For street names up to 9, 11, 14, or 16 characters, order your sign 24, 30, 36, or 42 inches long. Count each letter and each space as a character. Short abbreviations such as AV, DR and ST count as one character. If you want block numbers above or below the street name, order the sign 9 inches high.
Catalog D-3.
ABBREVIATIONS:
Standard abbreviations listed will be used. Any other suffix will be abbreviated at
discretion. Periods, hyphens, commas, and question marks will not be included on standard faces.
ALLEY . . . . . . ALLEY LANE. . . . . . . LANE
SOUTHWEST. SW AVENUE. . . . . AV
NORTH. . . . . . N SQUARE. . . . . SQ
BOULEVARD. BLVD NORTHEAST. NE
STREET. . . . . . ST
CIRCLE. . . . . . CIR
NORTHWEST.NW TERRACE. . . . TER
COURT. . . . . . CT PARKWAY. . . PKWY
THRUWAY. . . TWY
DRIVE. . . . . . . DR
PLACE. . . . . . . PL TRAIL. . . . . . . TR
EAST. . . . . . . . E PLAZA. . . . . . PLZ
WAY. . . . . . . . WAY
HIGHWAY. . . HWY
ROAD. . . . . . . RD WEST. . . . . . . . W
HILL. . . . . . . . HILL SOUTH. . . . . . S
JUNCTION. . . JCT SOUTHEAST. SE
No. of Letters - 4" C-series |
Size of Sign |
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5 characters or less |
6 x 12 |
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6 characters or less |
6 x 18 |
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8 characters or less |
6 x 24 |
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10 characters or less |
6 x 30 |
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12 characters or less |
6 x 36 |
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15 characters or less |
6 x 42 |
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18 characters or less |
6 x 48 |
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21 characters or less |
6 x 54 |
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23 characters or less |
6 x 60 |
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25 characters or less |
6 x 66 |
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27 characters or less |
6 x 72 |
All numbers are 1 character except the No. 1 which is 1/2. All letters are 1 character except I, M, and W. The letter I is counted as 1/2. Characters M and W are counted as 1 1/2. In all abbreviations such as St., Dr., Ave., Blvd., and Ln., the letters are counted as 1/2 characters. All spaces are counted as 1 character. |
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