In article , Martin Brown
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Wow. That's a complicated way to accomplish your goal.

If you have an easier simpler cheaper way to make custom yard signs on
demand that's why I'm asking for advice from the experts here. ;-)

hi arlen.

you asked this a year or two ago.

the answer hasn't changed. type the text, set page size to whatever
size is needed and choose print.

if your printer is not big enough for the desired size, then it will
automatically tile pages, which you will have to assemble.

you can also take it to a print shop that can print large signs
directly.

this is not complicated.

These signs are discarded election signs.
Most are made of corregated white plastic (about 1/4 inch or 1/8th thick).
Some have writing on one side but many are blank on both sides.
They're of variable sizes of a few feet by a few feet in size.
The area is wet and windy so tape & paper wouldn't hold up well.

If you have a simpler idea than printing stencils then that's what I want to
know from you experts.

you're not fooling anyone, arlen. all you're interested in is trolling.

The advantage of vector graphics is that the size of the file is
unrelated to the size of the sign.

I don't care what text editor I use as long as it accepts the sign fonts.

a text editor is the wrong choice, arlen.

the correct tool is adobe illustrator, which you won't pay for, so
you're stuck with lesser choices.

Many office supply stores offer large format printing
from files at reasonable prices, so you could have the sign printed in
one step, and include whatever design you'd like.

I do appreciate your help but the fact I'm asking here shows that if I was
going to use a professional printer I wouldn't need to ask you for advice.

then you aren't interested in doing it properly, arlen.

I already have a solution in the works.

then why did you ask, arlen?

I was hoping you experts could improve upon it.

your solution is so ****ed up that a child who has never used a
computer before could improve upon it.

There are inexpensive vector graphics programs, and even free apps like
Libra/Open/Polaris Office include vector graphics in their suite. If
going that route, print to PDF and take it to be printed.

It's only text and I already have GIMP and PhotoShop and Illustrator and
Inkscape and Apache OpenOffice Draw and CorelDRAW and Dia and SK1 and a
bunch of others that I don't remember offhand on Windows 10.

doubtful you have a fraction of that, arlen.

I'll use any editor for the text as long as it accepts the road fonts.

the system accepts the fonts, not the app.