Nick Garrett

Tag: Product design

  • NG Signs: Creativity In Retail… The London signwriter.com

    a clear creative message for your business Identity

    If you are looking for visually stunning traditional signwriting, you have just found the professional solution… here is my complete Traditional London based UK wide sign service, made genuinely by hand – since 1981.

    As part of my service, I can assist you with logo re-creation, sign design, colour schemes and layout options.  

    My 30 years signage experience will help you create a great sign and keep your project on time and in budget.

    Look forward to talking to you soon.

    Nick Garrett Traditional Signwriter – all London, UK, EU

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    … in this digital age it’s great to see signwriting is in a renaissance.  

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    Creativity In Retail – the life n soul of you business

    | By | Nick Garrett the London Sign writer.com

    Creativity on all levels has always played a huge part in attracting clients through the door in retail … the space today remains wide open for you the in-store designer, to create the creative sign statement that will ignite the imagination of existing clients and brand new ones too, as the swing toward retro and craftsmanship shows signs of being here to stay.

    NGS are active in the area of new sign trend, surfaces finishes and visual product development – we work closely with our clients along the critical path, from concept, through design development to installation or hand painting.

    With a multi dimensional interiors and product design based background, Nick Garrett offers clients…

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  • 60 WTF Typeface designs! Nick Garrett London Sign-Writer

    60 WTF Typeface designs! Nick Garrett London Sign-Writer

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    A New Signwriter’s Font from Nick Garrett

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    NGS has started restoring a collection of fonts that I have personally worked with over the past 36 years as a serious Signsmith (www.nickgarrettsignwriter.com).  These include a restored version of Johnston, a Standard writer’s extended bold block and a classic honours board Roman.
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    First off the board is the Johnston restored version here.
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    Below you’ll find over 60 first-class typefaces for corporate design. Please notice that they are not free; however, we’ve focused on typefaces which are definitely worth spending money on. So which typefaces are “bulletproof”? What fonts can be used effectively in almost every Corporate Design? And what are the options for unique, but still incredibly beautiful typefaces? Let’s find out.

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    60 Excellent Typefaces For Corporate Design

    Haptic
    The Haptic family is a sans serif typeface which was optimized for use in small sized text. It serves well in attention seeking headlines. Comes in Roman and Italic with seven weights each. Type & Graphics by Henning Skibbe.

    Professional Typefaces - Type & Graphics by Henning Skibbe

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