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- Hi, I'm Miss Penny and these are the KidVisions kids
and we're here today to find out about signs.
- And I'm Jonathan with Broward Signs and you guys
have come to the right place.
- You know, we've just got a new van and we need to put
our KidVision Pre-K sign on it.
Do you think this is a good place to do it?
- Absolutely, you guys have come to the right place
and we can take care of that.
- Great, let's go make a sign!
- Let's do it!
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Well we're here today to find out about a sign.
Why would we put a sign on a van?
- So that we know which truck it is.
- That's right, what vehicles do you have?
- A tow truck and a mail truck.
- How do you know that's a mail truck?
- Because it has a mail on it.
- So the symbols on vehicles tell us what kind
of vehicle it is.
Our problem today is that we have a brand new van.
It's white and it has no symbols on it.
What do we need to put on our van?
- Sign.
- A sign.
- So what we have here on the symbol,
we have a few different types of fonts that create the logo
and then we have a symbol in the middle that says, "Pre-K."
Now, the different types of fonts that are involved
are a Serif font, which means the letters
have little feet on them.
And then a Sans Serif font which means
that they're plain block letters.
And in this particular logo,
it has all of those fonts incorporated in it.
Now, we'll have to check the space available on the van,
which we'll measure, and then make the best impact
so that everybody can see that the van is a KidVision van.
- And what colors are we using?
- On a white background, you're gonna get the best impact
with the highest visibility colors;
the red, the yellow, and the black.
So we'll work together in the design station
to come up with the appropriate lettering and colors.
- Terrific.
- One of the best places to put it would be on the door.
Okay, so that's one of the highest impact spots
that we can put it where everyone can see it.
- Right, cuz when people are driving by you, they can see
that your sign is there.
- Correct.
- What's the next step?
- So the next step is, we're gonna go the the design station
and design it on the computer
so we can make the sign with our plotter.
- Perfect
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- It used to be years ago that people painted signs,
but now with the advent of technology,
it seems like you can do so much more with signs.
- Yes, Miss Penny, we sure can.
We can use different fonts,
we can bring in high-definition logos,
and we can change the colors of everything immediately.
- So what are fonts?
- So fonts are different type styles.
Look at the computer guys, and I have the KidVision sign
here and we're gonna choose a font that looks like the logo.
So we're gonna scroll down.
- [Miss Penny] Oh, it can be in so many
different sizes and shapes.
- Yes, there's a lot of different fonts.
- I saw this has a lot of colors on it.
Are all these colors in your computer?
- Yes, so all those colors are in the computer
and this is what actually cuts the letter
so this is our vinyl film.
Your logo has yellow in it,
and I think this yellow would be perfect.
- So we have yellow, red, blue, and we were gonna use black.
How do you know what size to make it?
- We have is a template and it has
the vehicle drawing in there to size.
I'll go ahead and measure the area, and it's 24.5 inches.
- [Miss Penny] There it is!
- This is the paper roll where we're gonna draw
the drawing of the logo on here,
where we'll test it for measurements on the van.
So it'll be the paper drawing proof.
Okay, so here we have the paper proof,
where we're gonna fit it into the area for the van
to see where the logo goes.
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- Miss Penny approved of it, and with that approval,
we have license to proceed.
Okay so we're gonna cut the vinyl next.
- Okay, now we cut the vinyl and that's what
the sign is made of, vinyl, correct?
- Yes.
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- Well, now that we're done with the design process,
we're gonna begin the production process.
Are you guys ready to make some stickers?
- Yes!
- Alright, so this is what we're gonna prepare today.
This is the KidVision logo.
So we have the decals and we're gonna prep
each individual logo and get it ready, alright?
Do you all have your squeegees?
[Kids]- Yes.
- Let's go ahead and pull them out,
and then we're gonna use an exacto blade
and we're gonna unroll the black first.
Alright, let's go ahead and turn that down.
Now, if you look very closely, you can see
the little letters and what we have to do
is take away the excess.
So I'm gonna go ahead and take this pick right here
and I'm gonna peal up my top corner,
and I'm slowly going to peel this away.
- [Little Boy] KidVision!
- Yes, so that's one.
Alright, we're gonna go ahead and just take that corner.
One.
Two.
Three.
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- Now we have part four, which is the KidVision logos.
And what we'll do is we'll turn those around.
- That's a tape dispenser, that's a big sheet of tape?
- Yes and this is gonna help us
transfer the graphic onto the table.
Now, do you have your squeegees?
- Yeah.
- Alright let me see your squeegee first.
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Alright, now you guys stand back,
I'm gonna go ahead and trim them out.
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- It's looking good!
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- Now we're ready for the vehicle,
we're ready to install our signs on our van.
Here we go.
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- Well Miss Penny are you ready to begin
the installation process?
- I am.
- So first we're gonna start with the alcohol.
And then just spray the area, get all the dirt off.
Alright, now what we're gonna do is
we're gonna take our blue tape,
and we're gonna take our first decal right here.
We're kind of gonna kinda eye it on.
Miss Penny does that look good right there?
- I think so.
- We'll tape it up right there.
And what we wanna do is find a straight line on the vehicle
so we can kind of level it with the vehicle.
So I'm gonna use this indentation
of the vehicle right there,
and I'm gonna measure off of that.
So we have seven and three-quarters right there.
- So you have to measure to make sure
that both sides are the same.
- Yep, Angelo does it look good from there?
- Yeah.
- Sierra, does it look good?
- Yes.
- Alright great. We're gonna flip this around.
- Oh my goodness.
- I'm gonna peel this off, absolutely, yep.
So this is really tacky.
Wait, wait.
We're gonna use this.
Miss Penny we're gonna take this corner, flip it around,
and we're gonna line up our blue tape.
Squeegee out the water.
- Just like he did, good.
- It's like a tattoo.
- Look at that.
It's beautiful.
- I get the next piece.
So Nelson, when he did the design of this,
he made this very easy for us,
we don't have to measure too much.
So we're gonna take our little blocks right there
and we're gonna line them up in our blocks right here.
- Watch, look, he's lining it up.
He's making sure all of the lines are okay.
Oh, is that exciting.
And success!
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- Good job Sierra, good job Angelo,
and Miss Penny, great job.
- Thank you!
Thank you Broward Signs, John and Nelson
for a great day of learning how to make signs!
- It's our pleasure Miss Penny, thank you for coming.
- Bye!
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