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Cost Guide

Vinyl Lettering Cost

Vinyl lettering runs about $10 per square foot of cut letters in 2026 — most orders land $25–$150. How letter height sets the price, what's included, and why our designer shows you the real number as you type..

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Cost Guide

Banner Cost

Vinyl banners run $4–$7 per square foot in 2026 — a classic 3×6 lands $75–$125, hemmed and grommeted. Size price chart, material weights, and the design rules that make banners readable from the road..

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Cost Guide

Yard Sign Cost

Yard signs run $15–$25 each with stakes in 2026, dropping near $10 at quantity 50+. Price breaks, single vs double-sided, and what campaigns, realtors, and event planners should actually order..

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Cost Guide

Vehicle Lettering Cost

Truck door lettering runs $150–$350 in 2026; full door-and-tailgate packages $300–$700; DOT number pairs from $40. What's legally required, what actually generates calls, and why the lettered truck is the cheapest ad you'll ever buy..

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How-To Guide

How to Apply Lettering

The tape-squeegee-peel method, step by step: tools, wet vs dry application, bubble rescue, and the mistakes that ruin lettering — so your ten-minute install looks like the shop did it..

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Size Guide

Letter Height Chart

How tall do your letters need to be? The readable-distance chart, the 1-inch-per-10-feet rule, and the sizes that actually work on doors, windows, trucks and boats — with the numbers, not guesses..

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Materials

Cast vs Calendered

ORACAL 631 vs 651 vs 951, cast versus calendered, and why the cheap roll is fine for a window but wrong for a truck. How each is made, how long each lasts, and which to ask for..

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File Prep

Cut-Ready Files

Why a plotter cannot cut a JPEG, what 'convert text to outlines' means, and how to hand a sign shop a file they can cut immediately instead of one they have to rebuild..

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Comparison

Lettering vs Decals

Cut lettering has no background; a printed decal does. Which one suits windows, vehicles and walls, how long each lasts outdoors, and why one costs more than the other for the same words..

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Design

Fonts for Vinyl

Not every font survives being cut from vinyl and weeded by hand. Which typefaces cut cleanly, which ones fall apart at small sizes, and the stroke-weight rule that decides it..

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How-To

Window Lettering

What actually belongs on a shop window, what size each line should be, where to place it so people read it, and the mistakes that make a professional job look amateur..

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How-To

Removing Vinyl

Getting old lettering off glass, paint and painted walls — the heat-and-peel method, what dissolves the adhesive left behind, and what will wreck the surface underneath..

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