shapes, sizes, materials, methods and more. Once an understanding of project requirements and client preferences are gathered, design solutions start with preliminary concepts, are refined through design development and culminate with final approved drawings for manufacturing. As appropriate, samples, swatches and prototypes are created to assure how signs will look and function.
When working with our clients’ designers and creative staff – be they architects, graphic designers, land planners, marketing consultants, interior designers, or ad agencies – SouthWood’s ability to help bring their ideas to life is invaluable. Our expertise in technical, production and application issues lets these design professionals draw upon our experience, with the knowledge that our design sensitivity is proven.
Artwork Requirements
Please send artwork or CAD files by CD-ROM, or email design@southwoodcorp.com in either Macintosh or PC format, according to the instructions below.
For best quality reproduction of your logo or logotype on any type of sign, please provide the following:
Digital Vector File:
Preferred Program: Adobe Illusrator CS2 or older version
Files: .ai, .eps (vectors only, no linked images), or .pdf
Fonts: Convert to vectors or send with file
For Architectural Files:
For SouthWood to read only or place into a file:
Program: Adobe Acrobat .pdf (preferred), .dxf or .dwg
Fonts: Convert to outlines or send with the file
Turn off layers that are not relevant to SouthWood and delete xrefs
For Digital Printing only:
Digital Pixel Based Image:
Program: Adobe Photoshop
Files: .tif/ .jpg/ .bmp
File size: 300 dpi at actual size or equivalent (i.e. 150 dpi at 200% of actual size)
Please include PMS colors
As a last resort (additional art charge may apply)
Camera Ready Art:
Original print. Not a photocopy or fax. Not letterhead, business card, etc.
Black & white only. No gray. No dot pattern. No color.
As large as possible on 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14
Flat, not folded or creased
If, after review with your in-house design team or agency, these requirements cannot be met, fax a copy of your art (as large as possible on 8.5 x 11) to 704-588-5017, Attn: Design Manager. Include your phone number with the fax so that someone may call to discuss options for submitting your art.
