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Architectural sign interior and exterior signage designed to enhance and be an integral part of the surrounding environment, for instance the signage found at corporate, educational, hospitality, medical, and government facilities.

Awning sign that projects from a building and serves a second purpose as a shelter.

Cabinet a box-profile sign with interior illumination, mounting can be wall, monument, pole or high-rise.

Canopy sign mounted on a permanent canopy

Channel Letter a fabricated or formed three-dimensional letter that may be backlit, or internally or externally illuminated.

Directional/Wayfinding sign interior and exterior signs designed to direct people and vehicles.

Directory sign Identifies the names and locations of tenants in a multi-tenant property or building.

Electronic Message Board (or Center) a variable message sign that uses LED (light-emitting diodes) or an LCD (liquid crystal display) to display computer-generated copy or graphics.

Fascia Systems includes signage mounted to a buildings exterior wall and and running parallel to it, as well as other design building features, such as panels, awnings, trimwork, etc.

High-rise a tall freestanding sign often use along roadways.

Joint Tenant Identifies tenants in a commercial complex.

Menu System commercial signage that lists products or food items and prices

Monument a freestanding ground sign usually with low overall height; it may identify a building or a property.

Neon an illuminated sign fabricated with visible vacuum tubing containing inert gases.

Pylon/Pole a freestanding sign with a visible support structure, or with the support structure enclosed in a pole cover.

Regulatory sign A sign having the primary purpose of conveying information concerning rules, ordinances or laws.

Sign Band horizontal signage above entrances on a multi-tenant property.

Thermal Plastic/Pan Face A plastic sign with a heat-formed dimensional sign face.